> The duty of the individual is to accept no rule, to be the initiator of his own acts, to be responsible. Only if he does so will the society live, and change, and adapt, and survive. We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society founded upon revolution. [...] ‘The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin.’
> That the social conscience completely dominates the individual conscience, instead of striking a balance with it. We don’t cooperate—we obey. We fear being outcast, being called lazy, dysfunctional, egoizing. We fear our neighbor’s opinion more than we respect our own freedom of choice. You don’t believe me, Tak, but try, just try stepping over the line, just in imagination, and see how you feel. [...] We have created crime, just as the propertarians did.
for those wondering how to establish trade relations with crows:
- feed crows food A regularly - when crows decide to bring you gifts, feed them food B - when crows bring you different categories of gifts, feed them a food-per-category, ex: food C for jewelry, food D for paper money, etc - crows will recognize these exchange patterns and opt to bring you things in order to acquire desired treats
We need to allow more nomadic identity and distributed storage of user data sooner into these services we build. Then we need to look into incorporating payment tooling so we can literally eat from the stuff we make.
#2 still has such a prominent egg tooth (the little bump on top of the beak), you can really see it in the third picture. Don't worry I cleaned their water dish right after taking these pictures.