Oddbean

I guess both approaches can be powerful in their own ways. If I would encourage one thing it is awareness of the upsides and downsides to each approach. Combine the upsides of both in a healthy way without linking those identities. Don't hide your real life identity out of fear, but also recognise the benefits of a focussed discussion and exploration of a topic that becomes possible when we detach ourselves from any identity. Also I am really glad that most Monero devs are anonymous. It reduces the attack vector as code is the only thing that remains to discuss.

Yeah, as I wrote in the article, there are people for whom and situations for which anonymity is necessary. But it should not be the default for sharing your views in the public square. It’s like everyone went to the public square in masks because no one could deal with disagreements.