I worked for Microsoft for a short period of time and looking back on it I'm a bit embarrassed about how quickly I became a Microsoft fanboy. I started using Bing as my default search engine and bought some stock (did pretty good on that at least). It was a temp job, but they teased us with longer term employment with lines like "every day is a job interview." After two months they laid off the entire team anyway once the job was done (it was 3D editing for their 3D maps project).

The point of sharing this is to illustrate how a person's loyalties are driven by incentives. I thought I could have a future there and felt that my success was tied to the company's success, so I was willing to do things voluntarily to promote the company. I wasn't as aware of how shitty their business practices were then, but I had no love for them prior to my employment either.

Nowadays I use this lesson when considering the various information sources I consume and when I get into discussions with people online. According to a quick Google search the government employs nearly 20 million people in the US, plus another 2.25 million at the state and local level, and if they are anything like me they are going to have more favorable opinions if the govt because that is how their bread is buttered, and they are incentivized to defend the govt because if this.

I think most people underestimate the power of incentives in driving human behavior. If #Bitcoin is a threat to the power that govts hold then there is an army of people incentivized to oppose it. Thank goodness it's designed in a way that they can't actually stop it and all they can do is bitch about it online.

An issue with Universal Basic Income that I haven't seen addressed is that it would become an annuity that people will find ways to borrow and spend against.

Thus degenerate or desperate recipients will just make purchases today against their "credit line" of future annuity payments. Not sure how you'd prevent this in practice.

“DiD YoU CaTcH tHe GaMe lAsT niGhT?”

You sound like a bear. I will not be a grandpa before 1 million 👀

One day some noob is going to say that I got lucky because I bought Bitcoin before it reached 1 million. Then I’ll remember these days squeezing out every drop of toothpaste and say you’re damn right I got lucky.

Bitcoiners, what would you do if you had total control over the fiat money printers?

Instant regret 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🥵

Thanks, I tried now to follow all my active followers aka frens, but I’m not nearly close to 500.

Sooo…

#Ostriches of Nostr, I’m calling out all of you active birds to this post, let’s connect together if you’re seeing this note 🐦‍🔥🔥

Hit the comment button and I will follow you immediately (ofc zaps for comments included).🤘🏼☯️

Ostriches assemble 🔂🍀

#Nostr #Assemble #Bitcoin #Plebstr

Follower numbers don’t matter, that’s a twitter fiat mindset. Quality over quantity!

The only way to attempt to begin to solve this problem is to usher in a sound money standard and deregulate markets as quickly as possible so that prices can fall and people can actually pay for the things they'll need to survive in their retirement years.

On Bitcoin Magazine’s YouTube channel, Saylor’s keynote has more views than Trump’s.

387k vs 267k

I don’t really have a point, other than it’s mildly surprising. I think more people probably saw the Trump speech because the live-watching numbers were huge, but it seems that the interest in people later watching the Trump speech isn’t too high.

A lot of Bitcoiner’s are addicted to their status as loser underdogs.

We’re winning.

Get used to it.

You’re about to be the new wealthy elite.

Prepare accordingly.