Once you fully grok Bitcoin it's easy to forget what it was like before.

An analogy that works for me is food. I was raised by a single mother on a fiat diet. I am processed food through and through.

Logically I know organic single ingredient foods are superior, and if I could grow my own food that would be even better.

The reality is I have grown comfortable with convenient food and often still choose to allocate my time and energy to other areas of my life. I don't eat total shit, make better choices where I can, and yet still don't get mentally jacked up to redesign my entire nutrition life in a trustless, self-sovereign way.

Normies who don't get or care about Bitcoin might feel similarly about Bitcoin as I do about food. They might logically understand the government inflates away their currency and still not care enough to do anything about it. Their time and energy are already allocated to raising their kids, staying employed, or whatever else they have going on.

It's hard to break free from the fiat matrix and grok Bitcoin. Everyone has their own thing going on and likely won't change until they feel enough pain with the status quo.

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Brother - I’ve struggled with mental health issues my entire life, and cleaning up my diet and eliminating fiat food (particularly seed oils, additives, and processed carbs) has completely changed my temperament.

it took me awhile to realize why I needed to ditch fiat food too. The books Brain Energy and Why We Get Sick changed everything - it’s about mental health