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Life in a war zone was a life shaped by precaution. It meant carrying around a gas mask when out (the University of Hawaii graduates processed in cap and gown and gas mask).
How to Hide an Empire
Daniel Immerwahr
A protocol moves much more slowly than a platform. After 30+ years, email is still unencrypted; meanwhile WhatsApp went from unencrypted to full e2ee in a year. People are still trying to standardize sharing a video reliably over IRC; meanwhile, Slack lets you create custom reaction emoji based on your face.
My First Impressions of Web3
moxie.org
The British discoverers found to their chagrin that the production methods had been patented by the Americans and that they were now required to pay royalties to make use of their own discovery.
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