Decentralization doesn't matter, until it does.vittorio (@IterIntellectus):the internet just broke https://t.co/DB65zNebKM ...

RT THE REAL WORLD Official (@TRW_global)The whole internet was down today.But The Real World never went down.Not even for a second.We operate outside the matrix, teaching our students how to break free. https://t.co/2UQUeg33pr ...

The internet is not a real place. ...

Satellite Deployment - SpaceX has launched over 10,000 Starlink satellites [1] - A Falcon 9 launch deployed 56 Starlink satellites from Florida and California [1] Service Provision - Starlink provides reliable high-speed internet to millions of people globally [1]

Old internet: “Citation needed”New internet: “Ask Grok.” https://t.co/sBJN5R2I5g ...

When all else goes down, the Internet stays up. So, after a catastrophe, we restore from cloud.We're actually already used to this idea, and even have icons for it. We just need to scale it up from individuals to communities. Bitcoin is like v1 of that.https://t.co/ZHOsa7BAlo https://t.co/BR4NlvIdsoYishan (@yishan):As the trade war intensifies and geopolitical tensions rise, Balaji’s philosophy and his vision for the future becomes clear.Establishment midwits think of him as a crypto tech bro, but he has al ...

Geopolitical & Economic Analysis - The US is experiencing a relative decline that has been ongoing for decades and is likely irreversible [2] - The US's reliance on exporting dollars as the global reserve currency makes a gradual decline unsustainable, potentially leading to a significant economic downturn [2] - The push to maintain or expand US empire is nearing its end [3] - Dollar inflation is a form of global taxation [6] US Military & Industrial Capacity - China's hypersonic missile capabilities could neutralize US aircraft carriers rapidly [1] - US military is heavily reliant on Chinese manufacturing [4] - One Chinese shipyard's shipbuilding capacity exceeds the entire US Navy's capacity [3] - Decoupling from China is not feasible for companies like Raytheon [2] - The US military is reportedly withdrawing from China to focus on the Western hemisphere [5] Societal & Technological Shifts - A national insolvency, comparable to the end of the USSR, is approaching [5] - The shift from the West to the Internet is as significant as the shift from Christendom to the West [10] - 21st-century ideologies will be built on Internet-first principles [8][12]

Geopolitical Analysis - The report suggests that the US is undergoing a strategic retreat, focusing on homeland defense while asking European NATO to fend for itself [3] - The analysis indicates a shift in global power, with the world economy decisively moving to Asia [5][6] - The report posits that the world's dominant military power is no longer Western, marking a significant change in the last 500+ years [6] Economic Concerns - The document highlights that the US business model of money printing relies on a global empire, with dollar inflation acting as a global tax [4] - It warns that a shrinking tax base due to US troop withdrawals and tariffs could lead to a 67-90% drop in the tax base, causing a significant decline in American living standards [4] - The analysis points to a sovereign debt crisis underway in America, Western Europe, and Japan, leading to a simultaneous decline of all parts of the empire [5] Technological and Ideological Shifts - The report proposes that the Internet could be the seed for civilizational rebirth after the decline of the dollar empire [10] - It argues that China, while a goods exporter, is an idea importer, lacking a conceptual operating system for global adoption [14][15] - The document suggests that the Internet will generate universalist ideas that appeal to many, providing alternative ideologies to Chinese nationalism outside China [18] Future Balance of Power - The analysis envisions a future with a billion-person Chinese superstate alongside a thousand million-person network states, offering alternatives to China [19] - It suggests that the existence of these alternative societies wouldn't provoke China and that China wouldn't gain from conquering them [21] - The report concludes that the creation of alternative societies is one model for how the Internet may eventually balance China [18][22]

China is more MAGA than MAGA.The Internet is more America than America.That is: China has the heavily armed, highly industrialized, culturally traditionalist, monoethnic society that MAGA wants.Meanwhile, the Internet is global equality and uniform rule-of-code. It’s free markets and free speech, and the next version of what America once was.At this late stage, I don’t think the ~77M in MAGA can realistically out-manufacture the 1.4B of China. But the 7B+ on the global Internet could eventually balance the ...

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