Bruce Lee has always been an aspiration to me. I summarise the biography "Fighting Spirit" here
His affirmations
1, You will never get any more out of life than you expect
2, Keep your mind on the things you want and off those you don’t
3, Things live by moving and gain strength as they go
4, Be a calm beholder of what is happening around you
5, There is a difference a) the world b) our reaction to it
6, Be aware of our conditioning! Drop and dissolve inner blockage
7, Inner to outer - we start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer condition
8, See that there is no one to fight, only an illusion to see through
9, No one can hurt you unless you allow him to
10, Inwardly, psychologically, be a nobody
WILL POWER:
Recognising that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise it daily, when I need the urge to action for any purpose; and I will form HABIT designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.
EMOTION:
Realising that my emotions are both POSITIVE and negative I will form daily HABITS which will encourage the development of the POSITIVE EMOTIONS, and aid me in converting the negative emotions into some form of useful action.
REASON:
Recognising that both my positive & negative emotions may be dangerous if they are not controlled and guided to desirable ends, I will submit all my desires, aims and purposes to my faculties of reason, and I will be guided by it in giving expression to these.
IMAGINATION:
Recognising the need for sound PLANS and IDEAS for the attainment of my desires, I will develop my imagination by calling upon it daily for help in the formation of my plans.
MEMORY:
Recognising the value of an alert memory, I will encourage mine to become alert by taking care to impress it clearly with all thoughts I wish to recall, and by associating those thoughts with related subjects which I may call to mind frequently.
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND:
Recognising the influence of my subconscious mind over my power of will, I shall take care to submit to it a clear and definite picture of my PURPOSE in life and all minor purposes leading to it, and keep this picture CONSTANTLY BEFORE my subconscious mind.
CONSCIENCE:
Recognising that my emotions often err in their over-enthusiasm... I will encourage my conscience to guide me as to what is right & what is wrong, but I will never set aside the verdicts it renders, no matter what may be the cost of carrying them out.
Longer, slower runs with less rest (5 x 5:00 with 2:30 recovery) increase fitness through CENTRAL adaptations; heart size, blood volume and O2 capacity
Shorter, faster runs with more rest (4 x 30 seconds with 4:00 recovery) trigger PERIPHERAL adaptations; blood vessels, muscles
Bitcoin is the unmoved mover
Niels Bohr was the great atomic structure and quantum theory physicist. He conceived the Principle of Complementarity:
For a photon or electron, it is impossible to observe both the wave and particle aspects simultaneously. Together, however, they present a fuller description.
Bohr applied the Principle of Complementarity to not only physics, but all important issues of life.
"Bohr was the incarnation of complementarity, the insistence that every important issue has an opposite side that appears as mutually exclusive with the other. The understanding of the question becomes possible only if the existence of both sides is recognised". - Edward Teller
Bohr suggested complementarity could illuminate the mind-body problem,
It might provide for the difference between organic and inorganic matter,
It could underlie other classic dualisms like subject/object, reason versus passion and even free volition versus causality.
After experiences during a trip to China, Bohr adopted the yin yang symbol as part of his family coat of arms (when he was knighted in 1947).
Everything contains Yin and Yang and nothing is absolute with Yin and Yang.
Big shift recently. Moved from concern over how short life is, to wondering what I will do to fill up my years, now that I realise and understand many truths.
As I read the writings of the great sages, I realise that I am on the same path, having the experiences they describe.
In a world formed by the strained tension between opposites, being content is a superpower equivalent to wealth, riches, status and love
He who sacrifices beauty for utility will find himself with neither over time. Beauty maximises meta-utility over the longest time periods.
Health and might are biological capital that cannot be taxed
Security and justice are not given. They are made by the strong. When we get power we get rights, then we make our own law.
God is the opposite of religion
Ray Peat's nutrition insight is the opposite of a diet
Bitcoin is the opposite of the state
Proof of work vs proof of stake
"Do not let a woman who decorates her buttocks deceive you by wily coaxing, for she is after your granary."
- Hesiod, 700 BC
Why believe in things that would destroy your life and society, but then reject myths that would enrich and empower you?
What use is your philosophy if it does not make you thrive?
What is TRUE is what WORKS and thus GOOD.
The best notes are those which do not appeal to ideology, rhetoric, attention-getting cleverness, or the ambition to construct a "system", but regardless they still RESONATE with you as true, or, GLOW with VERACITY
"..Sparta did not have art, science or philosophy because it was the fulfilled promise of all of these." - BAP
Its also printing those jobs that wouldn't exist "naturally", jobs the market would not desire.
If you can print currency then you can print actors, enforcers and other functionaries that accept said currency.
"If you always keep your sword out of its sheath and swing it about, then no one will come near you and you will have no friends" - Ancient Samurai proverb
The moment a child is told what a "bird" is they never see a bird again. They only see their thoughts. Gotta drop the labels to see things as they really are.
Everything that exists is a self-reinforcing loop. It has to be or it would fizzle out, and not exist. We live in a world of ghosts, endlessly craving, never satisfied. They won't change, Bitcoin will just exert itself as a forcing function.