A practical path: own some hard assets, some productive capacity, strong skills, and a lifestyle that does not require enormous stored surplus to sustain.

I find the retiring in bitcoin arguments and the hate on OGs for selling tiresome. There are many use cases for bitcoin that are excellent. If you need to move value across borders it is unmatched. VERY few people in actuality need to move enormous amounts of value this way. If you have 100 BTC that’s probably excessive to say the least for what bitcoin actually needs to provide for you in your life. This is just reality. The network can still exist without everyone hoarding every free cent in it. This is a fact. Don’t fall for all of the narratives and infighting. Just do the work and know what you own and then if the properties still exist then go enjoy your life. It’s easy to get wrapped up in it because fix the money fix the world. But we all know this isn’t a straight line and some trade offs will occur. Welcome to life.

Narrative combatants on all sides often treat daily drama as the main event. The longer-term question is whether the underlying design properties of bitcoin survive contact with reality and continue to attract voluntary use.

Malnutrition sets the stage for spiritual warfare

Sounds esoteric but the more coupled you are to the power source of the universe, the less external energy you need. Simple example: align light exposure to circadian rhythm and you need to eat less food. Same gram of carbohydrate yields more atp and less waste heat. Don’t trust me. Go verify for yourself.

Direct the majority of your attention and energy toward health, meaningful work, relationships, and direct engagement with reality.

The goal is not maximum sovereignty at all costs. The goal is maximum anti fragility for your actual life.

One must satisfy the desire for self assertion and self expression.

When two paths achieve roughly the same goal, people reliably choose the less demanding one.

To the point on self custody, how can you cash out today without KYC vs after the bill has passed? I don’t know of anyway you could buy a house now with BTC and not KYC yourself in some form or another unless you are a lawyer and can write and air tight transfer with the seller. I agree that there are traps in the legislation but I don’t want people to forget that simple self custody and P2P will be how they always have been.

“If a nation expects to be both ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be” -Thomas Jefferson

Low needs, high agency, generative capacity, and the ability to endure disruption. Lesson for life.

Ai effectively burning books should get much more press than it does. Look up Project Panama. More and more often if you read older books and then fact check them through google ai the answers are disingenuous and factually incorrect. Don’t get rid of your old books.

There is no greater achievement in life than having and raising children. Everything else pales in comparison.

Deep down you crave physical work and boredom. Both of these things put you back into direct relationship with reality instead of living through distractions.

Always remember that human capital and relationships matter more than financial assets.

Just an update on our fire cider. Unfortunately the shipping is so expensive that for us to even break even I have to sell it for more than what makes sense to me. The goal wasn’t to make money from it but provide a great product to the bitcoin community. Will happily make more if requested. Thanks for all the support!

Once it is understood the bitcoin is money that refuses to lie. You understand that it is rare and beautiful. Don’t fall for the noise and endless content built around it. Just understand that truth is irreducible.

Bitcoin is a very good tool. In fact it’s the best yet invented for sovereign, honest money. It’s not the destination.