Glad for Assange and his family. Do we know how long this plea deal has been an option for him? I'm wondering if it's been on the table for a while, and he finally accepted it as a last resort.
How widely is OpenTimestamps used in Nostr? (e.g. NIP-03)
strategically low time preference, tactically high time preference
To me, time preference is about the timing of unpleasantness/sacrifice. A high time preference decision is one that defers unpleasantness to a later date, with a pleasant outcome right now. A low time preference decision accepts unpleasantness in the immediate/short term, with the outlook of pleasantness later on. We all make both types of decisions (both large and small), but some people are more prone to one type.
Remember to stack freedom units
"hey guys, we're done printing completely insane amounts of money for now, back to the normal rate of debasement"
I think there is an incentive to repeat old content, yes. Then you're in "commodity" territory. But there is also an incentive to generate new knowledge, which puts you in the thinkers club, who get invited to all the podcasts.
I hardly know anyone who listens to old podcasts, except if they are specifically interested in something niche, or the episode is so good that it's become sort of a classic.
Interesting observation. Repetition may be natural, people don't follow 1000 podcasts, but maybe one or two. Therefore, every podcaster will almost be expected by their audience to cover many/most aspects of the topic. In fact, a podcast will largely do their own learning by having conversations with the same experts that already appeared on the 1000 other podcasts, i.e. the podcast essentially documents the podcaster's own learning journey.
I agree that this does not necessarily contribute to existing knowledge, however it creates a kind of learning community. Almost nobody wants to listen to old podcast episodes from a few years back, and they also want to interact with the podcaster on social media. So, it won't push the state of the art, but it will onboard new people who could one day contribute to it.
"That's why the dollar had to be detached from gold."
No, Nixon decoupled the dollar from gold in 1971 because some countries (e.g. France) were demanding to redeem dollars for gold as originally promised under Bretton Woods, but the US very likely did not have enough gold to cover the dollars it had printed.
I agree that a deflationary currency discourages spending compared to an inflationary currency, but I don't see that as a bad thing. It discourages *stupid* spending, and encourages *sensible* spending.
Our current system is debt-based. If you take out a loan/mortgage in dollars, the bank wasn't previously holding those dollars, they get created upon your agreement to repay. So "who in their right mind would hold the dollar" is already true today.
Under a Bitcoin standard, lending and borrowing will become less common, because it's tougher to pay off in a deflating currency. Higher risk of default means more stringent conditions for lending, which means fewer loans.
Ok, you're talking about a scenario where Bitcoin is 100x bigger than it is today. I still don't know why anybody in their right mind would borrow bitcoin to repay in 10+ years, especially with the liquidation risk. It just seems like this type of lending will become rare.
Also, if Bitcoin becomes the primary store of value, it will demonetize real estate, so it's unlikely that any standard real estate would outperform the deflationary store of value (maybe some rare/premium real estate could).
The difference is that you don't easily lend money that you can't print at will. Lending under a bitcoin standard will involve much more due diligence, possibly the lender would almost always prefer to be an investor instead
Do you consider that land can be owned? Animals?
I agree with you that states tend to corruption.
What you wrote above does not make sense to me however. If person A believes that object X is their property, while all other persons in the universe do not, what should be done? How is property decided?
I'm genuinely curious why you hold these views, I'm trying to make sense of them
I've only asked questions so far, so I'm curious how you reached that conclusion
I assume the answer is no then. Is your best explanation that it does not exist because everyone is a retard?
does a society currently exist, in which you would like to live?