yeah but is it a real real coin or a real counterfeit?

You are correct. I am very doubtful that attempts to restore personal freedoms via a captured and entirely corrupt legal system will produce meaningful results.

What such efforts might do however, is provide people with a false sense that they (or, even better, other people) are “doing something about it” when in fact it is just more of the same bullshit.

Furthermore, I think that Lyn’s approach will not only be non-productive, but worse, it risks being counter-productive by lending legitimacy to an illegitimate process and system and distracting from the true changes that need to occur quickly.

I have no idea if Lyn has children or not, but if she doesn’t, that probably will do more for the planet and humanity than any of the efforts she describes above.

The entire system must go and the only non violent way I see to achieve this is via mass refusal to participate in it any longer.

Of course others are allowed to offer up their ideas as well. I will continue to live mine though, and practice what I preach, unlike the parents who say they will die for their kids and then do nothing but surf Facebook and post edgy memes about the sorry state of the world.

#grownostr

#thinkdangerously

Zues. Maybe Breez.

Prepare accordingly: nostr:note1z6cf9jvza86j9rm6ra7d2ke5362rpasy9syahrmeuucy2can9zfq62f74g

Congratulations on 5 years of sobriety! That's a huge accomplishment. Just curious, what made you decide to switch to coffee instead of alcohol? #HealthyChoices

Props to MIT Bitcoin Expo for scheduling the conference on 4/20, on the 4th halving, in a state with recreational cannabis! 🫡

I decided I was drinking too many cappuccinos, so for the month of April I am drinking zero coffee.

Felt vaguely “down” for a couple days but now feel better.

Alright, after watching 5+ hours of Dune part one and two, I’m going to need someone to explain to me why this is a good movie.

Whatever other people are seeing, I am not seeing it.

The majority of people have a strong tendency to want to be part of something that is bigger than themselves. It is why they not just get up in the morning, but why they are *energized* to get up in the morning.

Clans and religions were among the earliest bigger things. People know that they will die, and so they invest into their descendants, honor their ancestors, and contemplate metaphysics and the nature of life. Many people will willingly sacrifice themselves for their children or for their highest ideals because of this.

In the modern era of printing presses and telecommunication systems, there is also a broader set of choices for people to group together around, either combined with those other ones or sometimes instead of them. Sometimes they choose nationalism. Sometimes they fight for a political ideology that transcends borders. Sometimes it is a professional guild or professional recognition. Sometimes it is the environment. Right or left or anywhere in between, you can often tell what someone adheres to as their highest ideal.

A powerful exercise is to 1) identify what you feel a part of in the bigger sense (it could be a few things) and 2) whenever someone’s behavior confuses you, stop and think about what they likely feel a part of in a bigger sense, if anything. You might feel that what they associate with is fucking retarded, but if you can at least identify it, then that is the first step toward successful communication and debate and rebuttal.

Using myself as an example, my professional experience is in a combination of engineering and finance. Separately, my ethical philosophy is grounded in virtue ethics (that’s a whole other longwinded topic), and as a result, what I feel a part of in a bigger sense is various social movements and protocols that utilize technology to bring financial autonomy to people. That’s where I put my time and capital toward.

Successful commerce involves the combination of value and communication. Therefore, I want people to be able to communicate freely and transfer value freely. As such, I strongly associate with the leading technologies in those fields, such as Bitcoin and Nostr.

If I thought they were weak, I would sympathize with them but not invest in them or have much hope for them. That was my view for a while. But if I view them as technically capable and achieving of network effects, then my rationality combines with my sympathy and becomes full support.

I don’t care what peoples’ race, sex, orientation, ethnicity, or nationality is. Instead, what I care about is doing whatever tiny part I can to bring technologies to people that allow them to transfer value and information to others, or to educate people on those technologies, etc. That is where my time and capital is focused on. Outside of family, that is what makes me energized in the morning to work toward.

What is yours?

What is midcurving?

help a n00b?

bluesky uses a different protocol than nostr. their own.

dis/advantages to there vs here?

thanks.

just set up my nostr as well! seeing many comments about zaps

can someone kindly explain what they are/how they work?

Or Bitcoin is just a scam

Bitcoin is fiat with more fair rules

But still fiat - a meaningless trade token

Is the discussion going to be streamed?

Very true. It’s incredibly sad to see how normalized it is in the culture. And some of my biggest mistakes and missed opportunities have come with a connection to the irresponsible use of substances.