Now see, censorship resistance just seems optimistic to me. The blockchain itself is almost a "utopia" of technology in a way, and there seems no end to the way man can "govern" itself out of utopia. As creative as any technology can be to avoid the pitfalls of depravity, it will still fail or it would be God...hmm. I think I just accidentally said something philosophically interesting, but maybe it was just dribble.
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It might be a false dichotomy: either a thing fails or it's God. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's a true statement by itself. But I'm not sure it means that a thing should not be pursued just because it will ultimately fail on some near or far timeline.
In the long run, we're all dead. That doesn't mean life isn't worth living.
What if we say, any technology sufficiently perfect to be altered/used by man in such a way that it can be used for any but moral purposes is God? I do not know, I feel like there has to be a definition there, and then a corresponding proposition that proves this technology cannot exist.
Probably not critically important (although philosophically interesting...and perhaps not without application in Christian apologetics).
Either way, the key takeaway from the entire thread is certainly
We certainly should (and indeed have no choice but to) pursue imperfect solutions to our temporal problems with the direction of natural and special revelation until such time as the consummation of God's plan for redemption arrives.
That is hard for me to do. I would rather go live in the woods and wait it out :)
Or an idol.