Quackman

Our attention is what sets us humans apart from other species. Being able to look and think about our surroundings, noticing patterns, showing each other attention (empathy, love) is what makes us special. But it also makes us vulnerable. Our attention can easily be hijacked, and that’s what we’re seeing across all the social media platforms nowadays, combined with “shock and awe” algorithms. Nostr isn’t immune to this either, it’s just that there’s no algorithm pulling you in further. Out of curiosity: how many times a day do you check your nostr, or news app? And at how many “checks” does this become an unhealthy habit?

How can you tell when a politician is lying? When their lips are moving 🥁💥

The constant burden of making sense 👇🏻 nostr:note1xq3hjwnhrqsv9dqdtncjamg6nucu9deh05ldqj34z4q4eewj7l0s7yttdl

Apart from my wife, I have no bitcoiners in meatspace to relate this to, so I’m just gonna leave this here. No one will probably read it, but I just want to get this off my chest. Who knows, maybe it will do some good and inspire someone. I think one of the most underestimated aspects of bitcoin is how it secretly spills over into other parts of your life. Yes, bitcoin is money in the digital age, yes, it’s a finite black hole that will absorb other asset classes, yes, inflation is theft, yes, it can make a median income earner a massive millionaire when done right. But the most underrated aspect in my eyes, and this is propagated by fellas like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs, is it made me realize how insanely valuable my time is. When this realization occurred, I made it my number one priority to optimize for my time. So while working the fiat mines for the better part of the last decade, every time I earned a promotion or got a better job, my aim was not to earn more, but spend less time earning the same. Yes, I could have spent more time in the mines and easily earned 2x of what I did, bought more of the coin with said earnings and be a rich fella with a much bigger car and a much bigger house by now, but you know what? Fuck that! In stead, I got to be there for my parents, my wife and my kids, take care of them, watch them grow, do volunteer work in the local community, and pursue my hobbies, all while showing the kids that it’s OK to work for a living and contribute to society, and that it’s not normal to get retirement-rich off some crazy bet in your younger years. Understanding the value of my time, thanks to studying bitcoin, was a life altering moment for me, and I am forever grateful for this realization. No amount of money, bitcoin or otherwise, is worth this lesson learned and the life and experiences it provided. Who knows, with this in mind, you can look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself the extremely confrontational question: what am I doing with my time?!

So I wanted to share nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle story about the nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9 logo with my “normie” wife. So I gave her a bit of a backstory about Strike, the mission, and the inevitability of outcompeting traditional banks.. While talking, I whip out my phone to get the app logo ready. Halfway through my story, she interrupts me: why do you have an app with a middle finger as a logo? I’ve been looking at the logo for ages without a clue, and she spots it without a cue in a split second.. she’s a keeper! 😆