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 _Special thanks to Liraz Siri, Janine Leger and Balvi volunteers for feedback and review_
 
-About a year ago, I wrote [an article on techno-optimism](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html), describing my general enthusiasm for technology and the massive benefits that it can bring, as well as my caution around a few specific concerns, largely centered around superintelligent AI, and the risk that it may bring about either doom, or irreversible human disempowerment, if the technology is built in the wrong ways. One of the core ideas in my post was the philosophy of **<d/acc>: decentralized and democratic, differential defensive acceleration**. Accelerate technology, but differentially focus on technologies improve our ability to defend, rather than our ability to cause harm, and in technologies that distribute power rather than concentrating it in the hands of a singular elite that decides what is true, false, good or evil on behalf of everyone. Defense like in democratic [Switzerland](https://www.econlib.org/archives/2018/03/imagine_not_kno.html) and historically quasi-anarchist [Zomia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Not_Being_Governed), not like the lords and castles of medieval feudalism.
+About a year ago, I wrote [an article on techno-optimism](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html), describing my general enthusiasm for technology and the massive benefits that it can bring, as well as my caution around a few specific concerns, largely centered around superintelligent AI, and the risk that it may bring about either doom, or irreversible human disempowerment, if the technology is built in the wrong ways. One of the core ideas in my post was the philosophy of **d/acc: decentralized and democratic, differential defensive acceleration**. Accelerate technology, but differentially focus on technologies improve our ability to defend, rather than our ability to cause harm, and in technologies that distribute power rather than concentrating it in the hands of a singular elite that decides what is true, false, good or evil on behalf of everyone. Defense like in democratic [Switzerland](https://www.econlib.org/archives/2018/03/imagine_not_kno.html) and historically quasi-anarchist [Zomia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Not_Being_Governed), not like the lords and castles of medieval feudalism.
 
 In the year since then, the philosophy and ideas have matured significantly. I talked about the ideas on [80,000 Hours](https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/vitalik-buterin-techno-optimism/), and have seen many responses, largely positive and some critical. The work itself is continuing and bearing fruit: we’re [seeing progress](https://x.com/sohamsankaran/status/1875184196660101492) in verifiable [open-source vaccines](https://speak.devcon.org/devcon7-sea/talk/S7LEHK/), growing recognition of the value of healthy indoor air, Community Notes continuing to shine, a breakout year for [prediction markets as an info tool](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/11/09/infofinance.html), ZK-SNARKs in [government ID](https://zksync.mirror.xyz/kWRhD81C7il4YWGrkDplfhIZcmViisRe3lnsmbvOEmg) and [social media](https://anoncast.org/) (and [securing](https://prove.email/) Ethereum [wallets](https://github.com/anon-aadhaar/anon-aadhaar) through [account abstraction](https://www.erc4337.io/)), [open-source imaging tools](https://www.openwater.health/) with applications in medicine and BCI, and more. In the fall, we had the first significant d/acc event: [“d/acc Discovery Day” (d/aDDy) at Devcon](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/AA8SRQ), which featured a full day of speakers from all pillars of d/acc (bio, physical, cyber, info defense, plus neurotech). People who have been working on these technologies for years are increasingly aware of each other’s work, and people outside are increasingly aware of the larger story: the same kinds of values that motivated Ethereum and crypto [can be applied to the wider world](https://x.com/llamaonthebrink/status/1871949234678993366).