Deontology - Who/what decided universal laws were moral? Who/what decided what morality was in the first place to base laws on?

Consequentialism - Who/what decided that consequences, and which ones, were good/bad? If telling a lie would save person's life consequentialism says that it's the right thing to do. But what if that person you saved had murdered someone? What if you knew they had? Would it matter either way? If it wouldn't matter either way then how can you determine whether it was the right thing or not? If it would... well who/what decided that it would?

Virtue Ethics - Who/what decided what is virtuous or not? Who/what decided to attribute virtue as a positive character quality?

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Do you prefer Deontology, Consequentialism, or Virtue Ethics, among the three major philosophical schools of ethics?

If you’re like “what, lol?” that is fine. I’ll have some long form content on this. But I figured I would gather Nostr feedback beforehand to be more useful or specific.

I've just learned about the benefits on good bone broth, and started with the Kettle & Fire brand until I can figure out a good source and way to make my own. Do you have any tips?

I remember the 70s... people were fit, and nobody new where you were whenever you decided to take a drive... I remember being at an airport as a young teen ager and saying to myself feeling great because "nobody knows where I am right now", even though it was an airport. Also in those days, flying commercial was glamorous. The freedom was so refreshing and one felt light, like freedom itself.

Picture of a rehearsal final show after highschool that took me to travel the world and enjoy that freedom with the "world's doors open at my feet" that is how i felt graduating from highschool: Freedom. How do high school students feel today?

What health-related changes or activities had the most noticeable impact on your health?

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It's not the case for everyone, but for a lot of people, participating in something that they perceive as bigger than themselves is really important. They want to leave a tiny mark that goes beyond their own life in some way in terms of reach or in terms of time.

Sometimes it's religion, sometimes it's patriotism, sometimes it's a certain political/ideological movement, sometimes it's a professional guild, sometimes it is advancing technology, sometimes it is advancing art, etc. Could be any number of things.

Mine is mixed, but it's basically the intersection of technology and human rights. I want to support technologies like Bitcoin and Nostr and others that empower individualism and human rights. People should be able to engage in transfers of information and commerce largely unrestricted. They should be able to protect themselves from currency dilution. They should be able to do this regardless of their race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or whatever, as long as they are not actively trying to hurt others. It should require probable cause and the allocation of deliberate resources and time by authorities to prevent bad people from doing these things, rather than being automatically applied to everyone as a matter of course. And this can't really be asked for; the technology has to be built and shared so that the burden of difficulty is on those trying to make it otherwise.

And for me, that means educating people about these technologies, providing capital or economic guidance to people these technologies, otherwise doing whatever small part I can to help improve the success or adoption of these technologies.

Other than that, I just want to leave my little slice of the world better than I found it. I want to help rather than hurt. I want to beautify rather than destroy. I want to unify differing views through objectivity and open talk and help create collaboration and coexistence, rather than sow unnecessary division. This doesn't scale as well and can't win as decisively as technology can, so it's mainly just my side thing.

What's yours? What is the thing(s) that you want to participate in that are bigger than yourself?

Will not live in a pod.

Will not eat the bugs.

Will not get the chip.

Will not get a blue check.

Will not use CBDCs.

Freedom. There is no other option.

I posted about our on-grid strategy at Standard Bitcoin.

Now let's talk about our off-grid strategy, which aims to tackle the stranded well problem in Appalachia with bitcoin mining data centers and generators produced by Upstream Data.

Appalachia is filled with shallow oil basins that were drilled years ago. At the time, it only made sense to extract and transport the oil out of the area. There were very few nat gas pipelines built to bring the associated gas to market because it wasn't economically viable.

This has created a massive stranded well issue. When the oil wells went dry producers capped the associated gas wells and left them behind with the land owners. A lot of these wells are poorly maintained, degrading, and sometimes leaking methane into the air.

The only profitable solution to this problem is bitcoin mining because bitcoin mining is location agnostic. Meaning that miners are willing to show up to the well to monetize the gas on site. Nothing else makes much economic sense.

Our ability to leverage this gas to mine bitcoin has some positive knock-on effects; it ensures the wells are properly maintained, prevents methane leak, and turns a stranded asset into the hardest money on the planet. Turning waste into bitcoin is a boon for economic prosperity.

Beyond this, we are exploring ways to make sure the land owners benefit from allowing us to come on their property to monetize the gas. Aligning incentives to help them become more economically secure.

In the long-run we believe this alignment will strengthen rural America economically and breathe life back into a part of the country that has been cast aside by the coastal elites. Strong rural economies are desperately needed if we're going to right the ship in the US.

I should caveat this with the fact that not every stranded well is equal. We may not be able to save all of them, but we can certainly make a material dent to begin turning waste into prosperity for those who desperately need it.

Another caveat, stranded wells are just one subset of abandoned wells that are scattered throughout the country. There are ~120,000 orphaned wells out there. These are wells with no current owner or maintainer. This is another problem that bitcoin miners can help solve.

There are many problems to solve before we perfect our off-grid model at Standard. Many of them have to do with logistics. However, they are very solvable problems at the end of the day and we plan to work our hardest to tackle them.

We're very passionate about what we're doing because we believe deeply that the work we are doing both on-grid and off-grid to turn wasted resources into sats is going to have many compounding positive effects on the areas we operate in.

Bitcoin is a powerful tool that is revitalizing neglected areas of the US. Most do not see it yet, but they will in time. We plan to highlight the benefits of bitcoin mining on energy systems through our work as we stack some sats along the way.

We're going to win.

I’d be happy to help any way I can! Let me know what you are needing help with.

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