And it's not a good one. We're trying to build a civilization, not a bunch of isolated houses with people blind to their community.

You're welcome to talk to your congresscritter and suggest that.

So, you would advocate for us to shut down the entire system, letting everyone who has been paying into the system figure it out?

Or are you talking about something else?

It's important to point out that what "cutting benefits" means is that the government will only be able to pay out as much as they bring in. It's not going to be cut to zero, but it's going to be significant enough that those of us who are at a retirement age at that point in about 10 years will need to have capital in some other form to generate an income stream so that we can pay our expenses.

The solution that I would prefer is to balance the books. We should have at least as much coming into SSI as we have coming out of SSI to beneficiaries. We could do that, easily. Remove the cap on FICA, and then we can adjust the % that we pay as employees and employers so that SSI can send out the checks and keep their promises.

Oh, and SSI should be buying Bitcoin, not US Treasuries at an absurd low interest rate.

Gone swimming. 🏊‍♀️

#damus

Should I go with Italian Wedding Soup or Broccoli and Cheese? 🍲

I hear that a lot. If you can power thru tho, I felt it was worth it

Pretty wild show/story. Finished up the 1st book couple weeks ago too.

Watching 3 Body Problem 🤌

Great sci-fi show.

My point is that bitcoiners might be living in a dream. They certainly believed & definitely hoped to see the banks be replaced by bitcoin & it's my suspicion that bitcoin will not be the widely used MoE that some think it will. It already failed that in El Salvador. There are stories/narratives that bitcoiners hold on to such as "gradually, then suddenly" and "we are so early" to encourage holders to keep their convictions but after seven years I am beginning to question the validity of it all because without further adoption it dies. I will add that I hope I my concerns are unwarrented on this which is why I asked Jeff for his thoughts.

You still use checks?

I think bitcoin being a widely used medium of exchange is a dream, just as the idea that bitcoin would replace banks was a dream that I heard repeatedly when I first got into bitcoin.

In less than 2 weeks I'm starting a university course 🫣

I love art, this is very obvious... What I'll be doing though will push me out of my comfort zone for sure!

I'll be studying Game Art and Animation

What does that include? Hmm.. a bit of everything, I guess?

Fundamentals of 2D (I'm at a good level with that)

Fundamentals of 3D (I'm clueless!)

Maya, Houdini, Unreal Engine 🤯

Just wish me good luck and an engaging tutor! Being a mature student is a blessing, not a disadvantage.

#gameart #artstr #animation #gamedev #game

Now that the hardware is so good there is an opportunity to make some great games, but they all seem to suck