Re: OpenBazaar: Decentralized markets for online trade

I agree with that, thanks for clarifying Steven, and thanks for not taking offense at my poorly worded email. :-)

Cheers,
Greg

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On Mar 6, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Steven Rowat <steven_rowat@sunshine.net> wrote:

> On 3/6/15 12:50 PM, Tao Effect wrote:
>> Sorry to jump in, but someone mentioned OpenBazaar, drugs, and
>> Pandora's box right next to each other.
> ...[snip]
> 
>> Let's watch our rhetoric and not allow the rhetoric of politicians to
>> infiltrate it and distort reality, truth, etc.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Greg Slepak
> 
> I apologize for not being explicit in what I meant the 'Pandora's box' reference to refer to; and I think I'm fair in pointing out that you don't know what that was. :-)
> 
> So luckily neither of us are perfect, because then what would there be left to do? ;-)
> 
> What I meant was that the ability to effectively transact using a global currency (and thereby make decisions about resources of all kinds, including drugs, and a whole lot more besides) without national government accounting or control, could, in some models of how our world operates, cause severe disruptions in which:
>  a) governments are modified in some substantial way
>  b) governments become very threatened, and threatening
>  c) governments as we know them become superfluous
> 
> Or some combination of the three.
> 
> So perhaps 'Pandora's Box' was a poorly chosen reference; maybe "We live in interesting times" would be better?
> 
> Steven Rowat
>