I don't know who needs to hear this, but betting incentivizes cheating.

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I'm starting to think insurance is a form of debt.

You will never have the conviction to convince anyone by talking "number go up" or "savings vehicle." The only real conviction comes from a moral high ground. And until you live consistently with the ethos that the fiat monetary system is theft, and that every loan is printing money, you will only be LARPing and not living the truth of what Bitcoin really is.

Prolonging life with money is a modern phenomenon. It's a very strange tradeoff and one that prices life itself. There's something metaphysically unsettling about this.

Debugging sucks, AI debugging sucks less, but still sucks.

Socialism is an attempt at changing human nature without recognizing the spiritual reality of souls.

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Beware of people selling things you don't understand

If you have an espresso machine with a foamer, try milk and cacao powder. For me, it's like liquid dark chocolate.

I still don't get how so many Bitcoin devs don't have much Bitcoin. But in a sense, I suppose if they had some Bitcoin to start, they'd be tempted to retire, so maybe there's a selection effect there.

You can respect the fight while still criticizing the tactics.

Communism is popular because if you're getting screwed, you.might as well make it so everyone gets screwed

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The market for treasuries is degrading gradually. The suddenly is inevitable.

Centralized identity became a thing because it was so hard to establish identity back in the day. Cryptography makes denectralized identity possible again.

Discipline leads to wisdom

Software has always been and continues to be the biggest security vulnerability in almost every modern thing.

Status drives almost all social dynamics. And make no mistake there are status hierarchies in Bitcoin.

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