Normies need an “expert” to tell them how to act. They are uncomfortable thinking for themselves.

Communism never died. It was just rebranded. View quoted note →

Im starting to believe that hypernostrization will happen before hyperbitcoinization. 1. The value of freedom of speech is far more understood than the value of sound money. I feel way more confident in my ability to purple-pill someone than my ability to orange-pill someone. Purple-pilling takes a few minutes. Orange-pilling takes hours, at least. 2. Debanking is far less common than banning on legacy social media. Most people don’t read and therefore dont learn from the pain of others. They won’t know the stove is hot until they touch it themselves. It’s fairly common for posts to get flagged or taken down on legacy social media, but it’s much less common for someone’s bank account to be seized (at least for now). Maybe if we see crazy high inflation and/or a reduction in internet censorship over the next few years, my opinon could change, but for now, I actually think that nostr’s trajectory is even more vertical than bitcoin’s.

New goal: read 50 pages per day Have to start somewhere 📚

Fiat ruins many things, but among the most egregious is elder care. Nursing homes do not cut it. You cannot pay someone else to care about your family as much as you do.

If your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize it, don’t eat it.

The first time I read The Fiat Standard, I skipped the chapter on Fiat Architecture. Just didn’t seem interesting/relevant. Now I get it…

Taleb has become one of my favorite writers. How did he not see through the COVID madness? How does he not get bitcoin?

Where should I buy BTC P2P as a US citizen? Apparently, HodlHodl is unavailable to US citizens.

If you ever feel torn, pick the low time preference option. View quoted note →