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Joel
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Designer + Photographer + Bitcoin

Nothing better than a strategically timed inverse cramer! Don’t doubt it.

#bitcoiners RN

Replying to Avatar Derek Ross

nostr:npub1jrcfyw8n298jf83txvlxzx0w7jtfwqs0j4ha0dnn9ns33hgm209sqejdcc finished her crocheted Nostriches! 21 will be available for sale soon. 21 and only 21 will ever be made. Each one is numbered with a unique number on the bottom.

We will hand deliver them at #Nostrville if you're in attendance, otherwise they will be shipped.

Be on the lookout for pricing and listing in the next few days.

Awesome.

I wonder how Tesla feels about offloading 75% of their #BTC?

You cannot gauge the singularity. #bitcoin #plebchain

#GN #nostr — it’s going to be glorious. 🧡🌎

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Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

If it’s true that Jon Stewart was dropped by Apple for his China+AI takes (Apple reportedly wanted Jon to be more “aligned” with their view due to their Chinese economic overlords), I wonder what his next path is.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23924549/jon-stewart-apple-ai-china-cancel

Retire with his “fuck you” money and maybe do a couple independent projects for fun? Or do a more independent/decentralized show?

I grew up watching Jon’s Daily Show. I don’t agree with all his past or present takes, but I always found him to be the best political jester- the one who could bring complex serious topics to a younger audience with humor. And right or wrong, speaking from his heart and logic rather than fully advertiser-captured or audience-captured.

Curious to see what he does next.

Maybe it’s time for Jon to get #orangepilled? 🤔 🧡⚡️ #bitcoin fixes #censorship.

Tim Cook & co can’t steal the joy of one-tap-zapping forever. Damn it—I’m doing the extra taps! #zaps #plebchain #bitcoin #humanrights

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Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

I used to believe in political incrementalism- the idea that you can change things gradually through better election outcomes.

But maybe it was also just youth, I don’t know.

After spending many years studying how the current monetary system works, studying how past debt and currency cycles ended, and based on practical realities from the past two election cycles, I dropped any notion of incrementalism, at least for the big economic things.

Incrementalism works for minority groups to gain social and political rights. Religious people to practice without interference, women to vote, gay people to marry, etc. Immigration policies. Things like that. But it doesn’t work for the financial system.

Instead, history and current affairs suggest that things generally point in the same structural financial direction, uncontested, until there is a massive fiscal crisis, geopolitical crisis, and trend change. And that is when politics becomes critical in all aspects- as chaos develops, the group that has enough power to set the next order *really* fucking matters. They either build a platform of virtue toward the next cycle, or they fall into the unfortunately common paths of communism or fascism.

And it is not just ideas that triumph, but technology too. Technology plays a big role in which ideas are even workable. Both ideas and technology are important.

So when I realized incrementalism wasn’t working, I sought out other methods.

The weaker method is just social- I try to put things out there with my platform to encourage reason, empathy, human rights, etc. Not partisan but also not necessarily moderate, but rather grounded in firm principles of virtue ethics.

The stronger method is to play some small part in building something better. Alternative money. Alternative communication methods. Either explaining and recommending them to people, or directly venture investing in companies that build on them and help improve the UX and solve new problems.

That’s my goal. I want to do whatever tiny part I can to bring about more peace, more fairness, more opportunity, more growth, and less destruction.

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