AI is insane. There will be so much BS to sort through, we will have no choice but to turn inward for truth.

I see a "bookmarks" tab on my profile page in the Amethyst app, how do I add stuff to it?

The internet used to be so awesome. Nostr can make it that way again.

Property rights protect against potential future unusability caused by other people.

Fascinating, and there is a secion about spiritualty that is very ineresting too

Testing out Mutiny's blastr relay. If you are seeing this send me lots of free money to confirm. Or at least hit the reaction button 🤣

Nozomi's work is always mind bending and this one did not disappoint. We also had an incredible conversation on this week's podcast, find the link in the blog post View quoted note →

A little thought experiment in politics: I understand that simple majority democracy is not a proven solution, but for simplicity's sake think about this: The voting for the 2020 American presidential election breaks down as follows - Candidate 1: 81 million Candidate 2: 74 million All other candidates: 2.8 million The total estimated number of eligible voters in was approximately 239 million, so the percentage of the population who actually voted was 33.9%, 30.9%, and 1.2% respectively. That means the popular majority of 34% actually chose not to vote for any of the candidates on the ballot. 😒 What if a "non-vote" by these people were taken to mean a vote for no one? Meaning in this case, no one would fill the role, not even the incumbent. I only assume that more than 34% of the American population would be okay with this outcome, as most the people that I know who voted then we doing so in order to vote "against" the candidate they did not like. Could we bring back the consent of the governed?

I switched back to my old nip-05 identifier as the other one wasn't working. Will being verified now improve my visibility?

Fascinating. I just learned this: When moving files around on Windows, the OS takes and physically changes their location on the hard drive. When moving files in Linux, they don't move, but instead the metadata as to their location is changed. The file structure moves around the file.

Any plebs out there connected with the manufacturing industry in El Salvador?

These ETF's are antithetical to #Bitcoin unless they are somehow completely transparent about the coins they hold.

What's normal today might become complete lunacy tomorrow. (Like smoking) Someone who is purported to be a lunatic today might be seen as completely normal tomorrow. (The original "round earthers") So shouldn't we be afraid of being normal, not the other way around?

Amazing conversation with Scott and Tali of FreeMarketKids.com about homeschooling. Give it a listen and send them some sats!

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Just stumbled across plasma mobile. Anybody have any experience/thoughts? Plasma-mobile.org

The general sentiment toward a CBDC seems negative which is great, but what's the likelihood that payment platforms like PayPal/Venmo/Zelle/G-Pay/ApplePay will be made interoperable and cash eliminated? I think this scenario is much more likely.

I believe - and I think many would agree - the greatest value prop of Bitcoin is its censorship resistance. Therefore, the more resilient to censorship every aspect of the protocol, the more valuable it becomes. The number one thing the average individual can do to increase this aspect is to attain and control their coins without KYC. Buy them, earn them, and exchange them with others. Eventually "censorship-resistance" will become "self-empowerment"

Duality = is/is-not = light/dark = something/nothing = infinite/zero For one to exist so must the other. 🤯

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato