A panelist explains Urbit to me as a “clubhouse where we hide from the AI.” Over the course of the weekend, bit by bit, members of Urbit community describe it as a peer-to-peer networking system that aims to eliminate the need for giant servers, like those used by Twitter or Facebook, companies which present you with advertisements and sell your data in return for free and easy access. Planets, ships and galaxies are cryptographic assets, so, when you get one, you own your own access point into digital communications.
