There’s a delicate balance to be found between certainty and cognitive flexibility. The ability to change your mind in light of new information is important. But the ability to have some level of certainty about your models facilitates agency.

Totally fine and normal that working adults have to borrow from mommy and daddy to own a home. Everything is fine.

This regalia serves as a daily reminder that I am solely responsible for engineering my sovereignty. @M A D E X @BULLBITCOIN.COM

Went skateboarding today with some friends. We’re all in our 40’s now and have known each other for 20+ years. Haven’t seen them in years. Grateful for these days. Can’t quite skate like we used to but we’re out here keeping it moving as best we can.

Remember when everyone was repeating the line about electing Carney because he’s a banker and he can fix the economy? Yeah. That’s because most people don’t have a fuckin clue what central bankers do.

It’s a fine line

They just can’t resist a good engagement farm post when bitcoin is pumping, can they?

I think I should probably tattoo “You can’t save the normies” on my hand because I seem to keep forgetting this. From now on I will stfu.

Yesterday, in a fairly normie group chat I’m in for skateboarding, I posted a meme about taxation and cheekily said “Taxation is theft”. What followed was me being berated about how good government programs in Canada are, and yes, they even brought up “Who will build the roads”. But what was most striking was the ad hoc arguments on my character/personality. I’m not denying I can be an asshole. The truth just hurts sometimes. There was a clear unwillingness to have a real conversation. They all defended taxation adamantly with very little criticism of the system. I imagined even the most lefty tax payer would complain about upwards of 40% of their salaries going to the government each year. But they seemed very content with it.

GM Nostr. Make sure to caffeinate prior to the block party. @Alliance @Rigly @Upendo

GM Nostr

I’m not from Alberta, but after this weekend at @Bitcoin Rodeo I think I’m an Alberta separatist. Canada has zero cultural cohesion beyond the tropes of hockey and Tim Horton’s. Experimentation in governance is needed. My grandparents were born into a pre-confederation Newfoundland. This is still in living memory for some and so it does not feel that far-fetched.

The quiet part has been officially said out loud. “It’s kinda like early ICOs where you have like a posse of people you bring into the token”.