It's mind boggling how many financial/economic decisions are made based on misleading data. CPI drastically understates the effect of inflation. GDP is an almost meaningless aggregate Unemployment rate Fed forward guidance What am I missing?

I work a desk job, and I know that sitting for extended periods of time is not bueno. So, I bought a standing desk and walking pad. Now I'm getting blisters on the bottom of my feet, but I feel much better. Tired, but better. Feeling exhausted from exercise is a wonderful thing.

Been learning/pondering about various ideas behind governance lately. I think the most promising idea I've encountered is having competing start up city/states that are structured like joint stock corporations. They compete for the best and brightest citizens who would willingly move there and pay the local tax because the place was safe, clean, and had a high standard of living because it promoted free enterprise. Like a joint stock corporation, the state executive or CEO is chosen by the board and the board members are chosen by the stock holders. Since the stock owners have skin in the game, they have the incentive to choose wise board members who will chose an effective CEO. Imagine us all debating over the corporate policies of McDonalds or Apple. It's asinine. You either chose to buy their product or not. Instead, we have a cold civil war and government that's growing like a cancer, which will eventually kill the host. Dark times ahead, but there is hope because we now have ways to freely communicate ideas and save our wealth despite the cancer's best efforts. Wishing you all a lovely day.

One of my life goals is to wear shoes as little as possible. Maybe someday I'll just stop wearing them at all.

NOSTR and Bitcoin are in early bamboo mode. Roots are spreading, then all of a sudden we'll see the shoots pop up all over the place.

Fuck Putin and Fuck Zelenskyy.

Fuck Hamas and Fuck the IDF.

Having a senile old man as president confirms that it doesn't matter who is in the oval office, the USG machine keeps doing it's thing.

What does NOSTR think about living off of your Bitcoin stack for retirement (4-8% per year)?

NOSTR is just more chill. Anytime I venture back over to X, I feel like I've re-entered the pointless Red vs. Blue contest and other time wasting endeavors. Plus, I love being able to zap plebs. Brings me great pleasure to send little love packages around on the internet.

We all need each other to survive. We are bound to one another through mutual dependency. Be grateful for your loved ones and those who give your life meaning. Don't resent others, find the good in them.

Happy to see Assange go free. Paid a heavy price to tell the truth.

Climate change alarmism is grifter pseudoscience that can be debunked with simple logic. All chaotic systems are impossible to accurately model/predict. The climate is a chaotic system. Therefore...

I stalk on X. I post, zap, and engage on nostr.

Just checked in on twitter. Boy it's toxic over there. Probably reflecting what I give my attention to though, which is why social media algos are harming people's brains.