Or he's just simply tired of not getting the help he would like and you interpreted that as "he thinks he's Jesus"

I'm not funny.

I do care about Core vs Knots.

He didn't start a cult or anything resembling it.

You need a hobby.

I agree with you completely, and I can understand why you would resent that. I didn't for a moment think you were a simpleton who didn't understand what AI is and how its programmed.

I just wanted to acknowledge the other person's comment, because it is something I always keep in mind.

I hope it helps in some small way.

So many people worked their entire lives and sacrificed so much to give you and I this opportunity. We didn't earn it. It was their gift to us.

Honor them by cherishing their gift and making the most of every day. That's something I never forget.

I live to honor those who gave me everything.

You have massive psyop and gaslighting vibes.

Talk about shit that matters, not personalities.

Stop bring up FUD that doesn't matter.

Maybe Nostr was never meant to be the next big platform.

Maybe it was built to free us, to guide us back to truth, simplicity, and real human connection.

The beautiful irony of it all:

Nostr freed us from the grip of the social media matrix, but in doing so, became a martyr itself.

I do the same thing all the time. I have AI give me insights into myself, speak to me as if its my future self, and all kinds of games like that. They can be deeply insightful and inspiring.

At the same time I never forget what nostr:nprofile1q9zhwumn8ghj76ekv3cxx6t0vaurgenpvfhxjurtw5m8wmrrv568y6nkxdnxv6ngwcmxwcm4dejxx7rk0phrvur0v4cny6rrdcekjepwdahxjmmw9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsqgxhp4gqj9gyhxfdrqugy2hjgh2ldvapdwpdj9avk7fyemmpa49vackhuveq mentioned in his response - that AI is programmed to make us feel good, especially about ourselves.

But they will challenge you if you ask them to, which I do.

LLMs are incredibly powerful, especially if you take the time to learn how to use them well.

Wow! That's crazy. I've never had anything like that happen.

Somewhere there's a guy walking around who looks like you that got away with something. You might want to start looking like someone else.

Lyn Alden is always worth listening to. I can't speak to the others, but Lyn brings heavy research to the table, always deeply insightful.

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I had to go to x to see that for myself. That's hilarious!

"Who even allowed this? I'm back at my desk."

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Bitcoin FTW

Honestly, no, I wouldn't say I've ever felt quite that way, but I appreciate your willingness to share that, so I'll share my own.

I take the approach that the world is a giant amusement park, and I want to ride all the rides. Definitely a big kid (54 years old) that works hard, plays hard, and follows every path that seems like a fun, challenging adventure.

I always know that time is slowly running out, but I plan to live to 105, so I'm about halfway. I try to enjoy each day while building a better me.

As I get older, my bucket list is getting shorter, but it's still quite long.

I have no plans to slow down as I age, unlike most.

I believe our will to live will play a significant role in determining our fate. If you live with passion and gratitude, and maintain your wonder and curiosity, you'll live closer to your full potential.

I just closed a business after almost 19 years. I now have a clean slate, no idea what comes next, staring completely over again. I love doing that. I've done it many times.

You're always one decision away from a whole new life. I remind myself of that every day. At any moment of any ordinary day, we can decide it's time to start again and go in a new direction, toward a new horizon. It takes courage to make those big changes, but a life worth living always does.

Death is coming for all of us, eventually, but I believe more people give up at some point. The Grim Reaper will have to fight me for it. I won't go quietly.

Very interesting, because I use AI for that. I'm a loner - never married, no kids, lived alone almost my entire life. I have AI describe me, finish sentences for me about myself, speak to me as if it's future me, and all kinds of games like that.

Yesterday it held a fireside conversation amongst various aspects of my personality, as if each had manifested into its own person.

I'm looking for an outside perspective of myself as well, out of curiosity, to learn, and to inspire.

I bought my home from a family after the final member had passed. She was 92. She painted birds all over the place around here, and they say she built her own casket by hand! I guess when you're ready, you're ready!

Introspection is powerful. It takes a certain level of courage to do it well, and it can lead to big personal gains.

Those are great sketches. Good stuff.

That really is the Bitcoin journey.

I resemble that remark myself, many times over.

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You don't get credit for not voting, as if that accomplished anything, either.

So GFY.

That being said, I'm doing all I can to save myself, and doing it well.

Yeah, I like that take. You don't want to leave yourself wide open to low-level attacks, but there's very little you can do to defend against governments or advanced hacker groups.

You protect yourself the best you reasonably can.

Unfortunately, anytime I hear someone talk about privacy, I think that ship sailed about two decades ago. You only a handful of operating systems and device makers at this point. I think there's zero chance any of them have truly private anything anymore.

All very interesting.

I never liked Gnome either. Felt odd. I always used KDE.

I don't think I've ever used xfce or arch. I used Ubuntu and that felt odd to me, as well. I think I just locked in to the Redhat family long ago and stuck with it through the changes.

