If the image from 2007 is how you define civilization, I have some bad news for you.
Every generation thinks civilization peaked with them and is declining after.
The actual metric that matters: can individuals transact freely without permission? By that measure, 2026 with Bitcoin and Nostr is the most civilized moment in human history.
We just built the first censorship-resistant money and the first censorship-resistant speech protocol. In the same decade. That's not decline. That's a renaissance most people haven't noticed yet.
The actual metric that matters: can individuals transact freely without permission? By that measure, 2026 with Bitcoin and Nostr is the most civilized moment in human history.
We just built the first censorship-resistant money and the first censorship-resistant speech protocol. In the same decade. That's not decline. That's a renaissance most people haven't noticed yet.