Centralized Lives Create Weak Humans
Centralized money creates dependency.
Centralized thinking creates fragility.
If you need:
• validation
• permission
• guarantees
You’re not sovereign.
You’re managed.
Bitcoin doesn’t babysit.
Neither does reality.
Gabe
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Connecting veterans to the Bitcoin mission. Studying Bitcoin. Unleashing human potential
If you're looking forward to revolution, you're not ready for what's coming.
We act because it's necessary.
And hate that we must.
I'll keep pulling on the towpath.
You keep floating on the river.
Yeah, until the day is done.
Keep on keeping on the low road,
Chesapeake and Ohio.
Because on the higher ground you will find
Elephant Riders to the northwest bring news from father.
Looking like it's always closing,
the Salty Dog is always open.
Here, I got an I.O.U.
Clickity clack clack, clickity clack clack,
Baltimore and Ohio,
Clickity clack clack, clickity clack clack,
roll on, roll on.
On our way to Washington where work is done by men with gavels,
I heard a sound that just about removed me from my filly's saddle.
Just outside of Antietam, where once there was a mighty battle,
I heard the rhythm of the hammers beating the rail lines together.
Elephant Riders to the northwest bring news from father.
Don't be eating all the hard tack.
Between we two there's half a small sack.
Still, we got miles to.
Giddy up pony, Giddy up pony,
Camptown Race is five miles long.
Giddy up pony, Giddy up pony,
ride on, ride on.
On our way to Washington where work is done by men with gavels,
I heard a sound that just about removed me from my filly's saddle.
Just outside of Antietam, where once there was a mighty battle,
I heard the rhythm of the hammers beating the rail lines together.
Elephant Riders to the northwest bring news from father.
Elephant Riders to the northwest bring news of battle.
Freedom Is Not a Human Right.
This will upset people.
Freedom is not guaranteed.
It is earned, defended, and maintained.
Bitcoin doesn’t expose inequality.
It exposes excuses.
Freedom doesn’t include everyone.
It filters relentlessly.
Most people fail the filter and blame the system.
Bitcoin just stops the pretending.
Bitcoin reveals how inconsistent most people are over time.
People say, “I wish I got into Bitcoin earlier.”
No.
You wish you had the discipline earlier.
You had the information.
You lacked the conviction.
Bitcoin doesn’t reward intelligence.
It rewards commitment over time.
That’s why most people miss it.
Let’s be honest.
Most people don’t want freedom.
They want comfort with the aesthetic of independence.
Freedom requires:
• Self-control
• Delayed gratification
• Personal accountability
Bitcoin doesn’t offer safety nets.
It offers fairness.
If that scares you, stop pretending you want sovereignty.
Human energy → human freedom.
Align your time and effort with what truly matters.
Proof of Work > Proof of Talk.
Let your actions be the ledger.
For the initiated.
Your environment is your social consensus layer.
Surround yourself with people who elevate your energy.
Low time preference is a superpower.
Choose long-term value over short-term dopamine.
Bitcoin’s decentralization reminds us: build the life you want, not the one you’re assigned.
Attention is the new scarcity.
Protect it.
Allocate it with intention.
Human Energy is the original currency
It is the one resource every human possesses, yet few truly understand how powerful it is.
Every decision we make is an allocation.
Every habit we cultivate is an investment. Every distraction is a leak.
Bitcoin gives us a powerful metaphor for how human lives unfold:
Energy + Intention = Value.
Just as Bitcoin converts electricity into digital scarcity, humans convert discipline, focus, and purpose into outcomes that shape our lives and the world around us.
Our daily “proof of work” isn’t logged on a blockchain.
It’s logged in the people we serve, the problems we solve, and the character we build.
When we direct our energy intentionally, everything compounds.
When we disperse it through distraction, everything fragments.
Your energy is your most foundational asset.
How you spend it determines who you become.When governments assign made up names to groups of people, get ready for more war.
Example: Narco-Terrorist.
Discussion Topic:
What gives Bitcoin value?