Bitcoin is so much more than a currency, investment or measurement.
It literally changes people.
And the deeper down the rabbit hole you go, the more it changes you.
It’s wild to think about.
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Totally true, it changed my life
Your second life starts once you understand bitcoin
I don't think it changes us so much as it reveals how far insane our economic calculations are because of fiat. Bitcoin is a return to baseline reality where rational self interest means low time preference.
Great point.
Super accurate.
When I talk to my wife now about problems, my response 90% of the time is, "You know what, #Bitcoin fixes that."
She even finishes my sentences now.
Fiat has distorted everything. Family, healthcare, housing/shelter, all of the third world, and I'm now convinced the last several hundred years of WAR would not have happened without fiat (ALL wars were bankers wars and could not have happened without printed money)!
Imagine where we would have been w/Bitcoin a few hundred years back (the most innovation in human history happened during solid Gold standard times). But gold always fails in the hands of politicians - 100% failure rate.
In order to 'discover' #Bitcoin, you have to learn and read, right?
So does it change us, or do we become educated?
Those that WON'T learn/read (go down the rabbit hole) never see it.
BUT, another thought. Bitcoin is brutally honest. No cheating. After reading, I think over 100 books now, the fiat system builds you to cheat, gamble, and steal. Think about that for a bit.
Not that we naturally want to do these things, we know they are wrong, but think about the times you get a super good deal on something - almost like stealing - and you have that nagging feeling that you are ripping someone off. Or, you win a few bucks in a lottery or at a raffle - it's exciting getting something for nothing but why does it not last?
Bitcoin makes you want to GIVE, not receive. So from that respect maybe it does change your psychology. But the learning process is so important.
Not to drivel on here, but Bitcoin is a new base layer of culture, changing the way we interact. So it's going to make us feel different. I think better. And I'm falling for the "Softwar" narrative more and more (Jason Lowrey's books - Softwar). Human antlers. I think his thesis is correct.