A lot of people feeling negative about this episode.. I think they’re missing what Luke’s saying. He’s bullish.

Luke isn’t predicting total US collapse, China takeover, global war, systemic end times, hyperinflation.. he’s just describing vulnerabilities that pressure a response.

His point is that the US has entered fiscal dominance: debt and deficits now limit how far the Fed can tighten. So tightening is nearly done, something will eventually “crack”, then QE comes faster, and bitcoin benefits most from the easing phase.

If these macro moves are making you want to sell during a dip… step back for a minute. Take a breath. Think about what that means to “sell a dip”.

Talk to someone who’s been a hodler through a few cycles about the normality of btc volatility that runs in tandem with the constant up and to the right.

Or talk to a macro nerd.

Or there’s a handy tool built for this kind of thing on your computer.

- Go to the podcast transcript on their desktop webpage

- Copy the whole transcript into a text document

- feed the document into an LLM like ChatGPT or whatever

- tell the LLM to do some deep research on the current state of the market so it can get some context around the podcast transcript

- then ask it to summarise the transcript discussion for a new bitcoiner/someone not familiar with macro/lay person/whatever it is that best suits you..

- they’re pretty good at text to concept explanations, so you’ll be able to query it on whether it’s a good time to sell btc and all sorts of other stuff

- DO NOT GIVE IT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

- But ask it any question you want as an information seeking, neutral observer.

Change can be exciting or scary - so you can either approach this time as a wealth opportunity, or as a wealth cost. Whichever one you chose, will become true for you.

This is sovereign money - It is your choice.

Nice work 🤙🏼 this is the dip.

I’m not gonna bet on the timeframe, but they definitely want that money print before their midterms next year. In the meantime, we’ll see how much smoke turns into more fire sales

When Bitcoin sells off first, it isn’t failing or breaking, it’s signalling that something else in the global financial system is overheating. BTC is the smoke alarm; the fire is the liquidity stress underneath.

Firesale prices while BTC is strengthening, is a wealth opportunity, not a wealth loss.

Get your living expenses covered and some emergency money aside so that you don’t feel the stress of living on the edge. Then just autopilot your DCA or buy the dips.

Don’t let fear leave you frozen in the headlights - do something about it.

Bahaha you fkn nailed it

I think perhaps you guys are talking about two different things? Abrahamic principles v Abrahamic Institutions.

Abrahamic institutions are amongst the biggest beneficiaries of the fiat system, because they take advantages to levels that no other organisation gets. It’s not even a hidden or controversial thing that Abrahamic institutions

- rely on tax breaks and exemptions

- rely on taxpayer funding via the state

- rely on inflation

- very strong political alliances

- very strong hierarchy and emphasis on obedience to authority

- highly centralised leadership

- partner with banks on fractional reserve principles

- rely and benefit on systems of debt creation

- amongst the largest asset holders on the planet because they seek to benefit from inflation

- prioritise institutional growth over economic reform

- maintain strict control of their financial opacity

BUT the religious texts themselves encourage some very btc aligned values

- truth

- integrity

- accountability

- confronting injustice

- distributed community responsibility

- critiques of hoarding and exploitation of the vulnerable

- transparency

- warnings against concentration of power

- condemnation of exploitative lending or prohibition of interest based systems

- emphasis on fairness and condemnation of debasement

So I think maybe you’re both right. And I’d add that hopefully, something like btc can make an institution actually start employing the values that it teaches.

Nothing I said addresses the ‘truth’ of his claims based on who he is 😅 I was explaining why his presentation as an authority on the topic is very purposefully misleading.

That’s not an ad hominem fallacy; it’s assessing his credibility.

I can discuss the actual scientific points from the video too. But I haven’t because that would take even longer to tap out. And really, if you like rabbit holes, then hearing of controversial context should be enough to make you fact check it yourself. Which is why I pointed out his lack of credibility. I thought someone who questions things would like a bit more juice on the topic.

