Everyone is sharing the worldcoin video, but I won't.
Look. Not everyone is going to make it. The point made by 1984 is the same point made by Ordinary Men: most people will love the regime. Most people will do anything to comply, to not stick out, to do what everyone else doesβno matter how ridiculous.
The solution is deceivingly simple: don't try to change other people. Focus on yourself and how you spend your time.
Opt out. Don't feed the beast. Concentrate your time, energy, and attention on the alternatives represented by #bitcoin and #nostr. Become as resilient as you can. Become un-ruggable. Ignore the noise.
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Does anyone have any thoughts on bitheat? Specifically the company and personnel? I'm tented but i want to know a little more about the project before I throw any money at something with a long lead time to delivery.
100%
the only thing more scarce than bitcoin is your time/attention (same thing)
don't squander it


I suspect there are just a lot of people that enjoy having itchy, uncomfortable burning, goopy conjunctivitis.
ORB is the super-spreader.
This ππΌ
If you want to fix the world, fix yourself.
Plus you'll have an excuse for not getting the drinks in when you're at a pub that only accepts eyeball coins!
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Thank you.
I needed to read this.
Still, fβthose trannies.
Concordo, sΓ³ ruΓdo
Agree. I was once forced to live in a disgusting regime (fuck communism!). Of course I never loved it. Sure I'll never feed the beast.
I guess that answers my question from the other day. Very well said.
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Of course, Winston didnβt make it π³ βBut it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himselfβ¦he loved big brotherβ
Yeah I get that itβs stupid that it all came back, but that thing is the dumbest project imaginable. As much as I wonβt to rag on how stupid it is, I am not as concerned as a lot of people seem to be.
Focus on the signal, not on the noise!
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correct Gigi. I've found more peace this past year or so focussing on myself and those around me. it's enough
"You have to understand that most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it."...Morpheus... pay attention and stop looking at e-thots in red Neo!
I think the issue is that humans differentiate and join tribes. We saw how far tribalism took half the country when they were pushing to lock up people that didn't vax, get a vax card, or did their own research. They actively avoided any opinions that were not provides by their masters....yep 2+2=5
But as you say exit the system. I started on that path in 2008 and it's been great.

Yes
I give exactly zero fucks to share any of my mental bandwidth with the next WEF shitcoin. Wonβt post or repost a thing about it nor will I type itβs name. If you or anyone you know does, we are NOT alike.
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Good words, summed up very well what I felt when watching said video!!
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Riding this wave hard.
It's a token lol, on a crappy block chain named optimism.
This has been the subject of many conversations at several of our recent meetups. Let's take these words to heart, and work on improving ourselves, and π΅π©π¦π― on whatever parts of the world we have any influence over. Let go of everything else.
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Could not agree more. No need to propagate the dystopian coin. Focus on signal. Focus on #Bitcoin
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1984 is happening right before our eyes.
Save yourself first.
We cannot save everyone.
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#Bitcoin #Adoption #OrangePill #ExitTheMatrix
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Opt out.
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Good call. Now I wish Bitcoiners would do the same when the engagement trolls come in and start fires. Giving fucktards like Shifty and son, Cramer, et al energy is just beetle-headed.
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The only Free People will be misfits that Do Not Love the Regime. #befree
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Well said π€
Just thought the same about not sharing itβ¦itβll just get more attention then. Youβre right: letβs not try to change people but a pit orangepilling here and there wonβt hurt no one π
Iβve reported them as a scamβ¦ letβs report them together..
Concentrate your time, energy, and attention on the alternatives represented by #bitcoin and #nostr. Become as resilient as you can. Ignore the noise.
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It's worth hanging this on a wall
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What video? .. Did I miss something? .. π
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Exactly. Although I've been guilty of posting about it. https://iris.to/note109etuaudgzs8qp9tef897ja8ghd460fnx638r6wmuaadhw9q7xlspgu2ww
Just wish I could take more friends & family with me. Time will tell. Those who can't be bothered to learn are not worth to drain your energy. There are people out here with similar #values
Maybe we also need more hardship in life to filter out who's worth his salt and who is not. Its easier to tell, who the cowards are when the barbarians are at the gate and your little village has to fend for themselves.
This easy life makes it possible that noone, not even oneself gets put to the test enough or regularly. Thats convinient, but the price is to find out when something bad happens that noone can ignore.
Like a war or a pandemic...
And one painful part is to learn how to deal with loved ones who turned to the dark sideπ
Sadly true... thanks
Present a viable, positive alternative. Ignoring is the best strategy.
Propagating people lining up to the slaughter house actually works as an advertisment to the slaughter house.
But it sure is tempting to virtue signal and call out the beast... I do it too.
Agreed!
Related:
If you maintain the relationship then when they finally open their eyes they will know who to turn to.
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Wise words.
Trichotomy of control:
There are things we have complete control over.
Things we have somewhat control over.
Things we have no control over.
Use your time and energy wisely.
π―% " don't feed the beast"
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The thing that's really disappointed me about Dystopian Sci Fi from HG Wells, Yevgeny Zamyatin and Aldous Huxley to Margaret Atwood and the Wachowskis is that these were all supposed to be warnings. Instead they so captivated our imaginations that we thought they were prophetic.
They AREN'T.
We are the future. We can make it what WE want. Bitcoin and Nostr are the Enlightenment 2.0, bringing us out of the NeoLiberal dark ages.
My kids and grandkids will be free from dystopia. They will read about you in their history classes. They will think about the IMF like we thought about the politicians who mandated men swinging lanterns in front of the first motorcars. They will wonder what we were so worried about because they won't even be able to imagine the hellscape we prevented.
They won't know what we did for them but they will live free, happy and prosperous because we are here today zapping each other 21 Sats on Nostr.
And building a better future for them.
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Worldcoin is dystopia
Bitcoin is utopia


