One of the most misguided perceptions I know of is the image of a cypherpunk or a cryptoanarchist as a hermit that does not ever leave their computer, super private so they can't show up and enjoy life. In reality, that is very rarely the case.

Cryptoanarchists are very conscious about their relationship to the mainstream world. They care about their health, diet, they travel in order to see where they are treated best. They have families and they invest huge amounts of energy to make sure their kids have a good chance in life, avoiding shitty services like public education or healthcare systems.

When I look for role models for life, I don't find them in normies. They settle for the average too easily. Yet when I talk to normies, they have this tendency to believe my lifestyle means to settle for less, for a limited life. What limits them is their job, their mortgage, the school where their kid goes to,... It is because they can't even imagine that being free expands your life.

You don't settle for the mundane, you expand and grow.