Freedom or Autonomy.
Which way?
In my personal journey away from freedom maximalism, I came to realize that freedom is not the right thing to prioritize or aspire to.
Like happiness, it’s a state we all value, but it’s not a purposeful end in itself. Freedom, much like happiness, is a byproduct—you don’t achieve it by chasing it directly. And just as happiness is more meaningful when earned, so too is freedom (and idea that likely already resonate with many of you).
What you may not have considered, however, is that freedom, like happiness, is a value not a vitrue. Values differ from virtues in that the former are passive while the latter are active.
The former are things you experience when you act in accordance with the latter. You experience happiness through making progress, just as you experience freedom through making choices (whether that choice is to take ownership and responsibility, or to let go and surrender).
This understanding led me to a deeper realization: freedom itself is almost a passive state, while agency and responsibility are active forces. You may value freedom, but attaining it requires deliberate action—action that demands responsibility and ownership.
This is where autonomy comes into the picture. Autonomy is conceptually a blend of freedom and responsibility. It is the ability (and freedom) to choose, combined with the courage (and responsibility) to own the consequences of those choices.
Full essay (short 3min read) here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/remnantchronicles/p/freedom-or-autonomy-which-way-sovereign?
(Would post on Nostr but highlighter won’t work 🙁)
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Working on a new dashboard idea which will be live on nostr:npub1gkkahxwca30rf2td22u9p3jnmlh79dylgmm2et0kykftle6tdcysj4zden soon:
Avg US Home Price in Bitcoin 🏠
It will dynamically track the avg median home cost in #Bitcoin and will also include historic data:
2011 - 77,500 BTC
2015 - 1,500 BTC
2020 - 60 BTC
2024 - 7.14 BTC
NOW - 4.6 BTC
Oh boy, this will be the best dashboard ever, if I nail the interface.
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Grandkids look at our npubs in disbelief
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Wisdom is earnt through our intentional attitude towards everyday triumphs and failures.
This video is what finally pushed a close friend of mine over the edge to start stacking. He went from his first bitcoin purchase last week to his first shitcoin purchase straight away. So…. I sent him this video, he watched it and then instantaneously committed to DCAing $200 a fortnight into #bitcoin moving forward. Talk about an effective #orangepill !! Thank you nostr:npub1mtqa33dfl620yf8qjk6j2a7r8skv9w8n5tt2m89ag6z947xfslcqn9q4xu !!!
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That video was awesome! Great find!
You could point the average Australian PrOpAdEe investor to this and they just won’t see it.
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Blockstream satellites kits, opendimes, even radio would serve as a suitable medium. Anything capable of transmitting a few mb of data every ten minutes would work.
Cool tweet, bet he doesn’t even lift.
