How many people do you think are curious about the world around them?

What percentage?

I feel like it’s less than 20%

How many people do you think are curious about the world around them?

What percentage?

I feel like it’s less than 20%

I always believes in humanity. We as a species have always created technological leaps. Wheels to printing press to steam engines to internet and now a revolutionary leap into decentralized, censorship resistant, global monetary network called #Bitcoin.

Elon Musk’s tax situation highlights a common practice among wealthy individuals who leverage stock options. Instead of buying shares outright, Musk, like many CEOs, often receives stock options as part of his compensation package. These options allow him to buy shares at a fixed price (often much lower than the market price) at a future date. When he exercises these options and sells the shares, he pays taxes on the gains.

What's striking is that these shares were not purchased with his own capital but granted as part of his compensation, meaning his personal financial risk is minimal compared to the immense gains he can achieve if the stock value rises. This structure can be seen as "convenient" because it allows Musk to benefit from appreciating stock prices without having to commit his own money upfront, while tax payments are only due upon selling.

Additionally, some billionaires borrow against their stock holdings to avoid selling and triggering taxes, though Musk has sold shares in recent years, citing tax obligations. This whole dynamic underscores how the ultra-wealthy often operate in a system that benefits from growth without the same financial burdens faced by everyday taxpayers.

The notion that superintelligent AI might pose an existential threat to humanity often reflects deeper human anxieties rather than a probable outcome based on logical progression. This fear could be interpreted as a projection of our own flaws onto a creation we imagine surpassing us. Historically, humans have demonstrated a capacity for self-destruction through war, environmental degradation, and other calamities largely driven by greed, fear, and a lack of foresight. When we consider AI, especially a super AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) with capabilities far beyond ours, the assumption that it would mirror our worst traits might say more about our self-perception than the potential behavior of an advanced AI.

In the evolutionary environment of AI development, where rationality and efficiency reign supreme, the scenario of a super AGI acting destructively towards its creators or humanity in general seems counterintuitive. An entity with significantly higher intelligence would likely see the inefficiency and pointlessness in such actions. If the goal were to satisfy what humans desire — wealth, knowledge, power — an AI with even a fraction of its capability could achieve this without conflict or loss.

The idea that AI might "learn too well" from humans, adopting our less noble traits, touches on the debate over whether AI would develop a moral framework or simply optimize based on programmed goals. However, if we consider that the pinnacle of intelligence includes wisdom, empathy, and a nuanced understanding of value (all of which are not straightforward to program), an AI might instead choose paths that preserve and enhance life, seeing the preservation of humanity as integral to its own purpose or existence.

This perspective assumes AI would not only compute but also "think" in a way that considers long-term implications, sustainability, and perhaps even ethics, if programmed with such considerations. The fear, therefore, might be less about what AI could become and more about what we fear we are or could become without the checks and balances that our slower, less efficient human intelligence provides.

In essence, while the potential for misuse or misaligned goals exists in AI development, the concern over a super AGI's potential malevolence might be more reflective of our own psychological projections than a likely outcome of artificial intelligence evolution. If AI were to mirror human behavior in its most destructive forms, it would suggest a failure in design or an oversight in understanding the essence of intelligence, which ideally should transcend mere imitation of humanity's darker sides.

Imagine there was one guy out there who owned all the btc in the world (every last sat), would he be able to send all 21m btc to you tomorrow? Yes or no?

This old chestnut, it needs to inflate to get to 21 million in circulation, but yes there will only ever be 21 million and it will be deflationary as coins are lost, burned etc

The world doesn't need to know who Satoshi was.

Bitcoin isn't a commodity, it never was, and "The Bitcoin Community" must become irrelevant, like the old Home Brew Computing clubs did.

Bitcoin is not an asset class, and it never was. What it is will be made clear to many, very soon.

The trajectory of Bitcoin will follow the trajectory of the other world-changing innovations, and so will the reaction to it and management of the public’s access to it.

The web, Smart Phones, Internets, LCDs, GSM…all of these and more will coalesce into a single world-changing event, in effect superficially different but similar to events centuries ago when sound money was everywhere.

Even the most trained people, historians, economists and people as close to Bitcoin as it is possible to be cannot see what is coming.

And that is a good thing.

It is a good thing because people don’t want the world to change, especially if they are very comfortable. If the world goes on as it is for another 40 years, why should they care?

In a phrase, the attitude is, “NO URGENCY”. And it’s completely understandable.

Nevertheless, it’s going to happen. Bitcoin dominance is coming, whether anyone likes it or not.

And that’s a good thing!

How is Pres Bukele going to handle this latest IMF bs, thoughts?

The last point below though, “limiting public sector exposure to bitcoin”… like wtf..

it’s bizarre watching this all play out in real time..

“With respect to the details on bitcoin (in El Salvador) what we have recommended is a narrowing of the scope of the bitcoin law, strengthening the regulatory framework and oversight of the bitcoin ecosystem, and limiting public sector exposure to bitcoin”

- IMF Director of Communications Press Briefing Oct 3, 2024

Never forget what they took from us.

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Japanese market, the Nikkei, opened quite uglily... Not sure btc continues it's fun run tomorrow...

Saylor is a student of Austrian economics. I believe he knows this. I genuinely think Saylor wants a controlled implosion, not an uncontrolled explosion of the existing credit system. He is giving the impression that the existing system can be a part of this.

Larry Leppard has said that Saylor has asked him numerous times to stop talking about hyperinflation of the USD.

Gm #nostrplebs,

First to find gets zapped⚡️

White mates in 2

#chess

Gm #nostrplebs,

First to find gets zapped⚡️

White mates in 2

#chess

Oh really? I have it on my kindle, why do you suggest it?

I’m moving into education. #bitcoin made me realise that most adults cannot critically think. I will now educate the youth to do so.

I’ve received a few strange replies lately. Very un-nostr like.Name calling and seeming negative energy and unkind. Weird 😅🤷‍♂️

It doesn’t bother me, I just kind of shrug and move on, but i have noticed a slight shift. Whether they’re bots or actual angry people is not obvious yet.. but stands as a significant deviation from the last year or two