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Beauty is objective. It speaks to our soul by reflecting the eternal forms (or the perfect in God's mind). When a person, creature, vista or object, captures a ln approximation of one of those perfect forms, our brains light up in an electrical jubilation.

While it may communicate something to us, modern art contains none of these forms, and while we may find it compelling, it appeals to our more basic inclinations (chaos, rebellion, muddled thinking).

Our souls crave order found in truly beautiful things, but our souls will also accept the crass. Think of it like junk food for the soul that tastes good but offers no nourishment.

If there's nothing beautiful around you, start with prayer. It is the most beautiful form of communication as it was what God commanded us to do and modeled for us in the Sermon on the Mount.
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Satosha 11mo ago

We are building beautiful things in digital world now .. #bitcoin is beautiful.. so is #AI .. even though I despise AI cuz it is Matrix reloaded but we can't deny the beauty of LLMs

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William ₿ Travis 11mo ago

There can be beauty in the LLMs. They certainly are impressive systems, but AI is a shadow of reality just as VR is. Both will always be poor substitutes for our real connection to God that we seem so happy to discard.

Bitcoin is beautiful because it does something we've never seen before, that is it gives us a way to save our our time and efforts. Even better than that, it amplifies our work by making it more valuable over time. This, in my view, is what God meant when he gave us the cultural mandate. Bitcoin is how our work in subduing the earth becomes greater over time. Each cycle of work, saving, and amplification and allows to do even more good as our spending power grows.

I know people feel it's culty to speak of bitcoin in transcendental terms, but life is like that.l, and our souls appreciate it.

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Satosha 11mo ago

Bitcoin is GOD ! There is no other way to explain it .. this purity and value can't be an accident !

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William ₿ Travis 11mo ago

I won't go that far, but even elephants can tell that there is a connection. They are intelligent, sacred beasts that God put here to remind us that we are small and must be humble.