After a cancelled flight, today the 2nd try to go to El Salvador.
Yesterday I boarded a plane twice, but it was cancelled both times (first mechanical error, second time federal law with testing hours for staff - we couldn’t make it on time anymore).
Third is a charm. Salvador, here we come! 🇸🇻🔥
(Oh, and I’m sending this note mid-air)
Here we come again 🇸🇻🎉
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Got the nostr:npub1gwa27rpgum8mr9d30msg8cv7kwj2lhav2nvmdwh3wqnsa5vnudxqlta2sz nostr book today! 🔥
Who won the election tonight?
Ehmm. Politics did. And politicians.
Fixed supply + low time preference = Peace of mind.
Truly.
Few.
nostr:note1u8eyr3kxj8tnmdg5779e6wcxfjsfw4euey3h67ee2r7f0dtty0hqctk529This.
Nothing will top Nostrica simply because things cannot be the same anymore (in terms of where we are).
Magical birth of the physical representation of the nostr family
Sorry, Ko Pha Ngan actually. Samui is the busy one in the south of it, Ko Phangang is the tranquillo one of the two.
Koh Samui in that case. The lesser popular island of the two; rent a scooter and go to the hidden beaches.
Still would recommend Chiang Mai tho (even for a detox), take the loop to Pai and go to the canyon, geyser, waterfalls, elephants and temples.
But for ocean life Koh Samui was great too.
Chiang Mai? Spent five weeks there and it has a good vibe, mix of traveler & locals, nature & culture.
It’s also: life of a traveler, I suppose.
Used to live out of a suitcase and not having enough space to carry all the crap with you constantly ;)
Time preference is such an interesting phenomenon (such as saving/consuming, triggered by Keynesians)
🫵🏼 “Socialism works, we have just never implemented it well”
We all heard the quote. But what If I told you that there is ONE place where socialism (or communism) actually did work? No, it’s not in Cuba or with the Soviets, or Pol Pot.
I’m talking about Social(ist) Media. Social Media. It worked online.
➖ you think you own something, but actually you don’t. Property rights don’t exist.
➖ you don’t earn anything, but are creating wealth for the boss/CEO. They get rich, you swipe for them.
➖ everything you do, is for the greater good (or: “the algorithm”). You’re feeding it every single day.
➖ you think you are in charge, but actually you are constantly surveilled and monitored.
➖ you have no freedom to say what you want, as the “thought police” is always there to censor you.
If you really look at it, social media is maybe the best implementation of socialism so far. Or maybe even communism — Lenin and Marx would be proud!
Luckily, there is a peaceful way out. We don’t have to fight, but we have to ignite a revolution with code. “Ideas are bulletproof, they cannot be killed.” Nostr is this peaceful way out!
With nostr “you own something”, “you earn something”, and “you are in charge”. It’s the antidote to Social(ist) Media. It’s Free(dom) Media. ✨
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
~ Buckminster Fuller
Yesterday's meeting with the nostr:npub17cyatz6z2dzcw6xehtcm9z45m76lde5smxdmyasvs00r4pqv863qrs4ml3 Bitcoin Educators Network was (once again) fantastic🤩
Almost 40 educators from all over the world!
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Everyone teaches the open source Bitcoin Diploma.
This is the power of collaboration, decentralization and bitcoin. 
Sounds like you can bring very tailored education to a specific target audience. With nostr:npub1u478qx307ln39tkhdj9r0rvl29yrhdqjdkzv9l98rmtxvwhza6zsm42m4a we created a character that could resonate with "your communinty"!
https://blockhuntersgame.com/zoey/
Additionally, check out MyFirstBitcoin. We create open source resources for teachers, and interested educators can join our network!
Your skills are needed! No matter what they are.
I thought only developers could contribute. But I helped translating, writing, community building, designing a game and organizing meetups for example.
What’s your skillset?
Sometimes I’m trying to think how my life would have been without bitcoin. Without Satoshi Nakamoto. It would likely have been very different..!
➖ No remote job
➖ No passion
➖ No full-time traveling
➖ Less savings (mentality)
➖ No outlook for a better, fair world
➖ Run the fiat hamster wheel
➖ Different friends
➖ Care about career ladder
I guess: “different” savings, job, passion, etc. But I can’t believe I would have been living a more interesting and happier life.
Thanks to bitcoin I wrote the two Dutch bitcoin magazines, co-created a Bitcoin board game, wrote dozens of articles, translated five Bitcoin books to Dutch, gave plenty lectures, visited 5+ circular economies, spend most of my time in El Salvador, and much more.
Oh, and learned how social media and the internet is broken because bitcoin brought me in nostr.
It’s crazy to think how much “an idea” and “computer code” and its community can do to one’s life.