It’s not that some of us need to be shaped but rather some of us would be non-functional without it. We tend to project our own capabilities and assume others are the same but it’s just not true, the % of people who can’t picture an apple in their mind or who have no inner monologue for example is just scary. We are surrounded by NPCs.

I love the concept of rules without rulers but find it impossible to reconcile with what I know of humans. With what I’ve learned from studying elite theory. From history. From the practicalities of power vacuums.

A lot of my attention in 2025 is on this topic, including the last book I just reviewed: nostr:note1m7y5yuadapca87tx995funu4th56kr5p2yz2gu5ayydv7fs8uvjqsgsdht

Bitcoin doesnt fix this. You can’t drop hard money into a fiat system and expect fiat to change; Bitcoiners will have to build a whole new system in its place to realise the full potential of Satoshi’s gift.