> The Old Way: "I trust this site because the browser says the lock icon is green".

> The Zen Way: "I trust this destination because I have verified its hash fingerprint out-of-band, and the math confirms the signature".

PGP already tried something along those lines. It did not see any adoption.

Problem with that approach is: UX is horrible. If someone technical like myself struggled to get it up and running correctly, what chance do less technical folk have?

If you want to build a really boutique environment for 3 guys to feel good about themselves, the Zen path is the right path.

If you want the public to adopt it, you need that green lock icon.

I have been using it for 15+ years as my main editor and I still feel clumsy. I move doing jjjjjjjjjjj very often. I guess I have reached a local maxima and I don't want to invest the extra time on improving

One of the reasons ChatGPT is taking over google searches for a lot of people is that they also did this kind of shit.

These companies are overconfident.

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.

That sounds a lot like "the magical hand of the markets" and "trickle down economics". A hope surrounded by a semblance of logic but not a lot thought put on the important details of how things actually work.

With this I mean: I can think of several ways in which this would go in the other direction (bad for society). And I am not an economics expert.

> gamblers are a little less likely to fall for fake news. Maybe?

Crypto bros. Remember when all of them were saying that NFTs were the future?

What's gray? To me it looks like written proof of incompetence.

Wow, pictures look great, well done Mr Weimin Chu

This must be one of those things that people that notice kerning notice.

I like it. It tells me this wasn't written by AI

I know which one is faster to produce an unintended segfault.