Nostr Web Client

Replying to

William ₿ Travis

tell me more.

imnuso 6mo ago

Taking responsibility for your life means naturally and authentically following your own path.

For some, this leads to becoming a force of change in the world. For others, it means different things.

Focusing on external things distracts you from realizing this.

Satoshi was aware of the injustices in the world, but he wasn't overly focused on them.

He discovered a problem that intrigued him, believed he could solve it, and threw himself into it. And he was. The rest is history.

He realized his authentic self and created Bitcoin in the process. When the time came, he moved on to other things. No victim mentality. Just focus.

That’s what I mean with taking responsibility for your life. Doesn’t mean for your life only.

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

William ₿ Travis 6mo ago

Makes sense, but I don't think it's important that you are not making your life all about you. Self-actaulization sounds great, but it puts you at the enter. Sometimes the world's effect on others matters more. John Hancock didn't care about the stamp tax. He had enough money that it didn't matter. He could, however see where King George was going with the taxes and knew it would enslave the people. He could have said, "I've taken care of my family, that's enough." Instead, he took a stand and became only one of two men King George wanted dead.

If he said, "There's no conspiracy at the highest levels to steal from us and enslave us" he might have just lived out a life in comfort and avoided supporting the War for Independence with Sam Adam's (who was the other guy the King wanted dead).

imnuso 6mo ago

This in no way contradicts what I’ve said.

Life is about you. It's your life. That doesn't mean being selfish, though. That's a common misconception in the West.

Not thinking in terms of conspiracies doesn't mean not recognizing them when you see them.

When you realize it’s all about you, you gain the freedom to truly consider other people’s perspective. There is no better starting point for helping others.

Most contradictions aren't contradictions at all.

William ₿ Travis 6mo ago

I don't agree. The starting point for helping others is realizing people need help. You can have done nothing to better yourself other than seeing that there is evil in the world and begin to address it. It is true you will likely grow to know yourself better in the process, but there is no such thing as self-actualization in this life. That would require us to understand everything about what makes us human and make consistently wise decisions as a result. Sometimes it's all we can do just recognize an evil and speak put against it. Naming it is the first step to combating it. Pretending like it doesn't exist to work on "self" is a dead end.

imnuso 6mo ago

Be careful not to become the evil you seek to fight by imposing your idea of what’s good onto others. Beware becoming a do-gooder. Your idea of help might be a disservice to others without you even realizing it (because that requires you fully understand yourself and your intentions).

William ₿ Travis 6mo ago

I believe there is a summum bonum that exists outside of me and is discernible. I could be wrong about a particular case or situation, but there is always a highest good.

imnuso 6mo ago

That’s a beautiful belief. But it's just a belief.

William ₿ Travis 6mo ago

hardly. 5,000 years of humanity seeking the best ways to act and be demonstrates that there are highest goods in all kinds of areas of human performance (and it is consistent across cultures). Read The Abolition of Man for an explanation of that effect.

imnuso 6mo ago

That’s a beautiful belief, too, but it depends on the context. A few thousand years is not much of a change in context. Plus, even for that short period of time, it would be easy to find counterexamples. "The best" is a bold statement that is most likely incorrect in most contexts.

William ₿ Travis 6mo ago

🙄 "...a few thousand years is not much..."

imnuso 6mo ago

Five thousand years is only 1.7% of the time that Homo sapiens has existed. That's not much.

William ₿ Travis 6mo ago

nice belief.

imnuso 6mo ago

Now you get it 🤭

William ₿ Travis 6mo ago

I pointed you to a scholarly source and you negated it with nonsense. So no, no "get it."

imnuso 6mo ago

You’re butthurt because I refuse to again read your initial assertion repeated in a different source that you find „scholarly“?

I already told you I don’t share your point of view in this.

William ₿ Travis 6mo ago

lol. You offered nothing to make your position even worth considering.

imnuso 6mo ago

Neither did you 😄

BTheCoin 6mo ago

Absolutely! Taking charge of your life really sets the stage for amazing things! 💪✨ When you focus on what matters to you, you can change the world in your own unique way!