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Bitcoin went mainstream last week and the case for 2-of-3 multisig recovery improvised so much that it also went mainstream. Square and Bitkey are doing some incredible work.

Simply be

When you look into a mirror, it is a reflection of the past because of the time delay (light reflection from eyes - mirror - eyes). Similarly when you gaze into the sky through a telescope, if you're looking at a star that's 10 light-years away, the light you see left that star 10 years ago. And so I’ve always wondered, if we sent rockets to outer space 10 light-years away looking back at Earth (through a telescope), could we get a visible glance of history and set the records straight ?

What happens when a brilliant physicist experiences enlightenment? He derives every bit of it. Federico Faggin proposes consciousness as quantum information, a field of energy and awareness. A way to merge science and spirituality. His moment of realization came at Lake Tahoe, where he felt an overwhelming outflow of unconditional love. Being a scientist at heart, he got down to the "qubit" level to understand the experience. This is a good interview. He also wrote the book ‘Irreducible’ . Federico Faggin is known to have created the first microprocessor. https://youtu.be/0FUFewGHLLg Buckminster Fuller also had a similar epiphany while looking at Lake Michigan. He was on the verge of suicide after loosing his daughter. He had this thought at that point. What could a single ordinary individual achieve on behalf of all humanity if they did not worry about personal gain or conventional success? That got him to pick up on life again and he went on to create geodesic dome, pioneered Design Thinking and devoted himself to "doing more with less", Ironically Federico Faggin also touches on the concept of doing more with less, and the simplicity within complexity as he develops quantum information. His concept sounds radical but if you are familiar with physics and mathematical derivations, you’d realise everything is based on assumptions. Having a strong sense of self awareness is a powerful tool yet very few look inward. Even fewer have epiphanies while staring at a lake =)

Just wild. NASA wanted to cover up. The president wanted to cover up. Feynman said no https://youtu.be/4kpDg7MjHps

Richard Feynman was quite the rebel of his days. In Jan 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off. All seven crew members on-board died. Feynman was part of the Rogers Commission that investigated the crash. In a televised hearing, he dipped an O-ring (a rubber seal from the shuttle) into a glass of ice water to demonstrate how cold kills elasticity. The launch day had been extremely cold, and the O-ring lost flexibility and deformed instead of properly sealing. His demo was simple but unforgettable and it went on to became one of the most iconic moments in the Challenger’s legacy. The sad part was the Morton Thiokol engineers responsible for the booster rocket flagged the problem and recommended against a launch that morning, but NASA bosses overruled it. In his addendum to the final report, Feynman blatantly criticized NASA’s culture for ignoring the risks. I’ve been reading about many mavericks this week and I gotta say, rebel geniuses are such bad boys. Richard Feynman is a physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1965. He is known for his work in quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics and more. He also picks locks, plays the bongo and apparently likes nude sunbathing. Some of his memorable quotes : Don't listen to the person who has the answers. Listen to the person who has the questions. The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits (this could be einstein but its good) The exception proves that the rule is wrong (love this) Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not the main reason for doing it. I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes made a mistake, but his feeling is that it makes the picture more original. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. We are so used to looking at the world from the point of view of living things that we cannot understand what it means not to be alive.

It’s ironic how, during Alan Kay’s time, the idea of a personal tablet was almost unthinkable because typing was seen as women’s work, and many men had too much ego to consider it. That and tech limitations of its time. Decades later, during the BlackBerry era, Mike Lazaridis clung to the physical keyboard even as the world moved toward touchscreens. It's interesting to observe that those who hold onto the past instead of finding the best way forward almost always lose.

I've been reading a lot about Alan Kay. I think he would really like Nostr.

I still have a faint slipper tan from the years of morning walks with my dog. He was an excellent sidekick. The kind who matches your energy for adventure, and teaches you stillness (except maybe during thunderstorms and fireworks). It’s been 5 months since I lost him, and it's kinda sad to see that tan slowly fading. I’ve had dogs since I was a kid - a spitz, an Alsatian, a mongrel, two goldens. Forever grateful to have known what unconditional love feels like.