I think that second paragraph is well-put. I try to operate from first principles.

Disinformation comes from both sides. It’s easy to attack the powers that be, but the answer isn’t complete uniformity of thought on the other end. Iconoclasts need their own iconoclasts. Nostr is as echoey an echo chamber as you’ll find.

The tenets of bitcoin are easily provable. I wish more stuff was, and most other stuff I encounter in this space isn’t. It’s often hearsay, something someone said on a podcast, or someone putting themselves forward as an expert with somewhat adjacent credentials if they have any at all.

I frequently trust the experts not because they’re anointed but because they have sustained an interest over a long period of time and typically present findings with evidence. I trust Isaac Newton because I don’t have to underwrite gravity from first principles.

If one man’s shitpost is another man’s worldview, I shouldn’t be the only one questioning it.