Edit: also this thread is not a circle-jerk. I read anything posted that is relevant to the stipulation in the opening post as to the point of this thread. And I reply to such posts only if I feel I can add something of value. Perhaps what you sense is that I tend to have a lot of synergy in threads started by United States citizens, e.g. OROBTC and CoinCube. Perhaps I should name my new coin "Eaglecoin" or just "Eagle" (American Eagle for freedom and for founding father American ideas).
You obviously have no interest in the topic you chose and have not put forth one iota of energy in that direction...
Dude several times I've mentioned that my head is deep in/on programming the solutions we need to survive this coming totalitarianism. I don't have time for the philosophical tangents. OROBTC wrote in the opening post that this thread was to be more about enumerating the threats and offering solutions, and not another theoretical thread for which we already have the
Economic Devastation thread. OROBTC has tried to reiterate that with his recent posts, but he is too nice to tell you bluntly so I have to do it.
The issue here is you guys have huge egos and need to find something to do with your idle time. Whereas, I have vitally important work to do and not enough time to do it.
I am so fucking tired of battling egos. Can't anyone code? I see you guys as useless to the cause.
You think XMR is the solution and you can just sit back and collect the rewards for which you did nothing from your armchair but waste the time of those who are coding. You have a big lesson coming.
I have also learned in my recent search for a programmer and mathematician for collaboration, that this armchair, non-cooperative attitude seems to be a trait of Europeans. I will quote from Eric S Raymond the high genuis progenitor of the term "open source":
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4901The German: Methodical, good at details, prone to over-engineering things, careful about tests. Territorial: as a project lead, can get mightily offended if you propose to mess with his orderly orderliness. Good at planned architecture too, but doesnt deal with novelty well and is easily disoriented by rapidly changing requirements. Rude when cornered. Often wants to run things; just as often its unwise to let him.
The Russian: A morose, wizardly loner. Capable of pulling amazing feats of algorithmic complexity and how-did-he-spot that debugging out of nowhere. Mathematically literate. Uncommunicative and relatively poor at cooperating with others, but more from obliviousness than obnoxiousness. Has recent war stories about using equipment that has been obsolete in the West for decades.
I have observed both of those descriptions in spades in my search for collaborative help. Also others of them are so busy on traveling and vacation, they reply once disappear and reply again after another week with a "sorry". Cripes and they think that is tolerable? I heard about the socialism over there in Europe with 35 hour work weeks and 2 months paid vacation. Europe will collapse!
Interviewing some candidates (especially one senior one) from the United Socialist States of Unamerica has been a breath of fresh air. They are articulate, results oriented, flexible, communicative, friendly, upbeat, and understand the "small team" and work hard ethos. The cultural divide is significant.
Also there appears to be a significant divide for those youngsters with a college education. University is apparently destroying the attitude (minds) of the youth.