Also, if someone is actually into questioning very robust theories that have withstood countless scientific challenges for generations (like evolution or relativity). I kind of assumed they’d be very keen to know about the first person to ever prove the theory wrong. You know, who they get their info from. Because that would make them the most profound scientific figure of this century! 🤩🥳

I dont think you should take my word for it. Look him up. Read his stuff or watch his lectures. Whenever he makes a point, go and read what the actual scientific consensus is and what the literature says. You’ll find his big gaps that he very conveniently never mentions, and most of his points that he misrepresents, or possibly hasn’t even bothered to read. His own CV shows he’s not even remotely qualified, trained, or experienced on the topic (though he sure enjoys giving humanities work science-sounding names 😂). You can find for yourself that he led an organisation with the goal of making the American culture more theistic in its values by driving a wedge between empirical scientific research and the American education & politics 😅 the dude openly tries to manipulate the masses.. and makes a living from it.

Or, just focus on the fact that I don’t recommend trusting the guy 😂

Nope 😅 I’ve literally watched him lecture with an open mind where he summarises his book. And watched more of his content to make sure I understood his reasoning! Then I felt like I needed to learn more about him because he didn’t seem to speak truly about the subjects he critiqued.

So no, I’m definitely not afraid to read his books.. But if his goal clearly wasn’t education, his goal is to trick people - why would I pay him for a book? That would be like paying for a flat earth book.. a book isn’t a force field. If an argument collapses in a lecture and under experimentation, it doesn’t magically become true once it’s written in a chapter.

Also, did I tell you not to read the book? In fact if it raises questions for you then I’d encourage it!

I think if you have time, then it would be a great idea to read his books along with the actual theories he disputes (explosive evolutionary events, modern theory of evolution, fossil preservation conditions and regions).

But if you follow his messaging alone, then you’ll never be exposed to the actual theories that he pretends to ‘disprove’. So you’ll have no way of verifying for yourself. You’ll be trusting just him with your world view - which is what all conmen want.

Anyway, it seems I annoyed you. And I am sorry about that

No, I’ve seen a couple lectures and a debate. Which is enough to assure me that I should not waste time or money on his content. Because if you’re familiar with palaeontology and evolution, then you clearly see him purposefully misleading his audience. Kinda like listening to Peter Schiff for bitcoin advice.

Just to be clear. I have no problem with his or anyone’s religion. Religion can obviously support people doing great things! But I take issue with anyone trying to trick others into aligning with their world view. Especially when they do it at scale by targeting education and politics.

This guy is the ultimate FUDster.. spent his career arguing against decentralisation in nature 😅

Can I offer a rabbit hole too? 🤣

that title makes it sound like he’s got a PhD in science… He’s an evangelical Christian who did his PhD in philosophy. Where he philosophised about what science is in a societal context. His undergrad was focussed on oil exploration.

Other than a brief stint in oil exploration, the dude has made his entire career out of selling books to evangelicals, and giving talks to evangelicals.

He even started the ‘Centre for Science and Culture’. Which has never done anything scientific - its core agenda is to manipulate American education and culture into being more evangelical. They even had a core confidential document leaked years ago that stated their plan to become a wedge between Americans and any science that explains life, the universe, and human beings (without invoking god). You can probably still find the original one that leaked (not the one that was updated for PR reasons 😂)

If you like rabbit holes, looking into this guys history as a conman is a good one 😂

Which is why his points he makes are always flawed. Because they are always purposefully incorrect, misinterpreted, out of context, or just vague claims, all with the intent of leading people to Christianity under the guise of scientific critique.

Oh man we need more of these campaigns globally

Hey mate that looks sick! 🤙🏼 nice idea

Dunno if you’re looking to expand this, but I spend a lot of time bouncing around a range of vessels and small remote infrastructure. If you haven’t already, I think there’d be bonus value found if users could save and name their locations with the equipment available. So that when they next return to the same place, they can just select it from their saved locations (and maybe update it if somethings changed).

A time parameter would also be pretty handy for when you’ve only got a short break, or doing multiple shorter workouts in a day instead of a larger single session.

Nice work miles, would be cool to see this grow.

This is what happens when you take metaphors too seriously

So my mind just needs to reach escape velocity?

I’m not from round here. So this feels like cultural appropriation.. but GM

So.. Oregon has multiple suns in orbit?

Nothing changes 🤦‍♂️

Santas elves have infiltrated the peer review process

You’re right, I did misunderstand - I thought this threads point was making jokes about others situations. Eg “Sent to the gulags”

I kind of assumed you don’t actually wake up and thank your god that you’re not from other western countries. But yeah if that’s your thing, that’s fine, just wasn’t expecting it to not be a joke. Because if it’s not a joke, it’s kinda just smug (plot twist).

