Veronica ExplainsI'll take decentralized and janky over simple and evil.
Every day I try to remember the paradox of convenience:
When a tool is challenging early, it sucks early, but often it's great later.
When a tool is easy early, it sucks later.
Mïkê 👩🦯 💚 👑🐉🗡️🏳️⚧️@veronica Exactly! Machiavelli noticed this too. He said something like "A prince who acquires his kingdom with ease will keep it with difficulty, and he who acquires his with difficulty, will keep it with ease." I've always thought it was his most useful lesson.