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17−# Beliefs
17+## Beliefs
19We believe strongly in the value of individual creativity. To
19We believe strongly in the value of individual creativity. To
20maximize our individual creative potential we believe that
20maximize our individual creative potential we believe that
21−general-purpose tools are an essential resource. Cloud computing has
21+general-purpose tools are an essential resource.
22−become an inexorable part of human life, and yet the individual
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23−toolset for putting it to work is in decline. We believe that
24−general-purpose computing ought to be a human right, and that it is
25−sorely underserved by the web today.
27−Urbit is built to reconcile this dilemma: to provide a general-purpose
28−computing platform for individuals to use in the cloud. We believe
29−that individuals shouldn’t need to pay any cost in terms of usability,
23+We believe that individuals shouldn’t need to pay any cost in terms of
30−accessibility or reliability in exchange for ownership, privacy or
24+usability, accessibility or reliability in exchange for ownership, privacy or
33−We believe that Code is Law, that the technical constraints of the
34−systems we use to communicate and coordinate act as the governing
35−framework of our digital lives. We believe that the discussion of how
36−our software should work needs to be inclusive and expansive. We
27+We believe that the discussion of how our software should work needs to be inclusive and expansive. We welcome debate and criticism in our development process.
37−welcome debate and criticism in our development process. Urbit is
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38−open source and always will be.
40−We believe in free speech and we believe in personal accountability.
29+We believe in free speech and we believe in individual accountability.
41−Today we live on a network where harassment pays no cost and
42−censorship can be unilateral. The Urbit network is designed to combat
43−both these problems. Urbit addresses are finite, have a cost, and
44−more importantly are designed to be permanent. Harassment, abuse or
45−spam are all easily combated at the network layer. The Urbit network
46−is para-decentralized, meaning you have to get an address from someone
47−already on the network and you rely on someone for p2p discovery.
48−You’re not tied to any single parent, but you’re accountable to
49−someone for maintaining your network services. While others can’t
50−censor you, someone must support you.
52−We believe that a healthy network is one with diverse well-defined
30+We believe that a healthy network is one with diverse, well-defined
53communities and clear, user-controlled, boundaries between public and
31communities and clear, user-controlled, boundaries between public and
54−private. We believe that to achieve this state the network must be
32+private.
55−designed to become inescapably more decentralized over time. That if
56−a distribution of power enforced at the systems level is absolutely
59Lastly we believe that no software system can replace human trust and
34Lastly we believe that no software system can replace human trust and
60−communication. Urbit has been carefully designed with this in mind.
61−Discourse and dialogue are an important part of communities of all
35+communication. Discourse and dialogue are an important part of communities
62−scales. Code and law can successfully reduce conflict only to a
36+of all scales. Code and law can successfully reduce conflict only to a
63point, when too far reaching they become oppressive.
37point, when too far reaching they become oppressive.
65−We hope you can join us in building a new platform to satisfy these
66−goals. Critique is as valuable as commits. Our hope is simply that
67−we can preserve the promise of general-purpose computing since its
39+We aim to preserve the promise of general-purpose computing since its
68positive effect on humankind is so deeply significant.
40positive effect on humankind is so deeply significant.
70−# Principles
42+## Principles
72−A constitution must proceed from a position of general agreement
73−on basic principles. Those
75Here are some principles of Urbit. Where principles conflict,
44Here are some principles of Urbit. Where principles conflict,
76the first stated takes precedence.
45the first stated takes precedence.