Tonight at 7pm we'll be live on twitter talking about Bitcoin culture.
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https://xcancel.com/paperstreet_inc/status/2000178614034444563
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https://nitter.poast.org/paperstreet_inc/status/2000178614034444563
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https://nitter.net/paperstreet_inc/status/2000178614034444563
Isn’t that an oxymoron, for neutral money? A central idea of Bitcoin is that it is outside of political affiliation and immune to its influence and control. By identifying with a “Bitcoin Culture” you are repeating the same pattern, around technology that is designed to free you from that. Culture is not your friend!
It's an interesting train of thought, but I'm not sure I understand what's being said...
My understanding of culture is that it describes a system of shared beliefs, values, customs, artifacts etc. (Like language, art, tech) That shapes us and we also shape.
I enjoy listening to McKenna and always find it thought provoking - but to blanket say that culture is not your friend is silly. Even at the end he says the way to overcome it is with art (which is part of culture, or at least my and most common definitions of it). So my charitable understanding is that he's saying that pop culture/consumer culture is not your friend. Not that all art, language etc is bad.
From my perspective when I use culture, as I did in the above note, its referring to us talking about the books, shows, ideas and conversations that seem to orbit Bitcoiners. We're not saying Bitcoin culture has to be a certain way, just exploring the things that alot of us seem to have in common on a venn diagram.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your or McKenna's point - either way we'll be talking about Bitcoin Culture at 7pm EST on twitter, as the note said. 🫡
We're live 🫡