If I was unintelligible, you wouldn’t have understood.

Also this is nostr - random and out of nowhere is kind of a given isn’t it?

Anyway, I am genuinely sorry I upset you about your god. I thought you were jokingly punching down on others, so it was fair game.

😂 I need this dashboard

😂 I get the same feelings whether I’m watching this analogy or watching the real thing

😂

Perhaps the editor left that in to be more authentic.. it could be the most transparent thing I’ve seen in journalism all year 😂

😂 either way, Aamir Shafaat Khan absolutely sending a punchline

😂

Fanning your own house fire so that it spreads to your neighbours, while thanking an imaginary friend that you aren’t your own neighbour.. classic yank 😂

I would say the accounting cost can be overcome with automated services, personal use exemptions, non kyc, and circular economies - Kinda like just spending in cash.

I was referring more to the appeal of btc transactions not being strong enough to overcome the learning curve for newbies, or to overcome the want to hold btc.

I’m not suggesting its a financial disadvantage. I’m suggesting that the fact it is treated as a taxable event, puts new or potential bitcoiners off transacting in it. Because it’s not the streamline they’re used to with fiat, and depending on your timescale, holding btc is the attractive alternative.

Theres a personal use asset loophole in Australia for transactions under $10k (but with a short time limit), there’s circular economies, lightning settlements, there’s nostr zaps.. all of it works in favour of btc.

But there are tax implications and a lot of new learning hurdles for someone who doesn’t yet even know how their bank works (I’d argue the majority of bank customers).. so it makes it hard to incentivise people, when they feel overwhelmed or confused by it.

Your phone uses short wave radio (~gigahertz frequencies that are very easily blocked by dense material like concrete, metal..and also interfered with by free floating particles). What’s your Walmart made of?…

Apollo mission used high powered directional antennae’s on both earth and the spacecraft. With a completely unobstructed line of sight between them.

They had satellite dishes more than 60m across to catch signal from spacecraft.

They used narrow beam radio signal pointed directly at its target. It means far far far far less margin for error than your mobile phone, who’s signal can bounce off objects and particles (hence you don’t always need to have direct line of sight with the cell tower). But it meant that Apollo could send a stronger signal and have greater sensitivity to signals because narrow beam is so much more efficient (as long as it hits the target).

An easier analogy would be -

your phone is a walkie talkie in a metal box, Apollo had a laser guided radio link across open space.

That videos logic goes something like this -

If in a fit of self righteousness, Karen called Jim a dickhead, would you then assume that Jim’s true birth name was actually “Dickhead”.

And would you then assume that Jim had an actual dick on his head.

And would you also then assume that all other Jim’s in the world, must have dicks on their heads?

Pergamon was a city. It’s name meant “people of the high land” or “high”.

The city was famous for its Library, theatre, medical treatments, thermal springs, and alter to Zeus and Athena.

It’s not until the Abrahamic religions came along and decided that any religion other than theirs should be known as pagan and devil worship - that they as outsiders started calling it Satans throne (because of its altar to Zeus and Athena)…

Honestly, if the lens of religion is removed for a second..

Erghh

Some interesting talking points. But it’s also some very strong spin on those events that’s being presented (to at least a partly Phillipine audience by the looks of it).

Phillipines ties to US were really cemented in WW2, long before China was considered a major threat - when China and the US shared the same enemy in Japan. After Pearl Harbour, the US would not risk war unannounced on its doorstep again, hence it further developed those bases in the Philippines.

Taiwan is not a US proxy for war. Similar to the Philippines, it’s US interest is to retain an element of control or at least supervision of what is going on in the other side of the Pacific. But that means China feels exposed like the US did with Cuba, and like Russia did with NATO expansion.

It’s also now something that the US cannot afford to leave because of the chip manufacturer TSMC. If the US loses that chip manufacturing, their economy absolutely dives. Apple, Intel, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, OpenAI, and many others cannot produce their products without those chips, and the only manufacturer with that capability and capacity of production is in Taiwan.. so they’re US current greatest weakness, is sitting just offshore China.

Neither one wants casualties, but both find the current situation unacceptable. So they’re out there wheeling and dealing, puffing their chests out, trying to influence or manipulate other countries wherever they can.