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16navclass: urbit
16navclass: urbit
19−We're strong believers in crowdsourced criticism. We've heard a
19+We love crowdsourced criticism. We've heard a lot of great
20−lot of great criticisms of Urbit. Surely there's more out there!
20+objections to Urbit. Surely there's more out there! If so,
21−Comments are open at the bottom of the page.
21+comments are open at the bottom of the page. We'll revise this
22+document to include anything new and interesting.
23Here's our list right now:
24Here's our list right now:
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34- [Urbit programmers are stuck with Hoon.](#stuck)
35- [Urbit programmers are stuck with Hoon.](#stuck)
35- [Ordinary users will never be able to manage an Urbit server.](#user)
36- [Ordinary users will never be able to manage an Urbit server.](#user)
36- [Urbit has no killer app.](#killer)
37- [Urbit has no killer app.](#killer)
37−- [Urbit is a reactionary digital dictatorship.](#dictator)
38- [Urbit is sniffed at by Houyhnhyms.](#horse)
38- [Urbit is sniffed at by Houyhnhyms.](#horse)
40*"We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard."*
40*"We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard."*
41−— John F. Kennedy
41+— [John F. Kennedy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25G1M4EXrQ)
43<h2 id="prime">Urbit is not ready for prime time.</h2>
43<h2 id="prime">Urbit is not ready for prime time.</h2>
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659integration, also integrated with a reactive web server, are
659integration, also integrated with a reactive web server, are
662−<h2 id="dictator">Urbit is a reactionary digital
665−**TLDR**: Facebook is a digital dictatorship.
666−Urbit is a decentralized network with a republican constitution.
668−It's especially important to combat the impression that Tlon is a
669−reactionary conspiracy. Tlon is a Delaware corporation. It
670−exists to make its investors as rich as possible. We are not
671−aware of our investors' ideologies. We are pretty confident that
672−they don't take precedence, ever, over turning a profit.
674−As in any corporation, Tlon's employees work for its investors.
675−Those employees would have trouble conspiring in any political
676−sense, though. In 2016 election terms, two of us are for
677−Sanders, one for Clinton, and two for Trump.
679−Now, in the long run, it's quite wrong for Urbit to be run by any
680−profit-oriented corporation, Delaware or otherwise. This is why
681−we've partitioned off 50 galaxies for a future Urbit Foundation.
682−Furthermore, the power of *any* central body in Urbit is designed
683−to wane over time. But we can't get ahead of ourselves in this.
684−Urbit, to create an effective and competent digital republic,
685−needs to move slowly and carefully in establishing it.
687<h2 id="horse">Urbit is sniffed at by Houyhnhyms.</h2>
662<h2 id="horse">Urbit is sniffed at by Houyhnhyms.</h2>
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