We may be reaching a point where we can use Nostr daily even if it means we never log onto a “social app” to make a post.

There’s so much #OtherStuff already.

Even worse is explaining to midwits. They do not believe it and in fact the cognitive dissonance fills the air when you tell them the loan the took out was not “money” already in existence before the loan was created.

The truth of our counterfeit “money” system is too insane for anyone to understand

I run #notedeck with the light theme.

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Happy New Year!

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Well the EA's have designed their moral philosophy around the imagined trillions of humans who might exist in the future.... So that's why they, suggest donating to AI safety or anti-bioweapons causes, etc, over, say malaria treatments.

The calculus is, making sure that trillions of humans exist in the future > helping human beings today. It's a "Star Trek" time travel episode turned into moral philosophy.

Wow, perfectly sums up the Effective Altruist philosophy!

200 days of maths (with a little bit of Spanish)

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Enjoy your Thursday

Let me cook.

Before this setup, my setup was grandmother’s closet.

You or your fren could be definitely better then me🔥🔜

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That’s badass

$4.4K to upgrade to a monster PC, or $6.5k to an obscene behemoth. 🤔

Or just not do it.

Good Morning.

Nostr or slavery.

Something I’ve been wondering about quite a bit…

As America’s cultural fabric decays and fractures to what extent is free speech fragile without shared cultural norms?

Basically can laws compensate for weak culture?

Or is free speech only tolerable to a majority of people when there’s a shared set of values?

I’m not sure, but I know free speech is our most important ideal and we must protect it with all our resolve.

DO YOU KNOW ANY 22-YEAR-OLDS WHO TEXT OTHER KIDS LIKE THIS?

THEY DON'T USE COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH CORRECT PUNCTUATION.

#JUSTSAYIN #UMMM #ASKNOSTR

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Bitcoin is having its Covid moment.

The gain of function mutation in Core v30 that removes the default OP_RETURN relay policy size limit has resulted in an environment in bitcoin culture that closely mirrors the Covid era.

The threat of the spam virus has turned normally level-headed, sane bitcoiners into hysterical hypochondriacs with a touch of authoritarianism.

One side advocates for mask mandates and quarantines, while the other side hosts superspreader parties in brazen mockery.

I’ve seen public shaming, baseless virtue signaling, shameless moral superiority, and even appeals to law enforcement to arrest offending opponents.

Each side parrots the party line, taking cues from their respective authority figures, and using language they just learned a week ago as if they’ve been experts all along.

I’ve spent countless hours sifting through the noise, doing my best to fairly consider each argument. My perspective is this: Filters are like wearing a mask when you walk through a restaurant, only to take it off when you sit down. Masks don’t stop the virus, but if it makes you feel better, then go for it.

However, there’s a wave of mass hysteria spreading, where reason and thoughtfulness has been overcome by a fever of existential crisis. And as it was during Covid, this lockdown-style reaction is way worse than the disease you’re fighting.

Bitcoin will be just fine. It is healthy, fit, strong, and has a great immune system. The best thing you can do is get some fresh air and some exercise. This is not an existential threat in any way, and we shouldn’t treat it that way.

Gm. I like being here on #nostr There is such a large variety of people and opinions. I know that I would never be able to bump into so many in person. I still lurk a lot though as I find it hard to get a good sense of how willing folks are to engage for the purpose of upgrading themselves rather than upgrading their audience. Mutual edification should be the ultimate goal. Cheers.