For some reason I feel compelled to confess I’ve never been a fan of social media. I find it overwhelming and distracting, filled with meaningless content. I don’t feel this way about Nostr, it’s refreshing to see a dynamic group of people sharing common ideals and goals.

I haven’t dedicated much time or thought to promoting myself online. I’ve never engaged in any online marketing for my business. Instead, I’ve built my network in the real world by networking with designers, contractors, and architects. My phone just rings now. I’m never lacking a project to work on and I haven’t spent much time documenting or posting anything. I know I am missing a big opportunity here.

I prefer real-world interactions. I enjoy the tangible and visceral nature of them. I don’t like sitting at a computer or staring at my phone screen for very long. I shy away from being recognized and promoting myself to strangers online.

I believe in Bitcoin and Nostr and hope I can figure out how to contribute meaningfully. I also want to get better at interacting digitally both in my work and socially as I know it will greatly enhance it.

That’s all, thank you for observing my stream of consciousness.

If you could fund a Bitcoin project instantly with 21M sats, what type would you back?

A) Education

B) Circular economy

C) Infrastructure dev

D) Art and culture

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Stacking #Bitcoin is Hacking the Fiat System

The French Revolution’s Decimal Time (1793–1805)

During the Revolution, France tried to remake time itself along rational, scientific, decimal lines — just as they did with weights and measures (leading to the metric system).

They introduced:

10 hours in a day

100 minutes per hour

100 seconds per minute

→ So, 1 decimal hour = 2 hours 24 minutes in our system.

They even minted decimal clocks and watches.

❓ Why didn’t it last?

Human habits were too strong

People had been living with 12/24-hour time for thousands of years.

Religious rhythms (church bells, prayer times) and social routines (mealtimes, markets) were all based on 12/24.

Inconvenient fractions

The 12-hour division is practical because 12 splits neatly into halves, quarters, and thirds.

10 splits only into halves and fifths — far less useful in daily division of labour, meals, and navigation.

No international adoption

Unlike metric weights and measures (which were globally useful), decimal time clashed with the rest of the world, which stayed with 24 hours.

Trade, travel, and diplomacy became harder, not easier.

Practical resistance

Clockmakers, merchants, and ordinary people disliked the complexity of dual systems.

In 1805, Napoleon quietly dropped decimal time (but kept the metric system, which stuck).

🚂 Why 12/24 survived

Deep roots in astronomy and natural cycles.

Divisibility of 12 is superior to 10 for fractions.

A balance of cultural tradition and mathematical convenience.

💡 So: we almost ended up with 10-hour days — but humans revolted against Revolutionary rationalism when it clashed with their lived experience. Metric length and weight were intuitive and practical; decimal time was not.

🟠 High vs Low Time Preference

Austrian economics teaches us that time preference —how much we value the present compared to the future— shapes entire civilizations.

• High time preference = wanting immediate gratification.

👉 Consume now, save nothing, debt, short-termism.

• Low time preference = valuing the future.

👉 Save, invest, build, plant seeds that grow into something bigger.

⚡️ When societies lower their time preference, they:

• Build cathedrals that last centuries.

• Plant trees whose shade they’ll never enjoy.

• Educate children for a future they won’t see.

• Create sound money that preserves value across generations.

Bitcoin, by protecting savings from inflation, naturally reduces time preference. It rewards patience, planning, and long-term thinking.

🌍 If more people lowered their time preference, the world would be wealthier, more sustainable, and freer.

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