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PABLOF7z

I used to think Bitcoin = Freedom

Now I think Freedom is more like a Rubik's Cube.

Bitcoin is one side.

Nostr is another.one.

I suspect there are multiple more sides.

e76e7052... 2y ago 💬 3

True freedom is only achieved through virtue, and does not require sound money, free speech, friendly regimes or even physical health.

I don’t disagree that Bitcoin and nostr and other sides of the cube work together to increase human optionality (and I do think it’s good!) but optionality != freedom in its fullness

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Burcgravius 2y ago 💬 3

I'd differentiate between philosophical freedom (i.e. virtue, as conceived by the Stoics, for example) and political/social/interpersonal freedom, which is the kind that Nostr and solid money (I'm partial to Monero) enable.

e76e7052... 2y ago

Yes! It is an important distinction to recognize, and one is certainly a higher good than another.

In our current context the

freedom that bitcoin and nostr encourage is, on balance, I think supportive of human flourishing (“true freedom”)

PABLOF7z 2y ago

Sure, in it's more metaphysical sense freedom is a state of mind and you can be free even while existing in a cage.

But humanity includes it's physical aspect, which necessitates tools to sustain its freedom.

e76e7052... 2y ago

I generally agree, but don’t think the physical/metaphysical is the line that delineates the differences.

Learning musical theory enables the physical act of music-making.