@samir@mastodon.functional.computer
Post #2573835
2026-05-14 16:48 UTC
Replies (5)
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@RosaCtrl@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-14 17:00
RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@RosaCtrl/115295074371528612 @samir@mastodon.functional.computer I have a book recommendation! Computer power and human reason. I’m reading it for the second time, although this time I got a bit distracted
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@salixsericea@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 17:43
@samir@mastodon.functional.computer @meena@cathode.church The man was even cooler than I knew. Thank you for surfacing this.
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@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net 2026-05-14 20:01
@samir@mastodon.functional.computer @meena@cathode.church That part about banks is BS though. We would still need fast communications and some kind of electronic systems to transfer money quickly between people no matter what - who the fuck wants to deal with cheques any more? There was a lot of fraud with cheques as you couldn't do any real-time checks to see if the person actually had the money in an account. Cheques had their use, but I'm glad they are dying out. Decentralisation, while sensible, would have not fixed the amount of transactions or speed problem. What's the non-computer alternative, Hawala??
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@peter@mastodon.gassner.io 2026-05-15 15:58
@samir@mastodon.functional.computer Weizenbaum is always worth our attention – so good!
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@dtemme@hachyderm.io 2026-05-16 15:54
@samir@mastodon.functional.computer @meena@cathode.church this is indeed fantastic. Thanks for the link!