"Proper attention is an act of worship."

Can there be creativity without effort, without skill?

If #AI can replace creativity (at least superficially), what does it mean for humanity?

From a spiritual point of view, I believe we were created and gifted with creativity.

Once we relinquish that gift to the control of corporations, we allow our humanity to diminish to the role of slaves where everything we 'create' have been pre-filtered through corporate controlled AI channels.

I'm no troglodyte, but I really think technology should serve humanity. AI seems to turn the tables.

No one is stopping you from targeting who you want.

And you can't stop anyone from sharing it somewhere else.

Perfection.

Really interesting, I think that in many ways this makes Nostr more like real human communities, in the sense that there's a "local" aspect to information propagation.

What's important to someone living in Los Angeles isn't going to be the same as what's important to someone living in Buenos Aires. Different information is going to propagate "naturally" because the concerns of people in different places are different.

You get it. It's a more human-scaled approach to information that mirrors how we naturally process the world around us.

And I sincerely believe this could have positive mental effects for people online as you will spend less of your attention on the irrelevant, shocking, and violent information that instinctively draws our attention yet serves no purpose.

How come sometimes I have re-follow myself again and again

Bitcoiners will go to the moon and back to build a Rube Goldberg machine just to gain a fraction of the privacy offered on XMR by default.

I want to see Bitcoin succeed, but it must have strong privacy by default. Non-technical users will not put forth the effort needed in order to use the network privately.

nope. remember in 2023 when #bitcoin floated around 25k like for a whole year.

Hodling for 40 years. #hodl #corvette #cars

Hey nostr, I'm looking to buy a USED SUV. I'm looking at a Toyota 4Runner ($$$) or a Ford Expedition ($$)

The thing is, I'm not sure if I should buy it outright with USD, or put a small down payment and get a loan (~$200 per month?)

As a bitcoiner, I'm not sure which is a better use of my money. I like to be debt free, but I know inflation will make a car loan get easier over time. If I buy with cash, I'll have to sell some BTC. Ideas and suggestions welcome!!! Thanks!!

#asknostr #grownostr #cars #auto #suv #debt #finance #bitcoin

Okay.

I CAN"T BRING MYSELF TO DO IT!!!

I cannot honestly bring myself to sell my hard stacked #Sats for a friggin car.

CAUTION! #RANT INCOMING.

*Steps up onto soapbox

I know that some of you are hardcore #motorheads but I am not. I see #cars as a massive #moneypit that will always end up as garbage. Spend a little it'll be garbage in a few years. Spend a lot and it'll be garbage in a few more years.

I remember seeing a my father with the same car for 20 years. I know how he maintained it. Helped him change the oil in it, got the tires rotated, and now and then had to replace something simple. But that was it.

Now, regardless of the care taken, a car has a few years, 10 at most. A 10 year old car is just an endless barrage of every single item falling apart. 90% of which did not exist in my fathers generation of cars. Its air sensors, internal computers, switches and buttons all #DesignedToFail at a specific time.

Its #over-technologization that is built to be thrown away.

And don't get me started on all the blinky alarms and screens in the newer cars...

*Sigh

*Stepping down from soapbox

So here's the deal. My old car finally went kaput. I have a large family that needs transportation. I could afford to buy another car (by selling #Bitcoin) but the only options I have are essentially spending $10k US on a used car that is going to be rift with problems and I'll have to throw away in 5 years or spend $35K on a new car that might have 15 years before I have to throw it away.

To add context: I live in Mexico ordering a Tesla or some special type of car isn't an option. Uber isn't an option. Taxis are but not really realistic.

I came here to rant and to #asknostr and all its super smart guys and gals of an out of the box solution. Leasing? Long Term Renting? How have you solved this issue in your own life?

Now a candle for naive ideas that my father, and the men and women who built shit to last, had about the future of transportation before the #ThrowAwayCulture of today...

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Just want to say thank you to the drivers that give space on the road and don't tail. We don't need the extra stress to be in a rush to get to the fiat mines.

My wife had an aggressive driver on her tail in the fast lane that was stop and go. After the 2nd time of him almost hitting her, she decided to change lanes..

..the 3rd time that driver wasn't so quick to react as he thought and ended up in the back of a pick up truck.

#stayhumble folks

#plebchain #cars #driving #angelabove

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Was thinking of some people I’d met recently 🫂 complex characters indeed

Reading ‘Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance’ 🫂 you?