It's nice to hear from you again, I'd almost thought you had abandoned the Nostr
My dad seems to think more that way as well, he has faith in the system. Perhaps it's generational. But later generations may find that more radical solutions are necessary. If it's not too late.
A good read, though I find his recommended solutions too weak
Shared the meme with my brother and he retorts with "2 Peter 3:3".
That states:
βAbove all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days scoffing and following their own evil desires,β
https://ref.ly/2Pe3.3 via the Logos Bible Android app.
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#faith #bible #christian"Dispensensationalism" is what I call it. I was taught it growing up. I still have regular debates with my brother who is still stuck on it. π«
If someone is posting about #Bitcoin all day, every day, might it be said they worship Bitcoin? π€
(and I'm not accusing you of this, nostr:npub1ak5kewf6anwkrt0qc8ua907ljkn7wm83e2ycyrpcumjvaf2upszs8r0gwg)
Many seem to have made #Bitcoin like their religion. When you don't serve God you gotta serve somebody or something, apparently.
βFor you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.β
https://ref.ly/Ps86.5 via the Logos #Bible Android app.
I've always thought the story would make a great epic movie. Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" is like a prequel.
I've read Bernal Diaz's account, The History of the Conquest of Mexico, but they mentioned Camilla Townsend's The Fifth Sun several times as an excellent modern version to consult.
#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1080x1527&alt=Book+cover+of+The+Fifth+Sun%3A+A+New+History+of+the+Aztecs+by+Camilla+Townsend&blurhash=%5EHOBS%2C%24f8_Rk0hbvK%2BNGrq%24fnOS%7E%7BvE*Ad%24Laef%2B%5Ej%251NII%3Baxn%2414%2B%40xGK7s%2BS2VraKofX9Nxsl1OOtwIV%40ozwbM%7BS5ofxYxZV%5B4%3AWVxtxEofR*&x=de025688115415a948222aa49563ce0dacfbbea5dba9ee9f497414fb17e341e4
I just finished listening to an 8-part episodes podcast on the fall of the Aztec Empire and it was quite enjoyable! And Tom Holland (whose book Dominion on the history and impact of Christianity I have yet to read, but hear is excellent even though he is not Christian himself) is very funny. These guys are British and have such a droll sense of humor! Highly recommended if you're into history and adventure stories.
https://fountain.fm/episode/6a7IZRrZxPX2RbvPrag7
#history #grownostr #mexico
Something I learned, spoiler alert: Cortez and his men didn't actually burn the ships...
Great article on how #Uber has become profitable by bilking it's passengers and drivers...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lensherman/2023/12/11/ubers-ceo-hides-driver-pay-cuts-to-boost-profits/
#newstr #grownostr
This is why we desperately need decentralized ride-sharing. When will someone build this on #Nostr?
This album is about to be crazy! #ye
https://video.nostr.build/983a39afd00179cc1393f53435b2254dd27170e3ff749e908c65613bdf149635.mp4
I'll bet #Ye could boost uncensorable, uncancellable social media adoption...
A contrarian view to what one typically sees on the Nostr:
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>****The bitcoin delusion****
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> That currencies are being increasingly debased is so obvious to speculators and small-time investors that they are simply dazzled by the maths behind bitcoin. The easiest thing to understand is that if you invent a form of money which cannot be expanded beyond a certain limit, then its value is bound to rise, measured in a rapidly expanding currency. This has led fans to predict prices of $250,000 and upwards, so who wouldnβt want to believe in it?
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> Putting aside the controversy as to whether bitcoin has or will ever have the status of money, it is being bulled up by almost everyone involved on the basis that they stand to make enormous profits, in guess what β dollars or their own currency. While everyone says it is taking the monetary initiative away from the state and back to the people where it should belong, they are merely speculating for gain, not intending to hold bitcoin to spend when there is a lawless successor to our dysfunctional world.
> Like the economists who fail to distinguish between money and credit, bitcoin hodlers seem to think that money and credit are the same thing. Apparently, this makes bitcoin a better store of value than gold whose quantity increases as it is mined. But in their land of Cockaigne, if the worldβs circulating media is limited to 21,000,000 bitcoin whose value is designed to continue rising, the creation of credit will all but cease. The world will return to the feudal conditions that existed before credit became available to finance the industrial revolution.
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> Bitcoin is not a substitute for or competitor with gold for the status of money. The bitcoin delusionists fail to grasp the importance of price stability, which only comes from credit whose value is firmly anchored to gold, together with the fact that gold is understood to be money everywhere, while bitcoin is assumed to be so only among its profit-seeking enthusiasts.
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> Money is and only ever has been metallic gold, silver, and copper. And the only practical monetary standard is the one metal which has almost no other use than as a store of value β gold.
From [Gold and flying money](https://www.goldmoney.com/research/gold-and-flying-money) by Alasdair Macleod
"...both foreign and U.S. government agencies have been asking Apple and Google for metadata related to push notifications to, for example, help tie anonymous users of messaging apps to specific Apple or Google accounts."
Without a warrant, no doubt, thus unconstitutionally π©
Vivek, spitting π₯π₯π₯