Agreed. I think as early adopters of Bitcoin we have a tendency to experience “Cassandra complex” where we try to help people with our knowledge of future events but they won’t listen. Likewise, no coiners who “know better” attempt to justify their ongoing choice to be a no coiner by propagandizing Bitcoiners and throwing shade at us for our suspect judgment.
This kind of isolation coupled with the kind of success that tends to accompany hodling Bitcoin for a cycle or two does exactly what you said.
I would say that Bitcoin attracts sigma personality types, but, more along the lines of what you said, Sparrow, Bitcoin also forges sigma personalities.
The “have fun staying poor” retort to no coiners is about as sigma of a response as I can think 😆
Thank you for that answer. That resonates.
Much of my life has contained drama over names. I adopted the name Medicine Man gave me for several reasons.
For one, the general profile of a person who is given this name fit me…well…since we’re talking birds…like a dovetail joint. :) The name fit me extremely well, but it was an important gateway of knowledge through which I needed to pass to confirm something that happened 53 months prior.
Have you heard Once Bitten episode 444? I explain that starting around the 1 hour mark.
I also did episode 514. If you like those episodes, you will like the study group :)
Thank you for asking. I will look into it. I have received zaps in the past but I haven’t been on NOSTR much in a while so perhaps I have failed to maintain that.
Likewise, thank you for the likes, follow, and comment. You are a bird of my feather…figuratively speaking of course.
My name was given to me by a 90+ year old Native American Medicine Man.
Where does your bird name come from?
It seems that when twitter launched Spaces 7-8 months after Clubhouse was launched, twitter was able to use their network effect to box out Clubhouse from widespread usage. It became more convenient to just use the integrated version on X.
I've personally never used Clubhouse prior to today, but yes, there were people on it. I would guess that the number of people using Spaces on X is orders of magnitude greater than the number of people using Clubhouse.
It's a tool and it works so I'm gonna use it since I'm suspended on X.
I was doing a weekly study group Spaces on X but now that study group is going to take place on Clubhouse instead.
Below is the link to the next study group session on Clubhouse:
X suspended me for being too excited about discovering cool shit about pyramids and a speculated, previously unconsidered alternative use for sarcophaguses and sharing my theory with a dozen people via DMs. They also probably took exception to my blocking of XRP accounts there.
So, I’m moving in more on NOSTR. I was already here, but I wasn’t spending much time here.
I’m going to pivot to posting my research on NOSTR.
Follow to stay up to date on future research developments.
I was doing a weekly study group Spaces on X but now that study group is going to take place on Clubhouse instead.
Below is the link to the next study group session on Clubhouse:
https://www.clubhouse.com/invite/gg1S6qZ9WLezXYkNojK4a0DpNOOAu5z5Rvy:qp7AM3vFB_TA_oBha_7NX_lu-u5JmHIXlCy6T_lcc-0 hey - you should join us Tomorrow, 11:00 am for 2024 Week 5: The Law of One.
I had 2 experiences that were crucial. The first one was the big one. THe second one was 53 months later when I finally figured out what the first experience was.
Since then, I've been on an intellectual tear for the last 2 years figuring out how the various religious and esoteric wisdom traditions tie together.
Best 2 years of my life.
It began brilliantly, but was hijacked and distorted after the crucifixion by Rome as a population control mechanism.
Yes. That is a sticky place to find one's self, and for the exact reasons you articulated.
Honestly, it would probably take a full 8 hours of live conversation to rectify this for you, but it can be done.
The keys are:
- Understanding the variation of Stockholm Syndrome that many children never shed in adulthood
- Understanding the Monty Hall problem, pivoting it from prizes to belief sets, and then distilling from that thought exercise the value of open mindedness guarded by robust discernment
- Realizing that our parents, guardians, teachers, and guides were flawed but had our best interests in mind
- Realizing that, if all religions have some variation of the Golden Rule, then all religions are at least somewhat correct and perhaps taking an "all or nothing" approach to any given religion is itself a major obstacle to overcome in order to find truth
If you have realized and understood those things, you are ready to rectify the observation you made with respect to the undeniably great power of Christianity and the matter of incredulity that comes along with modern, mainstream Christianity.
I should point out that I personally have great reverence for Christ and the Christ movement. I was raised Christian, but like you, had issues with a number of aspects of modern mainstream Christianity, and so, in college, I took a step back to a place of open-minded agnosticism.
2 events in particular drastically altered my "beliefs". These were experiences I could neither explain nor deny. As an applied mathematician with significant amounts of both education and professional background in mechanical engineering, these two inexplicable, undeniable experiences were enough to capture my interest to the point where I've now purchased 160+ books in just the last year and a half.
I can offer you a cosmology that is consistent with science AND not only Christianity, but also consistent with basically every other religious tradition on Earth at this time. None of them are perfectly right, but all of them have truths in them, and some have truths the others lack, and vice versa.
