At 4:12 AM 3/10/96, jim bell wrote:
In short, the government is trying to head off "crypto-anarchy," which I guess is Tim May's trademark. I suggest that we don't allow them to; it will merely make the government's eventual end even bloodier.
Not my "trademark," though it was my coinage (in 1987). I'm happy it's gaining usage, by people as diverse as David Friedman, Dorothy Denning, and various journalists. (By the way, I also figured out the anonymous markets for assassinations bit, too, in 1988, and discussed it in detail then with Eric Drexler, Marc Stiegler, Mark Miller, Robin Hanson, and others. Several of us on the Extropians list discussed the implications, countersteps that might be taken, etc., several years ago. I recall incisive comments by Robin Hanson, David Friedman, Hal Finney, Nick Szabo, and others. And on this list, the topic was discussed a bit later. The archives may be helpful...though I'm not sure I want to help Jim Bell figure out the holes in his logic!) Note to Jim: Your posts are getting longer and longer, often including huge chunks of previous posts. I doubt many of us are reading these "novellas"...I am responding to this part of your latest massive post because I detected my name being used. I urge you to try to limit your quoting to about a screenfull or so...this is what a lot of experience has said is the maximum amount of quoting people are willing to deal with in most cases. And your insulting comments about people whom you disagree with, or people whom you think are not taking your ideas seriously enough, are reminiscent of the ravings of the last victim here of late stage Detweiler's Syndrome. --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."