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@ vinney | opfn.co
2025-03-12 11:50:51
progress is slower and lumpier,
Every discoordinated node needs to be doing some degree of frontier trailblazing. this is harder but also much more consequential work.
once some progress is made at the edge, it needs to be "litigated" by the market - is this good, do we want this, how will we integrate this, at what price, etc.
once integration begins, there is a "wait and see" phase where the new thing is accepted by some and rejected by other. this is where networks and communities can bifurcate and undergo expensive re-ordering.
If a new feature can be successfully uncovered and survive through this entire pipeline, it is likely to be very important to the network's needs and value system.
A collectivist top-down mandate is a cheap, plasticky, poison-coated gimmick compared to the works of art the above process yields.