Results are not linear, at least for most things. You put in 3 years into rock climbing and improve a lot. Then you put 3 more in and improve very little. Then you put in another year and you find yourself doing things you didn't dream of doing.

We like linearity. It's put in this much effort, get these predictable outcomes. Put in a little more effort, get a little better outcomes. What dirves us crazy is putting in a lot of effort and not seeing results. It's discouraging if not devastating.

But the world is non-linear and the curve of effort and time vs results is maddeningly unpredictable, so we make artificial linear outcomes. This is why jobs are so popular. They don't require specific outcomes, but pay based on time put in. And why entrepreneurialism is so scary, the results are non-linear.

This desire for predictability is at the heart of why people tolerate fiat money. Central banks promise some level of normalcy in return for continuous theft. Sadly, all that volatility just gets built up until it explodes some place as hyperinflation, war or worse.

So embrace non-linearity. If you're on here in a sense you already have. Bitcoin price is very non-linear and so is post engagement. But embrace it more. Because the wins are worth it and because it's more in alignment with reality.

New personal accountability ATL just dropped 🤣

if i was in psychological operations, and i had a target demographic that was extreme and resolute in their distaste of government, and i needed to take them out of the political process since they would always vote against bureacracy, war, funding, and budget expansion, the way i would do it would be simple... i would push the idea that if they engaged in the political process at all, they were 'supporting government'. I would create slogans like 'vote harder', and mock people who suggested political engagement of any kind.

for this reason alone, while i understand the sentiment, a part of me always thinks people who repeat this stuff are either stupid, regurgitating what the cool kids say, or they are feds.

Hey all, my wife and I made a tough but, we believe, the right decision today:

We are converting all our #ETH to #Bitcoin. It’s a tough decision because I was there when ETH launched on Coinbase at $4 and that’s difficult to let go. It’s been a great ride, but it’s time.

Ethereum, in my opinion, is something awesome that you get when you need it for gas for DeFi, RWA, NFTs, or whatever.

The way things are going- the ability to generate your own private key will be more critical than your right to a legal identity.

VENMO AND CASH APP ACCOUNTS BOTH SUSPENDED TODAY. TIME TO FIRE UP A NEW NODE. FUCK THESE PPL I WILL PISS ON THEIR GRAVES

“Gold is bitcoin that can’t be sent over the internet”

— not me

if you must render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, stop using Caesar’s money.

what happens to a currency which stores value well, and becomes more expensive to use the more you use it?