Watching this one closely when it finally goes public
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Watching a Netflix documentary about Winston Churchill
On the one hand, it's quite an amazing story, especially with all the footage that's been colourised and revamped
But on the other, it's a typical piece of nation state propaganda, throwing around terms like "liberty" and "democracy"
As I've got further down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole, and the discussion of separating money from state, I find these documentaries harder
Sayings that start to make more sense:
"For every good guy there's a bad guy"
"One man's hero is another man's villain"
No doubt, the evil that can be unleashed on innocent people is terrifying, and it makes me wonder about today
Are we already at war? An information war? What will be the defining moment for this period?
I certainly buy into the idea of now being a 4th turning, the end of a big debt cycle, and a time of change
Time will tell...
The ability to fail, heal, evolve, and improve, really is one of life's great pleasure's
Only with the bad do you get the good!
Simply spending time here, learning, listening, and getting a feel for how it's evolving
Easier said than done
In particular for the productive that find their way to Bitcoin
It's like one can now see a whole new future in which you can acutally keep what you create
Time to speed up, rather than slow down
Key is sustainability though, as with the added speed unshackled from inflation, one gets much further with the same effort
Being in control of one's time is the key
This was hardly a surprise in my mind. Just because a small subset of the shareholder base was able to table this discussion, as is possible for every publicly traded company, it was clear that board level wouldn't bite
This is precisely why the design philosophy within Bitcoin of "don't trust, verify" is so powerful
It really caught my attention
Ps - get your zaps working
A good strategy, but not without risk, and forces me to ask "why bother?"
Renting has it's issues, but represents far better value for me right now
Just working on the podcast guest list for my first 10 episodes next year
Launching mid January
I put together some key requirements to filter people:
- good storyteller
- someone I really want to talk to
- interesting journey
- open about both their wins and losses
- makes investments (financial, humanistic, or intellectual)
- isn’t fussed about their digital audience size
- are happy to be outspoken
Importantly it's the person I want to learn from, NOT their digital footprint, which would be an obvious strategy on launch to try and grow faster
For me this is a very long-term project
I hope to be podcasting 20 years from now
Exciting
Just found out an old friend died from an over-dose on the weekend
We were at School and Uni together
Lots of partying
Not seen him for 10 years, but an absolute legend
RIP
Yes, 100%. But first you have to find the land, which is all ridiculously over-priced where I am looking. If you were to get it, it's then a 2 year process to plan and build. It'll probably blow out to 3... Then I am wondering, what if we want to be in a different town?
The easier you can make it to iterate on entrepreneurial opportunities the better
What's particularly cool here is the interoperability of it
Do the work well, do it once, and then everyone can benefit from it
This is capital creation at it's best
I've been actively hunting for a piece of physical real estate as a family home
Currently extremely frustrated
I think the problem is simple: VALUE... I just don't see any value in any of the deals I am looking at
Not only is it the opportunity cost of not owning Bitcoin, but it's the shoddy design, workmanship, building materials, tax, fee's, debt price...
Then throw in the fact that what we need now, will be different in 5 years, and different again in 10 years
So there will be friction costs every time you want to alter
Then what happens if you want to move country? Move city? Go travelling?
Long story short, it's a good problem to have in a sense, but right now I feel very demoralised about it all
Just seen the first iteration of the branding on my new podcast
So cool to see something come to life
Will share when it's ready
Sometime I find that living on a Bitcoin standard, especially when it comes to value, means that I spend my day walking around a bunch of people that have gone totally insane
They look at me as if I am mad
But their behaviour to me is just that: insane
In particular I see this in the local real estate market I've been studying, miss-allocation of capital everywhere
Brilliant! Well done on the progress. It's innovation like this that really catches my attention when it comes to Nostr. A whole new, user centric, digital world is being built.
"Other Stuff" is going to be so much more than what it initially portrays
Indeed. And precisely the blend of upside and security that I am trying to navigate
Yeah that's exactly what we're going to do
I am keen on a family home, with preferably a small part of my stack
Slowly figuring out hwo best to do that