Interesting read on yen, USD and bitcoin over the next few months
I suspect Nostr will be a slow to develop because it's decentralised and unlike anything before. (with the exception of maybe ham radio)
This makes it interesting but whether it will ever catch on is another matter. Individuals follow the crowd for a reason and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
One year ago, I was a frequent consumer of American right-wing alternative media, like Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson, Steven Crowder, Tucker Carlson. I mostly agreed with most of the issues they were talking about. I was concerned about woke cancel culture and the loss of free speech. I also listened to Alan Dershowitz (life-long democrat), Redacted News, Kim Iversen, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, Viva Frei and some other non-right-wing sources.
After Al-Aqsa flood on Oct 7 where Hamas successfully executed a well planned military operation in Israel, where I saw a deeply long-term and continually oppressed people finally get a modicum of revenge on the people oppressing them and also strategically capture some hostages (Israel had about 3000 Palestinian hostages at the time, so tit-for-tat) --- because I knew the context well before the event happened --- they (the American right) instead saw horrible terrorist sub-human violent people out-of-the-blue raping, incinerating and cutting heads off of babies (which I couldn't believe, so I watched many hours of videos to see what actually happened, and that was propaganda - the vast majority killed were military).
Anyhow, I couldn't stomach listening to Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson (who tweeted "Glass Gaza"), Steven Crowder or Alan Dershowitz after that (and many others) despite believing that we should try to listen to all sides, I just couldn't stomach it. And I'm consuming less social media video content overall which is a good thing. I still listen to Tucker Carlson who I haven't heard push the Zionist stuff.
But I guess I'm moving towards the left on more than just the Israel issue (or maybe I'm standing still and they are moving). What I thought I knew about immigration and culture clash I don't think I believe anymore. And this video shifted my thinking more substantially than most videos do. Many of you may disagree with this, but it will get you thinking nonetheless: https://rumble.com/v5bbf0t-uk-headed-for-civil-war-whos-behind-it-all-redacted-w-natali-and-clayton-mo.html
Historically I've felt like I was on Tommy Robinson's side, because I was on the side of free speech. But the situation is more complicated than just one political issue.
Good to hear you reflecting on your opinions, keep it up, this is important work.
I AM A NOSTR NOOB, TEACH ME WISE ONES
I want to love Nostr and use it more. My problem is discoverability - it’s very hard to recreate a social graph + algo that beats Twitter. I see less content here and people see my posts less, so I have fewer conversations. How do I bootstrap the nostr graph without so much drudgery?
Help nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc and anyone else I know in this place
If you have come to nostr to replicate your previous experience, what is the point.
First step will be to discard what you have already learnt, then you may be ready to learn something new.
What we think of other people is all projection.
What we are really experiencing is an unconscious aspect of ourselves.
Your arguments for nostr always have an understanding of the requirements for apps to scale, which I don't hear elsewhere quite the same.
Have a good trip.
Conference from this year at Oxford University.
People are thinking/working on this for sure.
Female.Male
Sister.Brother
Mother.Father
Light.Dark
#photography
Larry Bird?
Is this an age thing?
I believe global demand for oil is as high as it's ever been. I'll send chart when I find it.
The magic of light.
#photography 
Basilica di Santa Croce, resting place of Michelangelo and Galileo.
Monument to a human spirit greater than the mere sum of it's utility.
#photography 
Might the Farmers Fable offer a model for Nostr developers to build apps from the ground by sharing potential revenue streams as a means of avoiding the natural slef interest shift to cerntralisation.
An evolutionary advantage of cooperation
By Ole Peters & Alexander Adamou
#note
I stumbled across Nostr 9 months ago and would describe myself as interested user. It has been facinating to listen to the original protocol & app builders and Nostr advocates and the experience has encouraged me, together with other reasons, to engage in social media for the first time and for this I acknowledge a debt to developers and entrepreneurs who have made this possible.
However, one aspect of the conversations I've followed has always struck a disonant chord, and it's the phrase 'we are winning'. Winning against who? Is this a zero sum game? And aside from the male orientation of the term, will the idea of winning as a motivating force carry any meaning in the long term, where deeper sources of energy will need to be found. Sources which include a feminine aspect.
I can accept the phrase as a motivating rallying cry in the first stage of attempting to build a new protocol, but now that has been achieved should 'surviving' be the next focus and is it possible to envisage a future of surviving without winning?
Is it worth remembering that revolutions tend to mimic the very things they overthrew before becoming even worse. So is Nostr about revolution or about building a protocol to survive a hundred years? The later takes a very different road to the former, not seeking glory or fame, not seeking to overthrow, but building from the ground up and slowly making a difference in a way which will allow users will experience something more than simply replicating their experience on other apps.
Stay humble and build slowly.
#note
An old farm small holding, now used as a stable only.
Sheep still live here.
A quiet place.
#photography 
Amazing place, yet bizzare and shocked that you aren't able to access it.
Maybe one day.
Thank you for posting.
How BBC are reporting current stance on Venezuela election
Overwhelming evidence Venezuela opposition won election - Blinken