On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:22:45 -0700
Steven Schear <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am not at all surprised that CPunks did not kick off the revolution
> many of us desired.
>
> One reason was that, despite Tim C May's mantra that, "cypherpunks
> write code", not many of us were capable or did. Many who hung out on
> the list and were technically competent weren't true believers
so the obvious explanation is that the number of people
actually interesed in freedom is like 3 or 4...
furthermore, the idea that purely technical means are going to
solve the political problem is nonsense.
if anything, technology gives incredible power to the
government nazis and the nazis working 'private' businesses.
> and/or
> were still more focused on their careers. When times were poor for
> our employment there would be a significant surge in doing coding but
> as soon as the good times returned these people were no where to be
> found.
>
> Another reason is our lack of understanding of the importance of UIs
come on....
> and network effects for widespread take-up (Why Johnny Still, Still
> Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability of a Modern PGP Client
> <https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.08555>).
>
> Steve
>