When there is a disagreement between 2 parties, the only honest way for the disagreement to be rectified is for both parties to do the research the other has done already. At that point, all that is different is perspectives and insights, not data and information. Any debater who is willing to dismiss their debate opponent's case without having done adequate due diligence is merely seeking validation, not truth itself.
That said, the "great work" is to study all religions, all sciences, math, philosophy, etc. This is echoed by the "eye of the needle" parable, as well as the "empty cup" Zen koan. Both are about being open minded and exploring new "territory".
Hit me up if you want to explore a cosmology that acknowledges, respects, and reveres the power of Christianity by actually doing what Christ said: love your neighbor.
I personally do not think that it is loving to mock and deride one's neighbors because they use different words and customs to express reverence for the Creator, yet that is exactly how many Christians, e.g. Nick Fuentes 2024 RNC commentary, will act.
Christ travelled during the missing years of the canonical Bible, studying with sages, gurus, healers, wisemen, and holy men. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi library exist. We know that dudes who lived like 300 years after Christ, who never met Christ, who never walked with Christ, apparently had the necessary discernment to exclude a bunch of stuff from the "canonical" Bible. Why do dudes in slick robes and fancy hats 1700 years ago get to decide what is and what is not valid? Why did Rome persecute Christians and then, all of a sudden, flip the script and hijack...I mean..."adopt" Christianity?
Niche, but accurate and reliable sources indicate, again, that Christ travelled during the missing years. Did Roman conquest occur to cover up those tracks in Egypt, Britain, and along the Silk Road. There is evidence Christ went to those places.
Consider that the word "canonical" simply means "because we said so".
Consider that the word "fiat" simply means "because we said so".
Hit me up if you want to do a deeper dive into this.
It's not a light undertaking but it's totally worth it to have answers to questions you never thought you'd have.
I'll leave you with one thought to consider.
Why, in Genesis, is the serpent depicted as an evil source of temptation, yet in Matthew 10:16, Christ explicitly tells the disciples to "be ye therefore as wise as serpents and harmless as doves"?
Anyone who claims those serpents represent different things doesn't know what they're talking about, and I don't care what credentials they have from academia to back them up.
Yeah. We connect at multiple, significant levels.
Bitcoiners tend to be higher in open mindedness, often guarded by robust discernment.
As Austrian economists we tend to be libertarians who distrust the government, often to the point of being conspiracy theorists.
Conspiracy theorists often do their due diligence, and they’re often smart, both of which are common Bitcoiner traits.
Then the healthy side of the Bitcoin community makes almost too much sense in the light of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Hodlers, executing the low time preference strategy, sacrifice the present for the future. Realizing they’re sacrificing creature comforts now, hodlers will often make the choice to dedicatedly improve their own physical health. Exercising and eating well may extend the hodlers lifespan, perhaps making up the time sacrificed up front executing the low time preference strategy.
The Bitcoin metanoia is perhaps the deepest level. Hodlers, after all cycle or two, wind up with surplus discretionary capital and time to spend pursuing higher order and ultimate tier goals like love, legacy, and “self-actualization” i.e. kundalini/enlightenment.
What did I lose a while ago?
My latest article, rƎVO⅃ution is Bitcoin, takes the position that Bitcoin is the heir apparent to Ron Paul’s rƎVO⅃ution.
I explore how Bitcoin fits into a number of cyclical frameworks and offer a 101 level Bitcoin halving explainer.
Link below to the article. Article contains a link to ZoomOut21’s narration of and commentary upon the article.
https://loveisbitcoin.com/r%c7%9dvo%e2%85%83ution-is-bitcoin/
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For everyone, life seems to revolve around something, whether it's themselves, their family, their career, or some other dedicated life purpose. Cycles are a part of everyday life.
The Bitcoin halving cycle can be a challenge for newcoiners or curious precoiners to understand.
In my latest article, I look at how Bitcoin participates in political, technological, esoteric/religious, and cosmological cycles.
The article also features a 101 level explainer on the Bitcoin halving cycle and why it impacts the fiat exchange rates.
Link below.
Let me know what you think, and thanks for reading.
Happy Halving!
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"If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by."
-Sun Tzu
Time to dust off the unused $69,420 memes from last cycle.
What is love?
🧡🥰🧡
In Greece, one word for love failed to capture the nuances of love, so Greece has 8 different words for love.
Bitcoin embodies them all in various ways.
Explore how in my latest article! Link below 👇
https://loveisbitcoin.com/love-is-bitcoin/
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Happy Winter Solstice!
With multiple winter holidays approaching in rapid succession, it's that "time" of the year!
Explore in this article, via the lens of time, the winter solstice, Christmas, New Years, & Genesis Block Day.
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Your no-coiner, captive audience family isn likely uninterested in ETFs, Milei, or halvings. They’re normies. You gotta meet them in their world. We all know unhinged ranting doesn’t really work that often.
Get some Thanksgiving talking points that offer you opportunities to mention Bitcoins similarities to this annual harvest feast tradition. Check out the article “Thanksgiving is Bitcoin” at the link below: