Evergreen explanation. #Bitcoin

The Mandibles is an excellent book, but one part it got dead wrong is predicting the US would be less competent than the rest of the world, drifting into obsolescence by clinging to the dollar while everybody else moves on to the bancor system. What we are seeing in reality is the opposite. America is dirty, but it’s the cleanest dirty shirt in the laundry.

“I remember a story about a conversation at a dinner party, where it was in England, and all the people were discussing what they thought was going to happen after death, whether they would simply be extinguished, or whether they'd be reincarnated, or whatever kind of thing. And present at the dinner, there was a very respectable country squire, who was on the vestry of the local church, very pious. And finally, the hostess said to him, ‘Sir Roger, you haven’t said anything in the conversation this evening. What do you think is going to happen to you when you die?’ He said, ‘I'm perfectly sure that I shall go to heaven and enjoy everlasting bliss, but I wish you wouldn't raise such a depressing subject.” — Alan Watts, On GK Chesterton

What I love about sci-fi/fantasy novels is their tendency is to keep asking ‘What next?/What came before?’ until you’ve witnessed the entire creation, destruction, and rebirth of a cosmos.

The great thing about British Common Law is that it is common sense. Most people are fine with obeying the law so long as it is right and just. Problems arise when laws and law enforcement are unjust, as we are seeing today in the modern UK.

#Bitcoin is the way out.

One may interpret the “I” and “me” in this verse to be the inner Self of the World (aka: Brahman) which dwells within each of us. Tat tvam asi. View quoted note →

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” — John 14:6 (KJV)

“Libertarianism is like trying to stand a flagpole on its end: it’s not stable. You can’t just have liberty as a principle without authority, because liberty without authority devolves into chaos.” — Curtis Yarvin View quoted note →

Libertarianism is the ideal on a theoretical level. It is what society should strive towards: maximum freedom for the individual with minimal government meddling. The problem is that this form of rule only works in a civilization that is high-trust and highly aligned in its values. You wouldn’t try to implement libertarianism in a place like Somalia. Nor would you try to revive El Salvador by being *more* lenient on criminals. A certain amount of central authority is needed to maintain order, and thus create the conditions wherein peaceful, productive citizens may flourish and exercise their liberties. While authoritarianism can certainly go too far, as we saw during COVID, a middle way is possible. England under British Common Law, and the USA in the gilded era, are excellent examples.

“God heard the embattled nations sing and shout, ‘Gott strafe England!’ and, ‘God save the King!’ ‘God’ this, ‘God’ that, and ‘God’ the other thing. ‘Good God!’ said God, ‘I've got my work cut out.’” — Alan Watts quoting J.C. Squire, Early Radio Talks

The only thing I stack consistently other than #Bitcoin is books. This is why (excerpt from CS Lewis):

“There's a wonderful story you may also have read by a German writer, von Kleist, about a boxing match with a bear. The man can never defeat this bear because the bear always knows his plans in advance and is ready to deal with any situation. The only way to get through to the bear would be to hit the bear without having first intended to do so. That would catch him.” — Alan Watts, Taoist Way

Don’t wait for the train to leave the station before hopping on board. #Bitcoin

#Nostr is already superior to Twitter/X when it comes to free speech and Bitcoin/technical knowledge. And in time, I suspect it will surpass Twitter wrt news and wide-ranging Hegelian dialectic discourse as well.

Them: What comes after saving in Bitcoin and focusing on your craft? Me:

Exit fiat. Enter #Bitcoin

“If I want you to listen to music, any advice to do so will drown out the music. The directest way is to play the music itself.” — Alan Watts, Gateless Gate

“Or put in still other words, the first rule of the game is that this game is serious, i.e., is not a game. This might be called the primordial ‘repression.’ By this I do not mean that it is an event at the temporal beginnings of human life, but rather that it may be our most deeply ingrained social attitude.” — Alan Watts, Psychotherapy East & West

“I suppose most of you have heard of Zen, but before going on to explain any details about it, I want to make one thing absolutely clear. I am not a Zen Buddhist. I am not advocating Zen Buddhism. I'm not trying to convert anyone to it. I have nothing to sell. I'm an entertainer.” — Alan Watts, Eco Zen