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A disengaged airline pilot with a thirst for wisdom (& #Bitcoin) Documenting what I've learnt through letters to my son, Reg.

I rarely try to orange pill people.

But I just met another pilot.

On our flight to Spain, we got chatting about value investing. He was a huge Buffet fan, and has put in1000s of hours investing his own pension.

I asked him what got him interested in investing, and he told me he listened to a nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z podcast over a decade ago!

That was it. This would be easy. A rational thinker who has low time preference AND clearly respects a prominent Bitcoiner.

I thought I'd give him the #bitcoin bug in under 10 minutes.

Hell, I suspected he might even be a Bitcoiner already.

2 hours later, he's still talking about no dividends, quantum computing and rat poison squared.

๐Ÿ˜ซ I'm doubling down on my stance...

Don't try orange pilling unless the other person seems genuinely open minded and curious.

Having an 'anti' role model in your life can be invaluable.

Outside of fixing people's teeth, my Dad spent most of his adult life washing his car, clearing leaves and fixing gutters. Structuring my life to avoid this fate has led to some good decisions in hindsight.

You know the Average Joe is feeling inflation when confectionary companies are using it as an emotional hook in their adverts ๐Ÿ‘€

Most people see Bitcoin as a granular topic within the category of investment.

Therefore, that's the only conversation strain they'll humour it being discussed in (even then most people are closed minded about it)

I see it as interwoven with many societal topics. And I know I wouldn't be taken seriously amongst friends if I tried talking about it within the context of, say, politics or philosophy.

I have to then bite my lip many times to avoid being labelled as the 'crazy Bitcoin zealot'. My external is therefore non congruent with my internal, and that makes most discussions uncomfortable!

Replying to Avatar ODELL

Completed it.

Replying to Avatar Jon Gordon

I helped my Kriya yoga teacher in Bali learn about #bitcoin last night.

Got her set up with nostr:npub148qm45zettnf6ekgkatnyfadunxwjpu8sy88mjdsgwc5f202d93qmejra7 and sent her some sats via โšก๏ธ, opening a channel on her end.

Her response - โ€œthat was so easy!โ€

Love to see it. Nothing like sending magical internet money around the world at the speed of light ๐Ÿ˜ŽโœŒ๏ธ

post a lightning address for her so we can magic her a few nore

My idea of a good Friday night is ordering an Indian takeout and cracking open an ice cold compound annual growth rate calculator.

#Bitcoin

Can't shake my mental montage of you taking in nearly-dead orchids and bringing them back to life to the soundtrack of Against All Odds

If this is the only thing that annoys you about American English, you're doing quite well.

"I could care less" spirals me into lexical rage

*checks the price of bitcoin before opening the front door to start the commute*

"Not today man.... Not today"

*closes the door behind him*