The massive tidal wave that no one is talking about is when bitcoin demonetizes agricultural land.
The value of land is wildly overpriced relative to its utility value. Some day the most valuable collateral won’t be land it will be Bitcoin. This is coming
I had a colleague contact me yesterday who has fairly important audience saying “I agree the US shouldn’t go to war in Iran, it would be stolen valor, we didn’t earn the credit we’re going to get for toppling that terrible machine.”
These people are insane- they forget every war in the past. War is hell.
The most dangerous force on earth is a human mob.
More dangerous than nuclear weapons is the ability to propagandize ordinary citizens.
People believe what they are convinced to shout, they hate who don’t join, and they will forget what they fought for the second the mob shifts.
I found the conversation with nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak and nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a to be frustrating. Lyn was directly challenging Saife’s position on how Tether will work as a straw in the dollar milkshake theory saying she didn’t think there were many bag holders left.
This is a fascinating point of divergence but it was not explored at any level of depth.
Then you can be dismissed as quickly as you asserted something absurd.
Maybe the better question is how much have you paid out to contributors on Knots?
This is such a lame attack vector. Extraordinary claims require at least some evidence.
I’ve recorded hundreds of people telling their life stories, many people in their 80s, more than half from farms. This is my perspective of the way things used to be:
They were working at home. Gardening, canning, washing clothes, bookkeeping. They cooked and often ran side hustles like selling eggs or running boarding houses. It was full time work, with limited ability to control the finances of the family. They had a vital role in the family.
When commodity prices dropped women’s labor brought more value to the family leaving the farm to go to the city for administrative work. They quickly realized that they could attain higher levels of salary if they got an education.
They didn’t want to, they did it as a result of inflation. As the generations passed they didn’t know anything else.
I suspect full time moms have a serious meaning crisis after children are a certain age because most of their effort is chosen, rather than a necessity.
I live in a neighborhood with almost 100% stay at home moms - only the families with 5+ kids seem to not be on Prozac.
What am I being pulled into here? I didn’t get any note that I was zapped
I’m re-reading The Mandibles. This story was so prescient it is shocking.
So… not about optics like you said, but legal ramifications?
When someone asks you to keep a secret, your interests are being subverted
Cattleman, philosopher, #bitcoin -er talks about finding purpose: https://michaelringfamilyagriculture.substack.com/p/bumbling-into-purpose?utm_source=substack&publication_id=5078186&post_id=164458801&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1ja2w&triedRedirect=true
The reciprocity is paid forward to the next generation.
Does your podcasting at Red Hat mean no podcast this week?
I gave a talk to a group of about 150 farmers about technology. I brought up Nostr and I was flooded with questions about “but what if people put up bad things…” it was really bizarre how much people wanted to know if it was safe… your point is well taken.
