ynniv on Nostr: ethics and permission-less are orthogonal and difficult to hold at the same time. ...

ethics and permission-less are orthogonal and difficult to hold at the same time. math and physics say what you can do, society what you should

it's a common category error to say that math or physics determine what you should do, just as it is to say society determines what you can. taking from someone is always wrong, even when you can do it easily, and doing what is right is sometimes impossible

my resolution is to see that it's okay for people to do things that are wrong, and also for society to punish them for it, if they can. the best we can do as technologists is to try to make what we feel to be right easier, and to be wrong harder