i'm increasingly nostr-only
i've been on twitter since 2007, and loyalty is important but it's trumped by principles
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
—Voltaire
"In Germany a 1933 'Law for Removing the Distress of People and Reich' gave the chancellor dictatorial powers, which in turn allowed Adolf Hitler to start wars that brought unprecedented distress—indeed, devastation—to the German people and nation.
The point here is not simply that laws, policies, and programs can have counterproductive results. The point is that, when social processes are described in terms of their hoped-for results, this obscures the more fundamental question as to just what they actually do and circumvents questions as to whether doing such things is likely to lead to the results expected or proclaimed."
—Thomas Sowell
if you're not running a RoninDojo node you're missing out
become the kind of person who completes things
then you'll be more careful to choose to start things worth completing
mainstream media is increasingly trying to rename summer "a heatwave" 😅
The first true peer-to-peer networks for sharing information were designed specifically for the swapping of musical files. It is still too early to tell, but this innovation may turn out to be as influential as those piano keyboards and pinned cylinders, if in fact peer-to-peer platforms like Bitcoin eventually become an important part of the global financial infrastructure, as many people believe.
—Stephen Johnson, from ‘Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World'
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
—Eric Hoffer
i figured there must be some reason why they're not wildly popular by now. mowing a lawn is the definition of drudgery.
you are the culmination of an unbroken chain through millennia of survival, hard work, sacrifice, & suffering
every single one of your ancestors managed to survive and reproduce despite incredibly slim odds
through wars, plagues, ice ages, famines, droughts…
buck tf up
also gm
🤙🌄
yes i'm pretty sure that's one of the tradeoffs right now
Mutiny Wallet is so so cool https://blog.mutinywallet.com/mutiny-wallet-open-beta/
“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” —Confucius
the whole concept behind the ‘warrior monk’ comes from the idea that the most important war is the one being fought between you and yourself
not doing the wrong things is indistinguishable from doing the right things, and more often than not the wrong things are easier to see
"At their very simplest, anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. The second is that power corrupts. Most of all, anarchism is just a matter of having the courage to take the simple principles of common decency that we all live by, and to follow them through to their logical conclusions. Odd though this may seem, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist — you just don’t realize it."
—David Graeber, from 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
The heartening capacity of the tree of knowledge to replant itself in scorched earth does something to offset the depression induced by the spectacle of accumulated decades of bad conscience.
—Clive James
while everyone else is complaining about the summer heat just go for a walk in it and enjoy
first of all, it's not that bad.
second of all, discomfort is good for you.
third of all, you're probably not getting enough sun.
fourth of all, it 's empowering to smile in the face of pessimism.
before you come up with an elevator pitch you should first understand the elevator objection
if you keep asking questions for long enough you find that everything more or less comes down to the laws of thermodynamics
i used to think everything ultimately came down to philosophy but that was before i started asking where thoughts come from
perseverance, patience, and preparedness are built when things don't go the way you want them to
adversity is where you get to practice your virtues
The first paper money, made of mulberry bark, was issued by the Chinese in the seventh century, and although it spread quickly around the region, it didn't catch on in Europe for nearly a thousand years. One problem was its vulnerability to forgery, but a bigger problem was managing inflation. Faith in the paper note was maintained by the promise that it could be exchanged at any time for the same value in coinage—in China's case, this meant small brass coins with square holes, known as "cash."
—from 'Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time' by Gaia Vince
this thread is a solid intro, and has book reco's along the way https://twitter.com/MeatMafiaBrett/status/1534505553770127360?s=20
every story about good vs. evil can also be read as a depiction of that struggle going on inside each one of us
gm
apple is not in the business of freedom
that this surprises some of you is what's surprising
*checks in on nyc*
*slowly closes laptop*
"i don't have the time to—"
wake up earlier
"but i need to sle—"
go to bed earlier
"but—"
put your phone away
learning rust hasn't been easy per se but it's also very satisfying and sort of inspiring
surely there's a german word for this
it seems i need to get out more lol
real talk though i'm very glad to hear it
i believe you but is anyone using them??
thank goodness
we still don't have robot lawnmowers
the absolute failure of imagination not to attach blades and sensors to a roomba and place it on grass
and people out here crying about ai somehow taking our careers and destroying the world
how about they take our chores and destroy our drudgery first before you jump to ridiculous catastrophe scenarios
i don't know who needs to hear this but laws are for restricting law-abiding people
new laws don't stop criminals they create them