John Spurlock on Nostr: ‘Homebrew computer clubs in the 1970s. Punk zines in the 1980s. The early web in ...
‘Homebrew computer clubs in the 1970s. Punk zines in the 1980s. The early web in the 1990s. Each one developed a community of practice—what Brian Eno would call a “scenius”—where people played with tools that the mainstream considered toys.’
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