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Knowing a thing and being told a thing are different and most people can’t tell which. Reformed Christian, Nostr class of 23, I think Host of The ContraCast Podcast https://fountain.fm/show/XRuDwbnAzVdjjchD4Veq
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Contra 1 month ago
A few years ago, prediction markets were a niche corner of the internet. Now the biggest financial platforms are diving in and everyone's acting like it’s pure discovery. It’s hard to trust the outcome when we’ve seen bad actors exploit this for years. If the refs can blow a call to swing a game, what makes us think these platforms aren't rigged to favor the house? It seems the signal is getting buried under the same old gambling incentives.
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Contra 1 month ago
In ten years, you’ll be able to tell who’s still real because they’re the only ones who still sound a little bit wrong. So do yourself a favor today…don't clean up your thoughts too much. If it feels a little messy or a little too “you," keep it that way. Keep the signal real and flawed. Being flawed WILL be the real signal that keeps human authentic and relatability alive.
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Contra 1 month ago
The shirt we’re “rocking” today! image
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Contra 1 month ago
funny how we spend so much time staring at glass screens trying to find "connection" when the most real thing you'll do today is feel the sun on your face or hear the sound of your own breath. don’t let the digital ghost of who you’re "supposed to be" haunt the person you actually are this morning. you’re here and that’s a miracle in itself. gm Nostriches #grownostr #coffeechain
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Contra 1 month ago
Botdoxxing (n.) — the use of AI chat logs, prompts, and stored conversations as leverage for extortion. The threat, the exposure, or the sale of what you told a machine in confidence. Doxxing’s older cousin, with better data and worse intentions. Ransomware was a ten figure industry built on encrypting files nobody wanted back. Botdoxxing (ai blackmail) is built on the things people typed because they thought no one was listening. Better margins. Infinite supply. Victims who pay quiet and pay fast. You know the first billion dollar Botdoxxing shop is already being pitched to a VC who will call it something friendlier. Reputation Assurance. Disclosure Risk Management. Conversational Liability Insurance.
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Contra 1 month ago
Contentment is a discipline not a reward. You build it now or you never build it. The guy waiting for the raise, the move, the win, is training himself to never be satisfied. The guy grateful at the workbench in the garage already has the thing everyone else is chasing
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Contra 1 month ago
Already happening. Every zap is a vote for a neighbor. Largest circular economy on the planet runs right here and the legacy world still thinks we are a chatroom View quoted note →
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Contra 1 month ago
The S&P is at an all time high. Consumer sentiment is at an all time low. One of those is lying. What is the metric you actually trust to tell you how the country is doing? Is there one?
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Contra 1 month ago
BILLIONAIRES ARE THE ONLY DANGEROUS MINORITY