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Election Day

Money is our time and energy in abstract form. Our time and energy. Money is literally us. All other definitions lack depth and turn the question “What is Money?” into something to be intellectualized and understood, not felt. The question concerning money isn’t an intellectual one. It is a soulful one. We spend finite time on this planet. Do you believe anyone should be able to take your time and energy without your permission? That is the question that must be wrestled with before waxing intellectual about money.

"The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work."

“End the Fed” is virtue signaling at its finest. It can’t be “ended” and it can’t be killed. It dies much older than we expected on a ventilator gasping for air from beneath a pile of worthless paper money; after immense pain has been inflicted on its subjects. What we can do is move outside of its blast radius and live a peaceful life, and that’s good enough. “End the Fed” is a psyop; a slogan that keeps people shouting at the system from inside the system.

Pretty much sums it up.

Anybody aware of any unique research on why music is such a transcendental thing? It’s always bewildered me how it’s this thing that everybody connects with deeply without any work or thought. It has the same effect no matter where you are in your life’s journey. Like it’s hardwired into our being somehow. I hope this makes sense. It’s hard for me to even articulate my question, which I guess further confirms what I’m asking.

It doesn’t sound sexy or have the motivating element that blaming an evil person or institution might, but there really is no “they”. Particularly in today’s digital age where cryptography and privacy tools allow the individual to meaningfully defend themselves from the collective. The change is purely within each of us. Whether our inward attention is on our own flawed selves and our ability to take agency. Whether our outward attention is given to honest systems that produce the world we want to see. And if we’re using the tools available. That’s it. The dying wish of a control system that emerged before our lifetime is that we don’t realize that.

Got my son’s “free” $1,000 trump account lol This disguised bailout and capital control honeypot is terrifyingly enticing and predatory. So many people are going to fill these things up thinking they’re providing freedom for their kids. .. when it’s just seeking protection inside the companies that extracted so much via broken money that you need to find protection. (s/o @Jeff Booth and @Staci who touched on this framing on a recent pod)

I’m a good ways into The Belief Machine and it is exceptional. I found this book exactly when I was meant to find it; it’s really landing. @₿ cuz thank you for sharing this with the world 🙏🏻 And having your newborn nap in your arms while you read a great book is just the best feeling. Grateful 🙏🏻