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  1. Feb 2023
    1. { "id": <32-bytes lowercase hex-encoded sha256 of the the serialized event data> "pubkey": <32-bytes lowercase hex-encoded public key of the event creator>, "created_at": <unix timestamp in seconds>, "kind": <integer>, "tags": [ ["e", <32-bytes hex of the id of another event>, <recommended relay URL>], ["p", <32-bytes hex of the key>, <recommended relay URL>], ... // other kinds of tags may be included later ], "content": <arbitrary string>, "sig": <64-bytes hex of the signature of the sha256 hash of the serialized event data, which is the same as the "id" field> }

      Sounds like two fascinating projects. This is clearly a more technical article, which perfectly fine. It depends who your target audience is. My suggestion is, if you'd like to write your articles so that both technical and non-technical can read it better, utiliize chatgpt to create summaries of what you wrote. You can then make the more technical details into sidebars for those who are technically inclined. I'm happy to share with you any chatgpt prompts that I have used in such situations.

    1. Mating and Dating in a Network State - Part One

      This sounds like a super important factor in the success or failure of a network state. Seems like there may have been some additional points (possibly literal bullet points) in some of the sections that gives greater detail on pros, cons, and/or proposed solutions -- google searches or chatgpt prompts could get you a first draft of bullet points, that's usually how i dive deeper into a topic.

    1. Breaking Ground for Living an Extended Reality

      Interesting. Digital preservation of things like architecture and cultural values would be impervious to wear and tear as well as outright destruction. Efforts like this are invaluable to extending one's mind into opening up to what's in the physical and digital world.

    1. The Network State community has the ability to extract and distill the most valuable and thought-provoking ideas from our discussions, preserving them for future reference and implementation

      The process of distilling information is crucial, and I have come to appreciate it more since using ChatGPT in this group. I have observed that ChatGPT has the ability to compress or expand information as needed, making it a more efficient tool than anything I've used before.

    2. by providing the community with its own unique context, it will help to maintain the community’s distinctiveness and prevent it from being lost in the vast sea of the global population, reducing the likelihood of losing its identity and independence, and minimizing the risk of manipulation by any central authority.

      This article is packed with great insights. In some ways this idea of a tightly aligned community resisting centralized manipulation reminds me of bitcoin maxis. I feel like TNS has a more positive persona than that.

    3. we hold the power to shape our culture in a decentralized and truly democratic way

      Definitely important when reshaping culture that it be done in a decentralized way. Seems like the mainstream is trying to reshape in a centralized way.

    4. “Gotcha Isaac, but what about using technology to improve collective wisdom? Why not Optimize the wisdom of a community!” davesoma.eth

      Great article. Optimizing communities with technology is interesting. We probably have to do this because technology will turn everything upside down and there's definitely no way to stop it. A community will need to have each other's backs in such turmoil.

    1. The Ayllu was a Network Union without technologies of communication

      Love that you noticed how Ayllu is a low-tech version of the Network Union. Seems there are answers all around us, we just need to notice them. Good job!