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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 04:11
Sadly, the law as it currently operates in most of the United States, and much of Europe, more closely resembles"What is permitted to Jupiter is not permitted to the ox.”It's a very polytheistic religion, since "Jupiter" includes most bureaucrats, politicians, executives, and the like, unless they really piss off enough of their fellow gods.The rest of us are the oxen.Enrique Tarrio (@NobleOne):Can we get another…“NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!”Tweet?I think this time it’ll work. ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 04:05
RT Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort)Judging someone “as an individual” just means overlapping a bunch of group-level judgements. “People who got a perfect score on the GRE” is a group. So is “felon”. Everything is a group-level judgement. Nothing else is possible even in principle. ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 04:01
RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)You can judge immediate family members and very-long-term close friends and co-workers as individuals, but that's just about it. Judgments about lesser known people are at best statistics and gambling -- which require defining "universes", i.e. groups of similar people from which to sample. The less you actually know them, the bigger the group sizes have to be.That's why the best kind of trial is a jury trial that lasts a very long time: you need multiple people, each dedicated fu ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 03:53
Legal & Regulatory Landscape - Crypto space lawyers often lack expertise in both online content laws and blockchain's unique characteristics, such as data immutability [1] - US federal law, along with state and international laws, governs a wide range of online legible content [1] Potential Legal Risks - Unauthorized communication of national defense information can result in fines or imprisonment up to 10 years [2] - Communicating national defense information to a foreign government may lead to death or life imprisonment [2] - Copyright infringement involving distribution of at least 10 copies of copyrighted works with a total retail value exceeding $2,500 within 180 days can result in imprisonment up to 5 years, with subsequent offenses potentially leading to 10 years imprisonment [2] - Importation or transportation of obscene materials via interactive computer services can result in fines or imprisonment up to 5 years [2] - Production and transportation of obscene materials for sale or distribution using interactive computer services can result in fines or imprisonment up to 5 years [2] - Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter knowingly received or possessed through interstate or foreign commerce can result in imprisonment up to 5 years [2]
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 03:52
RT Wesley Yang (@wesyang)Puberty is the decisive period of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. You cannot meddle with it without disrupting every dimension of a child's maturation. ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 03:51
RT Scooter (@Scooterr16)I agree 👇 ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 03:45
RT Lili H (@LiliH65289916)@proteanx_ @mattyicesensei @NickSzabo4 @Loriss65 Rug the spammers! ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 03:24
RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@C_3C_3 There's Biden's autopens, and then there's McConnell's autotweets. ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 03:23
RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)The transactions have gone from L1 to the L2s, because of the success of the L2s, which haven't needed legible-sized data buckets on L1 to be so remarkably successful.To people putting legible data on Bitcoin, and to those who have lobbied for legible-sized buckets in which to do this, and against fixing the bugs that allow them to more readily do this, and have thereby made operating Bitcoin nodes riskier, I say quite the opposite of thank you. I say GET THE FUCK OFF BITCOIN.Rug ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-11-25 02:41
Work-Life Balance & Generational Shift - Remote and flexible work norms, facilitated by technology, are enabling a shift away from the "either/or" arrangement between family and career that previous generations faced [2] - The industry observes a potential shift away from "girl-boss-feminism" towards embracing a "family first" life [3] Personal Fulfillment & Priorities - Motherhood, while involving sacrifices of personal time, body, and priorities, can bring immense blessings [1] - The joy derived from family life, such as children calling one "mama" or engaging in religious activities, is considered incomparable [2] - Some women's public influence grew because they prioritized marriage, children, and their home [3]