ChatGPT about poverty: “When poverty is defined very broadly—not just in terms of daily income but also by factors such as access to education, healthcare, clean water, sanitation, and overall living conditions—the number of people considered “poor” rises dramatically. While traditional measures (like living on less than US$1.90 a day) indicate that roughly 1.1 billion people live in extreme poverty, a more inclusive, multidimensional definition can classify between 3 and 4 billion people as poor. This broader view suggests that nearly half the world’s population faces significant deprivations in at least one key aspect of a decent standard of living.” Are you poor? It’s 50/50. Such an insane planet. We need to fix this.

If you can’t seem to form an identity it might be because you still need to think bigger to an uncomfortable degree All that you know is not enough to be You. And that’s a scary thought

I believe everyone should be wealthier, but not without effort. Being born into affluence robs one of much to work on Then, all kinds of addictions begin to creep up Many on nostr will have to think about how to transfer wealth to the next generation best WW3 might still happen if enough want one, but in aggregate, the quality of our problems is improving

Starting to understand why I was never too into celebrating New Year’s. 365 days is not a long enough time to see great results. Almost 21% of 2025 has already passed, by the way.

Bit late to fix the part where the government robs you. Focus on fixing the part where they steal from you in stealth.

One life is more like over 36,000 lives in one if you set your mind on living to 100 years old—one day at a time. I’ve never felt like every day is “the same.” Days can be similar in many ways, but every 24-hour period offers something different. What you do Today matters because it determines what’s possible the following morning. All 365x100 days are chained together

No longer feeling entitled to know what your personal progress looks like is progress. And it feels great There is no Key Performance Indicator that the Universe owes you If you are not supposed to know something, you won’t know The mind will never be satisfied with this

I remember being 22-23, going to lunch with a colleague; they said, “Wow, it must feel great having your life in order at such a young age.” I was definitely “winning” objectively with a cushy office job. But also highly disappointed that this is all that people aim for. “Now what?” was a frequent thought, but then covid happened and I was never able to buy into that “orderly” life again. I was a remote “working” mess until I focused hard on Bitcoin maximalism and adopted a lower time preference. The fiat world does not have a way for you to win. What they call “order” does not hold up. The amount of over-the-top control of the population they are ready to deploy is insane. They don’t want you to think long-term. They’ll keep doing the same for any “challenging time.” Your well-being is just something popular to talk about.

Being broke is a luxury It’s something you can’t buy the more money learns to find you

I forget that it took years to move away from Windows to Linux as my daily driver. But I’m glad I did. There is nothing I miss about Microsoft’s OS Keep installing a distribution again and again until you stop coming back to Windows. There is so much freedom in running anything you want

local AI tools for “non-technical” users be like: “Have at least 128GB+ of system RAM. Larger models and complex tasks may require 256GB+ or more.” who the hell runs an actual Ubuntu server and is still afraid of the CLI? What is this psychographic of non-technical techies that marketing people are after?

I’m excited about the cost of AI “DeepSearch” and “reasoning” coming down. Soon, you’ll be reminded to have your agent running 24/7. Always researching and synthesizing something for your life. This is super-intelligence in a small way; it goes beyond what a person can do with their energy and time. It’ll suggest what it should research next, too. It would take hiring a globally distributed team to replicate what a machine will soon be able to do for a small fraction of the cost

“Deep work” is meant for building yourself up. You get around 4 hours each day to really change what’s in your head. After that, it’s autopilot. Most just sell this time for close to nothing while learning useless stuff. Learn while the learning is good.

I visit this world population page often to gain perspective. It reminds me never to take things too seriously. People like us come and go multiple times per second. These are estimations, of course, because we don't get chipped at birth for accurate real-time counts yet 🤖 but it’s enough.

keep an eye out for block 888 888

If only all cryptography professionals would be as concerned about quantum threats as Bitcoiners. We might be living in a passwordless time by now Nobody cares unless it’s their money at stake

bitcoin is the ultimate marshmallow experiment hyperbolic discounting for a monetary premium that’s also not recognized yet free as money gets

Strange that I haven’t seen anyone selling a course about how to make $1,000/day in zaps on here yet Why might that be?

Fiat is a prison system, mostly in place, because most still believe there is no alternative. Sometimes, you can’t tell the difference between a prison cell and a “studio” apartment from pictures alone. There is no “outside” while you work for money someone else can print

Identity theft is not being able to sign stuff because you are not using the digital signature solution that they use Any eSign app I come across always has a rating of like 1.4 stars. There’s reason for that Your signature should be on an open standard. No service providers should gate-keep This is a big problem to solve. The Bitcoin of eSigning must be elected