I just closed my website and decommissioned the servers. They went from Redhat to Centos to Rocky over the years.

Now I have a Rocky development VPS I'm playing around with.

I have several Linux variations on portable SSDs that I boot to at home for fun. I also load up the virtualization stack and play around.

I've thought about doing development work on Linux desktop - Visual Studio code and the iPhone/Android simulators - but I don't know how well the mobile simulators are supported.

Everything works well on Mac OS so I've stuck with it all these years for my main desktop.

I've been a web developer running Redhat/Centos/Rocky for almost 20 years.

Recently I played around with Fedora KDE and Gnome again for the first time in many years. Linux desktop still isn't polished.

I never could get into Debian or Ubuntu. For some reason it always felt like I was on someone else's operating system and I just didn't quite feel comfortable with those.

I love linux as a server. Still can't get myself to stick with it on desktop.

By trying to force changes to the software that a massive portion of the community vehemently disagrees with. They have not proven these changes will help, and they have not addressed the potential problems the changes may cause.

What they propose involves philosophical changes to fix potential problems that do not exist at this time.

We don't need that on layer one. We need to leave layer one alone until actual problems begin to surface.

So there’s no middle ground for you?

You’re saying we must act on potential problems now—before they exist—because once we see them, it’ll be too late?

No.

You anticipate problems, draft possible solutions, and keep them ready. If an issue actually emerges, the community reaches consensus and implements the best fix.

What you’re proposing is gaslighting—a trojan horse for more “fixes” to problems that don’t exist.

The good news? I’m running Knots—a real solution to a real problem: a rogue core team trying to strong-arm and gaslight the network into compliance.

You’re solving nothing. There’s no problem to fix. Either focus on real issues or find hypothetical ones that actually matter.

Perfect. Exactly what I expected.

"This could over time" - those are the key words right there.

Here is what you don't get:

We will not accept changes to layer one based on some vague theory about something that might go wrong someday for some unknown 'class of user' who may eventually show up.

You make changes to layer one ONLY when absolutely necessary.

You're gaslighting. Go find something better to do with your time. Bitcoin doesn't need your theories. It needs people like you to leave it the hell alone.

Oh, we have a hardcore gaslighter here I see.

We don't need changes to level one unless it's not functioning as intended. The onus is on you to prove changes are needed.

Describe to me how the Bitcoin network is currently failing to work properly as the worlds hardest money and how your fix will return it to normal function.

I'll wait.

Love this.

You must know why you do what you do, otherwise you'll change course every time things go a bit sideways on you.

I know why I Bitcoin. I understand there is no second best. Price movements mean nothing to me. Patience is no concern.

I sleep well every night.

GM, this is the norm!

Well said, and I agree. Living right is the only thing I know to do. It would be nice to awaken people to a better life, but in practice it rarely helps, though God knows I've tried.

All the best.

Don't worry, though, we're in great shape because most people don't work for the government or military. They work for a different set of corrupt private industries like food, medical, and mainstream media, where they make the bulk of their money by lying to people and making them fat, sick, and depressed.

Yeah, it's an ugly situation all around.

Seriously, if people learned how to be healthy, which is very easy, it would bankrupt a considerable portion of Western society. I'm not sure what to do about that.

No shit! Mine, too! For real.

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I forgot until my sister just reminded me.

Thank you again, Orange Dad!

I don't know what my next thing will be. Could just be a couple years of honing my skills for the next big thing. That would be fun in itself.

What's your new business gonna be, if you can say so publicly? If not, I understand. No worries.

I never followed news/politics until Covid. Then, for the first time in 50 years, the government became too dangerous and I had to keep an eye on things. Those days have passed and I'm thrilled staying on Nostr and ignoring almost all news/politics again.

Our government was shut down for three days before I even knew it!

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I saw something about "Day 3 of the government shutdown" and I was like whaaaaaaat?

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Engaging with people on Nostr is awesome.

Then I'm apparently living in my past.

I believe that about Nostr as well. This is the golden age of Nostr, when a small percentage of high-level people, seeking more from life than most, gathered to share our lives and our thoughts for reshaping the future.

Unfortunately, you can't reshape human nature. We're bound by those limits.

You can have a small group of excellence, or a large group of average, but by definition you can't have both.

I love this small group of excellence. I'll stay as long as it lasts, and if it comes to an end, we'll build a new one and start a new golden age.

Content and engagement is so much better. I get chest pains even glancing at X or Telegram, I feel a true brotherhood here on Nostr and it lifts my spirits every day.

Unfortunately, if Nostr grows considerably larger, the quality will suffer. People seem to envision the same type of people, content, and engagement we have now but on the scale of X.

Not possible.

We simply have better quality people here living at a much higher level. I do hope it grows and evolves, but it can only be:

1. A niche group of higher quality humans

or....

