necessity assumes we don't [actually] want this world.
our choices as a community suggest otherwise.
decentralization is like insurance. it's not necessary if you don't care about consequences. except rarely, contemporary crypto users have a gambler's appetite for risk and are ambivalent to consequences unrelated to their bag. it's only /after/ centralization betrays them that the right thing coincides with their self-interest. but that alignment fades quickly, leaving the same hard working idealists to sort out real change.
likewise for farcaster: winter is like an antibiotic, a chance to repopulate our network with healthy new culture. channeling
@geoffgolberg, the original seed - the core users - were carefully selected by Dan (who had an agenda). these early choices still influence the character and shape of the network (follow lists, super users, tech debt, vc friendlies). growth over quality; cancer.
if winter doesn't kill us [and] the fork materializes as planned, that's our chance to seed a new garden that is resistant to corpo-slop and vc-disease. daylight, patience, grit, and clarity of vision make for good gardening. coinbase execs, token maxis, p-m-f, biz dev supremacy, and overpriced smoothies... not so much 🧱