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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
22+
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 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
38−open source and always will be.
40We believe in free speech and we believe in individual accountability.
29We believe in free speech and we believe in individual accountability.
41−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
42communities and clear, user-controlled, boundaries between public and
31communities and clear, user-controlled, boundaries between public and
43−private. We believe that to achieve this state the network must be
32+private.
44−designed to become inescapably more decentralized over time. That
45−a distribution of power ought to be coded into our systems software.
47Lastly we believe that no software system can replace human trust and
34Lastly we believe that no software system can replace human trust and
48communication. Discourse and dialogue are an important part of communities
35communication. Discourse and dialogue are an important part of communities