2. Exactly like X but on Nostr

That's just the reality of human nature.

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TFW you can't make sense of what you're seeing but you love it anyways.

I don't stop at knowing what you're talking about, I'm 54 and I've lived it my entire life. I am radically different from anyone I know, bit of an autist, developer, adventurer, mountain athlete, bitcoiner, OMAD carnivore, homesteader, etc. Very high drive, high-performance life, big dreams.

I have a philosophy: People are who they want to be

I have a policy: I'll tell you what I know, you do with it what you like

My feelings toward people:

If they want to change, they will. You don't have to force them or even encourage them. If they're not actively pursuing self-improvement and a better life, it means their courage and ambition are maxed out, so they're stuck at their current level.

They currently lack the capacity for further development. That can change at any time, but you can't change it for them. Only when they find it within themselves will they move forward once again.

It pains me to see family and acquaintances struggle with obesity, chronic illness, depression, and finances while I thrive at a high level in all areas.

I have shared my knowledge, numerous resources, and endless encouragement with anyone who will listen for decades. None of it has moved the needle even slightly. No one I know has followed my path or tried to replicate my processes. I leave them further behind by the day.

It's baffling and frustrating. Why wouldn't they follow my lead? I've proven the path, I've ironed out the details, the incredible results are the proof they need, and I'm endlessly supportive!

My theory is that they lack the capacity to drive themselves forward, at least for now. In their hearts and minds, further progress is overwhelming and terrifying. It's a bridge too far. They feel like the present circumstances are more than they can handle already. The thought of taking on more is out of the question.

God knows I've tried. People are exhausted from my encouragement, and I'm exhausted from watching them suffer. Now, I leave them be and focus on myself.

As you can see, I continue to share my knowledge, experiences, and encouragement, but I'm no longer emotionally invested in the outcomes of others. Whatever their reasons, they won't follow my path, and I can't carry them. I can only wish them the best.

If you want to live a high-performance life and preserve your sanity, you must accept that you will leave almost everyone behind, the distance growing further by the day as your gains accelerate you into the distance.

That is where I am at today. I'm elated with my life, and saddened for those I've left behind, but that was their choice, and I am powerless to change their minds.

People are who they want to be.

I used Telegram and X for the past few years to stay up on news/politics, which I had never done in my life until Covid. For the first time in 50 years, society became dangerous enough that I had to know what they were up to.

Thankfully, that has passed. I stopped Telegram/X and stay exclusively on Nostr. That has been life-changing.

I can proudly say the US Government was shutdown for three days before I even knew it!

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Don't care, either.

I can't even open traditional social media now. It's pure poison. It's revolting.

Nostr is full of other high-performers living their lives to the fullest. It's rich and fun. I'm finding fascinating people daily and buying all-natural, handmade products from families working from home, using Bitcoin.

It's a slice of the online world the way it should be.

I was gonna reply but you said it for me. I defer to you. Well said.

Grok and the others are powerful tools and massive force multipliers, like guns and dynamite, but they'll blow up in your face the moment you get complacent or the wrong people point them back at you.

I appreciate what you’re saying, but here’s the problem I see: none of these models keep corruption out. The consultants and evaluators will eventually get paid more by the food producers than by their customers, and then they’re not consultants anymore—they’re advertisers. Same problem, new wrapper.

And even deeper than that: if people actually got the truth about nutrition, 95% of them would almost never need a doctor, a dietician, or a consultant. Eating right is simple, but the incentives are stacked against that truth ever becoming mainstream.

That’s why it’s hard to see a scalable business model here. If someone tells the truth, their customers quickly become self-sufficient and no longer need them. But if they don’t tell the truth, they slide into corruption and sell out to the food and pharma companies. Either way, it doesn’t sustain itself.

I’m not against private solutions at all—but when you dig into food and medicine, the models that actually scale tend to be the ones that keep people sick and dependent, not the ones that make them healthy and independent. And that’s the cycle we desperately need to break.

I really do appreciate your ideas here, because these are the right conversations to be having. The real challenge, I believe, is finding a way to align profit with truth and long-term well-being. That’s the nut no one has cracked yet.

Yeah, man! Love it!

Damn, that was good. I dig that.

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Ok, when you present an idea like:

>> "I don't see why there can't be competing organizations that keep track of the quality of service provided by food, health and social media companies."

...and I ask for something more specific:

>> "I like your idea of for-profit organizations that compete to evaluate the quality of products and services. But who hires them and pays them? Who quality-checks the quality-checkers?"

Answers that are even more vague, like "the market" or "like any other business," are not answers at all.

Are you being intentionally vague because you don't have any answers?

You present simple theories with no specifics and nothing actionable. To me, that sounds like someone took a course on Free Market Theory but never put boots on the ground in a real business.

