THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

Cryptography can be used to craft a more humane social media ecosystem by freeing information from custodians, decoupling digital identities from third-party providers, encouraging openness and innovation, embracing privacy and community, and anchoring the digital world in the real.

Part 1: Liquefaction

Memory: Thucydides and the shallows link
Democracy and Queerness: Accelerated Individualism link

Part 2: Technology that says "no"

Censorship: the custodians of knowledge link
Authenticity: messages and messengers link
Identity: Privacy, secrecy and anonymity link
Open Protocols: Language and open source software link

Part 3: Reforming Technology

Things of the Earth: Simulation and transcendence link
Chesteron's Fence: Identity and community link
Silviculture: Maturity and time link

Part 4: Cypherspaces

Nostr: sovereign identity, aligned storage, open protocol link
Understanding media: how a user-centric internet changes us link
Dark Cypherspace: Negative Externalities and The Gospel link