Why do so many engineers fail to grasp the difference between building an app, and building money? #Bitcoin wasn’t built to impress software engineers. It was built to change the world. Let's get into Read_889 - "Bitcoin for Engineers" by @Brunswick 🔗 https://fountain.fm/episode/FQXtIVB4Naznmp1j0Tdo

The question isn't what causes poverty. Poverty is and always has been the base state of nature and humanity. The question is what enables cooperation at such a scale that something as insane, endlessly complex, and inexplicably productive as human society can exist?

Most of the disinformation around "we need inflation" and "deflation is bad" can be understood with one simple pair of facts: - deflation is bad for debtors & good for savers - debts represent net destruction of resources, savings represent net creation So which do you want to reward, destroying or creating resources?

Never be afraid of loving a story that’s pure fucking awesome. The reason kids movies so often are that engrossing, is because they can’t get away with useless fluff or “artsy-ness.” It means that it’s entirely about the story or it will lose its audience. But that’s all a film ought to be anyway. As someone who has watched more films than likely most people, went to film school, seen hundreds of super “out there” film work, and has made a few myself — after all of that I’ve come full circle to “kids films are the truest expression of the art of telling story on film.” How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible story. I’m a huge fan of The Last Airbender too. View quoted note →

If you are going to argue with people on the internet: It is better to argue about what you built to make the world the way you'd like it to be, rather than over opinions of how someone else should build the world the way you'd like it to be.

Are stablecoins a betrayal of Bitcoin's values - a trojan horse for adoption? Allen Farmington thinks the latter. Read_887 offers a deep dive into the incentives shaping monetary infrastructure - and what happens when fiat settles on Bitcoin rails. 🔗 https://fountain.fm/episode/DsJfhL0gIuqJMeg4HSFc