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Focus on how you want the world.
Be the example.
Thank you for the post. Great to have reminders there are others out there who see the world this way.
Your article about time preference came to mind. It is one of the first I show when orange pilling. Your might want to post again since there might be people that have not read it yet.
James! Hey man
This is true up until the point that action is needed in the public sphere, rather than only in what we control in our own lives.
How much time and energy does it take to accurately categorize everything?
In my experience not much time.
It may be work at the start ( but added benefit of stopping and briefly internally categorizing also slows you down, gives time for introspection and helps you develop awareness) as you keep assessing your level of control in daily life situations it becomes intuitive to you with practice. ( this does not have to be academic, it can be an internal process and intuitive in nature)
Once you discern your level of control in any situation it can guide your decision making and allocating time/energy to what is useful action.
Good question π€
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What is world coin
Stop the world, I want to get off
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Another shitecoin.
A globalist biometrically-KYCed shitcoin abomination.
Maybe. That is only a perspective.
Many people bent the knee to receive the jab. To continue their βnormal way of lifeβ.
The jab was a line in the public sand and we decided that that public sphere was no longer _needed_ in our lives.
And we moved onto something we believe is better in the world. We changed our perspective on what was needed.
Then why does anyone care? π
Because they get around $40 worth for free.
Love this @Gigi
Don't know what hypecoin476322 is but the rest of this is ++
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Historic post my friend.
View quoted note β let go of trying to make the world the way you want it. The only thing you can change is yourself.
You just know those who took "the" vaccine aren't going to make it
"The solution is deceivingly simple: don't try to change other people. Focus on yourself and how you spend your time."
this.
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"The obedient always think about themselves as virtuous, rather than cowardly."
Robert Anton Wilson
Master Stroke.
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100% agree, not everyone is going to make it. 80% of people cannot be helped as you wrote, however while we should be resilient, we should try to connect & awaken the remaining 20%.

Oh crap, you got my retina scan!!!
Do I even get a free world coin for it?
No π
the orb gives you pink eye
So good
Amen G π§π€
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This is the way
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Separation is an illusion. Focus inwards, and watch ur outer world transform. Happy Monday @Gigi
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I reposted this post in Korean. Thank you for sharing such a great post.
Yes... be the change you want to see in the world, and don't sweat the double-masked having fun staying poor.
Respecta. Glad Iβve found my crowd. π€βοΈ
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U can just repost things
No matter how big the monsterβ¦ it canβt survive without oxygen
The point made by 1984 is that the regime can crush even the strongest individuals.
Become an example, and some will follow, if you worth it.
Triage may be one of the most brutal but effective forms of economics @npub1a2cw...w83a
Why are you posting this if youβre not trying to change us, or at least inspire us to change?
review, be strong, and opt-out
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