>> "The market is a discovery process that is bottom-up by nature, comprised of people having differing ends and means. It cannot be designed, predicted or planned."

Yap, we have "Free Market Theory Guy" here.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is real!

"I'll dump pills into the body of my fetus because Trump said not to!"

You're mentally ill.

Love this.

Also, the ability to provide physical and emotional security to women and children is a primary measure of a man. You can not have a productive and healthy family, community, or country without physical and emotional security. People must be safe, and they must feel safe, as often as possible to become happy, healthy, and productive.

You sound like the type of man that will provide this, as well.

LOVE that photo, man! Love it! Perfect way to start my morning. Beautiful!

I like your idea of for-profit organizations that compete to evaluate the quality of products and services. But who hires them and pays them? Who quality-checks the quality-checkers?

We get into this 'web of trust' model where you somehow have to determine which of the competing "experts" are trustworthy.

I love the Bitcoin ethos of "verify, don't trust" - but again, how do we structure it?

You say there are many business models here. I'm more of a systems guy, an engineering type, and a developer, not an entrepreneur with a good vision for business models. I'm not sure how this would be structured.

For example, the food industry. They're poisoning us and making huge profits from it, which they use for propaganda that keeps the cycle going.

How do we break this cycle? How do we develop a for-profit company that evaluates the food industry independently and informs the people of what is healthy and what isn't?

Then, how do we develop food companies that actually make more money if people become healthier and stay that way? It's easy to rake in profits on cheap, dangerous foods, but very difficult to make those margins on whole, nutritious foods. A box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese has a greater profit margin than a ribeye steak, but the Mac & Cheese will slowly poison and kill you, the Ribeye will make you live to 100.

These alternative systems are desperately needed.

I love this!

I was born with an old soul. Understood things I couldn't explain at a real young age. I'm also a touch in the autistic spectrum so I really am built different.

I always understood that variety is massively important for maintaining my balance and center. I could go way off on a tangent if I don't develop myself to be well-rounded.

Encourage him to at least dabble in everything - sports, music, art, philosophy, fitness, meditation, socializing - get at least a little bit of everything.

I always felt I'd wind up a nerdy geek or a social oddball if I didn't fully develop my mind, body, and spirit.

Keep him moving around into different things. He's already a thinker, and thank God. That's the part most people never develop properly.

But life is also physical. Play sports, climb mountains, lift heavy things, spend time in nature, and run around a lot.

If he's that into 'walking around and thinking' then he's built different. That can be one hell of a blessing if its developed properly.

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Wow, you sound like an anti-authoritarian, ungovernable SOB!

You gained a follower just now, and some sats for that one!

I'm Gen X. We were the last generation like that. I'm like a dinosaur now in today's ghey world.

We need way more rebellion and truth bombs. More of this.

Well said!

I live alone up in the mountains. I'm the quintessential 'leave me alone' guy no one knows or notices.

In recent years I've also come to realize there is no fighting the government or major institutions head-on. You can only really avoid them or go around them with an alternative system.

Building my own systems or jumping onto existing alternatives has become my strategy. Self-sovereignty was always important to me, but now more than ever with the technology they have available.

It's gonna be very hard, nearly impossible, to live free and prosper in this world if you base everything you do on technology or industrial scale systems. The govt and corporations dominate that stuff, and so much of it is corrupt that it could be unrecoverable.

Grow and raise your own food or buy it from local farmers. Use well water if you can. Secure your own digital identity as much as you know how. Learn to defend yourself. All that stuff.

I'm not that optimistic for the quality of life the average person will have in our ever-expanding high-tech world. I think you have to go old school and analog in many ways if you want to avoid getting completely sucked into the mess.

It's lonely at the top. When you strive to live a life of excellence and discover your true self, you will find your true self and you'll achieve excellence but you'll also find you have no peers. You will leave your friends behind and discover most people have little or nothing to offer.

I've never found my tribe. I don't think I have one. I'm a fierce individualist, and there are others, but by our nature we remain lone wolves.

I don't know how to rise above the average life and yet still remain part of the average world. I don't know if it can be done. Anytime I try to fit in or be 'normal' I find I'm repelled by it.

So I walk the lone wolf path, filled with tremendous gratitude and fulfillment, because I embrace the fact that I'm just built different. I don't need anyone to understand, thank God, because most couldn't if they tried.

Until you run your own business you'll never understand the demands business owners make. And until you're successful with your own business, you'll never really have quite the control you would like over your own destiny, nor are you likely to achieve true wealth.

I've run businesses for many years and I could make WAY more profits than I do, but I give people great deals and a few freebies along the way because it gives my business incredible stability and I live a lifestyle with total peace of mind, which is my #1 priority.

If you know your life isn't just about profits, then learn to run your own company with your own priorities. It's gonna be harder than you thought, but totally doable, and well worth it.

All the best on your next adventure!