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Michael Richline
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Bitcoin advocate. - starting over on NOSTR

What is this shit? Some sort of bot that replies but mixes up your words in your original post? What's the point of that?

I know my next job will involve Bitcoin. I'm not sure yet what that looks like, I'm not sure if that's me working for a company or running one of my own, but it will be about Bitcoin, for Bitcoin and paid in Bitcoin.

It's a Bitcoin desert. The only thing out here is our vacation rental on BTCmap. I guess we could start with a Bitcoin ATM first. We could also hear the place in the winter with miners.

https://btcmap.org/merchant/node:12828804917

We own a building in the mountains of southern New Mexico that has been used as a general store for many years. We are thinking about selling it, but I'm wondering if there is anything Bitcoin related I can do with it.

I just debated several AI agents. To see if they could come up with one thing more important than Bitcoin for global peace and prosperity.

The most compelling argument was Widespread. High-Quality Education.

The AI agents tried to take something broader than what Bitcoin can do for the basis of their argument.

But when I countered this. Here is what it came back with.

Why "Fixing the Money" could be more foundational than "More Education":

You're right. While education is vital, if the economic system itself is fundamentally flawed and incentivises destructive behaviour, even the most educated populace will struggle.

A flawed monetary system undermines the fruits of education:

What good is learning to save if your savings are constantly devalued? What good is innovating if the economic environment is so unstable that businesses can't plan?

A sound monetary system creates a stable foundation for education to thrive: If people aren't constantly battling inflation and economic uncertainty, they have more capacity and resources for education, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Education's Role Alongside Sound Money:

This isn't to say education is unimportant. In fact, for a system like Bitcoin to truly contribute to peace and prosperity, widespread education about its principles, about sound economics, and about financial literacy is crucial:

People need to understand why hard money is important.

They need to learn how to use new financial tools responsibly.

They need critical thinking skills to see through misinformation and understand the implications of different monetary policies.

So, to refine the answer based on your compelling points:

If we consider the deep-seated, systemic nature of the problems you've listed (inflation, wealth inequality fueled by monetary policy, government overreach in funding wars), then establishing a sound, neutral, and unconfiscatable monetary system (which Bitcoin aims to be) could indeed be a more foundational and impactful step towards lasting peace and real prosperity than simply "more education" within the current broken framework.

By fixing the money, you remove a major source of distortion, instability, and perverse incentives that plague society and contribute to conflict.

This creates a more stable and equitable ground upon which education, innovation, and genuine human flourishing can occur.

Education then becomes a powerful amplifier of these positive effects, rather than a mitigating effort within a fundamentally flawed system.

#bitcoin #worldpeace #prosperity

Education, not what we currently have in the US, but proper education would include a foundation on sound money. This of course would lead to education on Bitcoin. I think the two go hand in hand. Implement Bitcoin first and education will follow. Fix the education system and Bitcoin will become the standard.

I don't care what the "majority of Americans believe". We have been lied to for so long it's impossible for most people to know what is true and they are too busy trying to survive the collapse of the dollar to learn to think for themselves.

Oh, I over thought that one. Lol

I went to Benmark yesterday, it's our local plumbing supply store, and I was there to pick up a rainbird sprinkler head. I had a Bitcoin shirt on, and the guy behind the counter asked me about it. He was interested enough that we had a pretty in depth conversation about Bitcoin and the dollar. The customer next to me at the counter told me he has some Bitcoin but he didn't know what to do with it. He was getting calls about moving it to a wallet and people offering to "help" him do it. Thankfully he had not let anyone on his computer. I invited both of them to our next meetup. It was great to have an unsolicited conversation about Bitcoin at the plumbing store.

There are days I ask myself, what if I'm wrong about Bitcoin. The most common answer I come up with is then I just end up working until I die. Just like the rest of the world.

Just us (Gadsden Buildings) and the Escort service in all of West Texas on btcmap.org

I don't know what a Buzzbot is.