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We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Says

Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada.

What if you're the One who can save us all? It is a possibility, although a minor one, and you wouldn’t necessarily know it if it were true. But it could be. Now, if there is a tiny chance that the fate of the world hinges on your actions, you should act on it. Because if it does - it is of utmost importance; and if it doesn't - then you're likely to just live a more fulfilling life. In any case, the fate of your soul undoubtedly hinges on your decisions. And as “you are the world and the world is you,” it is a fundamentally true statement. Live like it.

Had a lovely chat with @Asanoha yesterday for another episode of @Bitcoin Art Magazine podcast. We talked a little bit about my upbringing and background as a musician as well as the new essay "Bitcoin from a Stoic Perspective" (quoted below)

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Kontext on Stoicism | Bitcoin Art Podcast w/ Asanoha Ep. 5

In this episode of the Bitcoin Art Podcast, Asanoha sits down with Kontext to discuss his work as a writer and musician, and stoicism.

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Received my copy of @Bitcoin Art Magazine today. I knew it was going to be good, but I didn't expect it to be THAT good! An instant classic in the #Bitcoin culture scene if you ask me. Well done @Asanoha , @Keysa - Simplest Bitcoin Edu & everybody else involved. That's some serious PoW right there 🫡

“There is great difference between joy and pain; if I am asked to choose, I shall seek the former and avoid the latter. The former is according to nature, the latter is contrary to it. So long as they are rated by this standard, there is a great gulf between; but when it comes to a question of the virtue involved, the virtue in each case is the same, whether it comes through joy or through sorrow.” ― Seneca View article →

Discipline alone is not enough. We need enthusiasm. Enthusiasm originates from the Greek enthousiasmos, derived from en theos, meaning "in God" or "God within"

Hope y'all are having a lovely Saturday! Here's some relatively obscure Estonian Pop / R&B from the late 90s... 🤠 #tunestr

Bitcoin from a Stoic Perspective. Two systems separated by millennia - united by natural law, discipline, responsibility, and action over intention. View article →

@Satoshi's Cock made a comment on @Stacker News that propelled me to put into words something that's been lingering in my mind for a while... @npub13t90...vmgh I mentioned something about this to you on our call. Would also love to hear thoughts from @RedTailHawk, @Daniel Prince & others who feel like they have some ideas on this topic. #education #homeschooling

My boss (me) is really fed up with my bullshit at this point. #memestr

In World War II, my great-grandfathers had a choice: either fight on the side of the Soviet Union or on the side of Nazi Germany. The definition of a lose-lose situation, and of the illusion of choice. I see this as the equivalent of the “left vs right” dichotomy worldwide. Coke vs. Pepsi. Same system, same poison.

8 years ago, Kontext (then still an anonymous rapper) embarked on a mission to become a professional in the music industry. The single "100%" was the first fruit of that labor. 2 years, 5 singles and 2 mixtapes later, success was nowhere in sight and amidst traveling and doing fiat jobs like farming, pedicabbing and cleaning in Australia, both inspiration and motivation waned and music was put on the backburner until the second attempt in 2022 (spoiler alert: also ended up in failure). #tunestr #opensourceculture

I've been thinking a lot about the Fourth Turning lately as well as the Bitcoin halving cycles. What if Bitcoin also has cycles within cycles? What if the fourth halving is the fourth turning of Bitcoin? An era of crisis: a civil war, diminishing returns, the lack of interest from pre-coiners, Epstein & quantum FUD, a war between cypherpunk and State / Wall Street principles, an empty mempool, a sense of disillusionment within the community, etc. Will #Bitcoin emerge victorious and enter a new "high" era in 2028? Or are the naysayers finally right and this is the beginning of the end for the digital asset?

A few shots of me presenting my book and ideas. Or in other words, doing what I can to shine light on "the primacy of beauty, the centrality of goodness, and the ultimacy of truth" as D. C. Schindler would put it. The job ain't easy, but somebody's gotta do it.

Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE "CONSPIRACY THEORISTS" OUT THERE 🫡 #memestr

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