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Vitalik Buterin said developers should not place the burden of ethical decision-making on users and should instead build apps that do the right thing behind the scenes by default
Vitalik Buterin said that apps are 80% special purpose, meaning their design and purpose are heavily shaped by the developers' social philosophy
Vitalik Buterin emphasized the need for good social philosophy at Ethereum's application layer in a Warpcast post, citing Polymarket and Railgun as positive examples and Pump.Fun as a negative one
Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum protocol is more exposed to philosophical influence than general-purpose technologies like C++, and that ideology plays a significant role in decisions such as adopting decentralization and energy efficiency
Vitalik Buterin said that Ethereum’s application layer is where good social philosophy matters most, as it is shaped by developers’ value-driven choices, unlike the more neutral infrastructure layer

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