To be honest a part of me wishes I hadn't gone down the rabbit hole.
Dinner parties were so much easier before.
No, we'll buy other things as well.
I wrote a letter to my son to tell him about money and why I've gone100% #Bitcoin.
If Bitcoin fails, and our family loses all our wealth, at least when he grows up he'll know why I did what I did.
the only person I ever really orange pilled was a Multi Millionaire who had $500k in ETH.
One conversation about 18 months ago had him convert all his Etherium to Bitcoin.
I like to think I'm graceful and classy enough to not need recognition from him, but all I want to do is send him this chart and demand he offer up gifts of thanks.
I've stopped mentioning bitcoin to anyone unless it comes up organically (there are plenty of splinter subjects that can bring it up)
Last 5 are:
• Unschooled - Kerry McDonald
• Brief Lessons of History - Will Durant
• Awareness - Anthony De Mello
• Skin in the Game - Nassim Taleb
• Hidden Cost of Money - Seb Bunny
However, I've got every #bitcoin book under the sun in there, and a lot of self development
A lesson from a long term relationship after kids:
Tit-for-tat is the cancer. Communication is the chemo.
it's the KISS method.
Keep Intensely Stacking Stupid
My colleagues are obsessed with their pension contributions. They're putting as much as 35% of their salaries into it.
All of that to ensure their nest egg is enough for a rich retirement.
I worry the only thing they'll get in 30 years is fucked by the government with an inflation-shaped dildo.
#bitcoin
I just finished reading nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a Broken Money and started nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak Principles of Economics…
Depressingly, this looks very much like my kindle library as well.
This.
After Decades of trying, I've decided the best way of changing people is to lead by example, and let them observe you.
No one gets out of a hole using rational argument, so reasoning is ineffective. All you can do is be the best version of yourself around them and hope their emotions kick in and lead them in the right direction.
it's diabetes in a cone, but that's not the point!
Ah...the social security ponzi scheme in all its glory.
Most of my colleagues are obsessed with their pension contributions, even at a relatively young age.
These people are making very real life sacrifices for a future moment in time when their government decides to fuck them with an inflation-shaped dildo.
Sadly not.
If it costs 4.5 times what you paid for it when you were a kid, then I'd imagine it tastes quite bitter.
The UK emblem of inflation is the '99er'.
A soft 🍦 ice cream sold at every ice cream truck during my childhood for, as the name testifies, 99p.
I bought one for £4.50 for my son at the weekend and nearly threw it at the server.
A few more years and they'll be £99 each, when the '99er' marketing can kick back in.
You should try flicking through a mainstream newspaper.
At least the 'for you' tab has a funny dog video every now & again.
Experiences and Relationships.
They form the currency of life.
Working hard can pay well.
Delayed gratification pays better.
you're doing the Lord's work Dr.