was stationed at JBLM for 4 years. lived in Lacey. didn’t really care for it while I was there, but after philly and san antonio, I have a greater appreciation for the pacific northwest
building a life worth living and sharing with others. lots of growing pain, but words cannot describe the fulfillment my wife and children bring to me
The most fun part about steelmanning the argument against my book is debating without being tied to reason and logic.
It’s the only time i’m not burdened by logical rigor and consistency 🤣
#philosophy
i’m not a cool kid either 🤣
yeah, we used to just call them experts.
their expertise demonstrably self evident: proof-of-work
social media just made it easy for people to fake it for personal gain
“expert by decree”
fiat strikes again.
#Gnosticism: Fiat’s form
my wife said when I write that book, why dogs aren’t people, the philosophical case, I have to use a pseudonym because that’s more controversial than a “I love Hitler” book. 🤣
no pseudonyms, If i can’t stand by the argument then im not worth publishing
When u unpack the implicit dignity in personhood, investing any personal energy into non-persons isn’t just practically unwise, it’s fuxking evil
sing it. Mockery is king.
Sophists and Gnostics have plagued humanity since before Aristotle.
I’ll send you a copy of my book doing the Aristotelian/Thomistic moral analysis of the monetary system and btc, wrapped in sweeping rhetoric, once it’s published. or send you the draft if you were interested.
yeah, good point, it can be a tool for making real friends.
i was thinking more of interactions in comments and tweets, seperating DMs. We dont call texting or sending an email “social media” so DMs are just an additional feature built into the platform.
we don’t @ a friend to ask them to come over, but no sense in dissecting definitions of “friend” or “social media”
with the right purpose, any pain can endured
discipline orients the pain towards something worthwhile
so it’s not just that the pain is lighter, you get something valuable for it
#proof-of-work
if i was a content creators or a group leader, then i would find great utility.
yep, i never liked myspace or facebook when they came out right after highschool. thought social media was stupid then, and despite my best efforts, i personally can’t really find a good use case for me.
it’s really a “i need a way to take a break from productive work” might as well check out social media
moral analysis on the modern monetary system incoming in my book.
Fractional Reserve Banking is one of the monetary gnostic’s favorite spell
the ones that look in the mirror and are inspired, those are true friends
self improvement highlights their apathy
society also programs us to dismiss social capital which is more valuable than financial capital objectively.
i get your point, and would be in the camp spending my 200 on btc
just saying investing 200 in people isn’t necessarily dumb
Gnosticism is the form of fiat.
People been filling it with various matter for millenia.