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In cryptography, if an exploit is possible, we assume it’s inevitable.
In politics, we assume the opposite, pretending conspiracies never happen, even when incentives are perfectly aligned.
Kiara Bickers
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Kiara Bickers
@kiarabickers
Indie hacker body, cypherpunk mind, eternal soul.
Austin, TX
Joined May 2014
- Watch me get pepper sprayed by peaceful protesters at UC Berkeley.My friend was giving an interview when some coward peppersprayed her #Berkeley
00:00 - We survive the peaceful protests. Glad to see intellectual debates are valued at UC Berkeley. 😉 #MiloAtCal
- Bitcoin has already won. 1. People use the word fiat. 2. People use the word altcoin.
- I just got news my friend is in the hospital with broken ribs from last nights UC Berkeley riots... possible liver damage.
- Berkeley is a 1st Amendment no go zone, and we're taking it back.
- If you think getting sprayed with mace is bad, I can tell you watching your friends get sprayed and beat with flag poles is so much worse.
00:00 - Replying to @KCDavisSaysmy mother in law would tell her kids, “it’s good to want things!” as a way of telling them she wasn’t going to buy some random thing they wanted.
- The grass isn’t greener on the other side. It’s greener where you water it.
- Valuing free speech is a sign of confidence. Losers are afraid of ideas. Winners fear losing their ability to express them.
- The problem I see with Bitcoin twitter is that the audience it aims to impress the most is its own peer group.
- Success grows exponentially. Memories fade exponentially. The action you take now won’t see results until years in the future. And when you get to the future, you'll underestimate the effort it took to get you there.
