* if the conditions present themselves such that only Bitcoiners have real-world resources, then your Bitcoin is only worth what you can physically defend. The state is just a Citadel at scale*

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Is "taxation of Bitcoin at gunpoint" something worth worrying about? \ stacker news

So under the premise that the word hyperbitcoinizes. And Bitcoin is the world currency in 2050. Big if, but lets go with it. Know, a few of us have...

*The state is a tool for people with resources to coordinate beyond their own personal compounds and mire have-nots in process.*

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Is "taxation of Bitcoin at gunpoint" something worth worrying about? \ stacker news

So under the premise that the word hyperbitcoinizes. And Bitcoin is the world currency in 2050. Big if, but lets go with it. Know, a few of us have...

*Real friends do not feed your ego. They guard your soul. They care about your aim more than your reach* View quoted note →

*50yr mortgages …are proof the system would rather extend your leash than allow prices or rates to reset properly* View quoted note →

*authentic relationships are complex and not binary* View quoted note →

*Boomers may be a generation that can't let go now, but some of the same characteristics may come to define Gen X, millennials, and even Gen Z. (Yes, friends, someday you too will be old.) What that means is that younger people could stand to be a little more understanding of their older counterparts — and take away some lessons from it, too. The same goes for boomers, eh — that work-life balance thing the kids enjoy these days is actually pretty great.* Generation Can't Let Go: Baby Boomers Still Working, Not Selling Homes - Business Insider

Business Insider

Boomers are clinging to their jobs, homes, and halls of power. Millennials and Gen Z are left in the dust.

As boomers cling to power, America's become a gerontocracy — in business, housing, and the workforce. Here's what it means for millennials and Ge...

*If you want to increase adoption by pandering to politicians, you’ll never be free* View quoted note →

*make sure your soul gains more than your hands* View quoted note →

*a reminder that life, too, will end, urging us to make the most of it and light up the forest floor to the very end* View quoted note →

*all economic activity is an outgrowth of ethics* View quoted note →

*One side owns assets, leverages credit, and rides the wave of monetary expansion. The other works harder each year just to stand still* View quoted note →

*Predictable suffering feels safer than uncertain liberation, because pain we know becomes part of our identity* View quoted note →

*Most people would rather live in a cage they’ve learned to decorate than step into the wild* View quoted note →

Zaha Hadid’s futuristic Yidan Center takes shape in Shenzhen

New Atlas

Extraordinary rippled building looks like it belongs in a sci-fi movie

You could be forgiven for thinking that this extraordinary building was dreamed up as some sort of alien megastructure for a sci-fi movie. However,...

*without transparency, every algorithm — analog or digital — stops being democratic* View quoted note →

*It's possible to care about Nostr more than Bitcoin* View quoted note →

*The builders here aren’t chasing capital, they’re architecting autonomy* View quoted note →

*why lavish meticulous care on our possessions while treating our bodies with casual indifference?* View quoted note →

*So, the answer to get >1 mNav is to develop a cult following and a reputation as the country's best investor. Got it!*

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Buffett's Lesson to the Bitcoin Treasury Companies (WSJ, Krystal Hur) \ stacker news

Here's a company that sustainably manages to trade above its book value, in dire contrast to the upstart fad bitcoin treasury companies where their...