“The things you own end up owning you” - Tyler Durden I had a friend describe to me recently how his uncle was so excited to finally sell his house. He described the feeling of finally being liquid as ~freedom. Pure purchasing power you can travel anywhere with. Bitcoiners know that feeling acutely. And it made me realize. With broken money, you can’t hold the money - you have to buy things to preserve your wealth. I think this is why so many fiat rich people, still never truly ~feel the emotion of freedom. Rich, but feel like they’re in a cage. The things you own and up owning you.

Here is a link to the substack post as well:

The Natural State of Things

What three and a half billion years of nature reveal about the economic doctrines we rarely question.

I've been iterating on this essay for ~7 months. My own thoughts and perspective evolved along the way through continual interrogation. Please share it if you find some value in it <3 View article →

I've been iterating on this essay for ~7 months. My own thoughts and perspective evolved along the way through continual interrogation. Please share it if you find some value in it <3 View article →

NOSTR needs more universal infrastructure: Open standards for nostr based versions of 2FA authenticators, email, recovery, browsers & DNS etc. The glue that holds the web together. We already have great analogs to guide.

Where fear ends, freedom begins