*scarcity still exists on-chain … but it no longer exists where price is discovered* View quoted note →

*A salary is a single point of failure* View quoted note →

1 btc = 1 bt.... omg bear market!

*We're going to go down until every reasonably accessible bitcoin being held as collateral is freed up and sold to someone that ain't one of us! If you avoided taking out a loan, congrats! If somehow you have some dry powder now, amazing, you deserve these cheap sats.* View quoted note →

It seems apt that today I found about Mainländer: Core philosophical ideas Mainländer starts from Schopenhauer’s metaphysics of the will but pushes it in a darker, more final direction. From one will to many wills: Schopenhauer posits one, timeless, unitary Will “behind” all phenomena; Mainländer instead claims the original unity has shattered into countless individual wills, each finite and separate. Will-to-die instead of will-to-live: He keeps the notion that will is the inner essence of reality but argues that, at the deepest level, this will aims at self-extinction; the will-to-live is only the strategy by which the world moves toward the will-to-die. Redemption as nothingness: For him, “redemption” or “salvation” does not mean union with a higher being but absolute annihilation; death is good because it is the end of willing and of existence, not a transition to another state. One influential summary of his “gospel” is: redemption comes only with death, and death consists in complete nothingness, with no remainder. ... Ethics and politics He thinks life has “no value” in itself; the more lucid we become, the more we see that non-being is preferable to being. The “enlightened” person aligns with the will-to-die: humility, asceticism, renunciation, and a softening of the will-to-live become central virtues, because they reduce the intensity of willing and hasten the approach to nothingness. He criticizes purely quietist or purely individual inward paths (in Schopenhauer or some forms of Buddhism) for being too private; if the world is misery, we also owe each other social and political changes that alleviate suffering and make genuine insight possible for everyone. This leads him to surprisingly activist stances for such a dark philosopher: he supports egalitarian reform, communism, and “free love,” on the view that a just society is one where people are not kept in ignorance and can consciously participate in the world’s movement toward redemption (i.e., extinction). So you get the odd combination: metaphysical nihilism with a certain kind of ethical and political compassion. Style, reception, and influence Stylistically, he mixes dense metaphysical argument with poetic and religious language; the tone is simultaneously systematic and apocalyptic. Theodor Lessing famously described The Philosophy of Redemption as perhaps the most radical pessimistic system in the history of philosophy. He stayed relatively obscure compared with Schopenhauer or Nietzsche, but contemporary interest has grown, especially in discussions of philosophical pessimism, “death of God” theology, and speculative cosmology.

*The deeper point about compromise is that it can rarely be proved but is always happening to some degree* View quoted note →

*Completely scripted, we were introduced to Walz in the fake Presidential election for a reason.*

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*Having a "pro Bitcoin" Fed chairman is part of the plan to usher in a CBDC via stables, while relegating BTC to be a wall st controlled asset.* View quoted note →

*Covenants are inherently shitcoinery because what they enable is delegation to a 3rd party run application. Delegation is non-monetary, it's application-level logic, which turns Bitcoin into an application-stack like Ethereum rather than money. You can split keys with shamir, but someone still has to generate the secrets or do computation. You can't remove the someone from the equation which is what all these scams purport to do, until you read between the lines. Application logic can only be an application that uses Bitcoin as money, Bitcoin as money cannot be an application. They are mutually exclusive.Covenants are inherently shitcoinery because what they enable is delegation to a 3rd party run application. Delegation is non-monetary, it's application-level logic, which turns Bitcoin into an application-stack like Ethereum rather than money. You can split keys with shamir, but someone still has to generate the secrets or do computation. You can't remove the someone from the equation which is what all these scams purport to do, until you read between the lines. Application logic can only be an application that uses Bitcoin as money, Bitcoin as money cannot be an application. They are mutually exclusive.*

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This looks really cool: https://stacker.news/items/1427029/r/Scoresby [10 comments]

*Maybe it’s not volatility people fear… maybe it’s unfamiliarity.* View quoted note →

*Our experience of using the internet has made it easy to assume that advertising on the products we use is inevitable. But open a notebook, pick up a well-crafted tool, or stand in front of a clean chalkboard, and there are no ads in sight.*

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*The feedback loop: yen strength → carry unwind → asset sales → volatility → more yen strength. Self-reinforcing until something breaks or BOJ reverses course. Japan isn't just raising rates. They're stress-testing the entire post-2008 monetary architecture.* View quoted note →

*Their playbook is transparent: Mock the Revelation: Frame systemic truth as "nonsense" or "conspiracy." A decoded mind is their greatest threat. Defend the Prison: Attack any framework that empowers individuals outside sanctioned institutions (church, state, mainstream finance). Protect the Profit Model: The old system runs on spiritual and intellectual rent.*

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Striking a balance between identifying a problem and working on a solution requires shifting from a passive observer of systemic failure to an active agent of creation. ### 1. Perceive Reality Without Getting Distracted A proper understanding of the problem involves **"reality correspondence,"** which is the ability to perceive incentives, constraints, and causality as they truly are, rather than how you wish they were [1]. It is necessary to recognize when institutions encourage fear and dehumanization [2] or when media is engineered to manipulate emotions [3]. However, you must avoid becoming **"distracted by the circus"** or pouring energy into distant stories you cannot control [3, 4]. Identifying the problem is only useful if it leads to **"epistemic updating"**—revising your beliefs and strategies when predictions fail—rather than staying stuck in a loop of outrage [1, 5]. ### 2. Transition from Analysis to Agency Once a problem is identified, the focus must shift to **responsibility internalization**, where outcomes are treated as feedback about your own choices rather than external blame [6]. The sources suggest that while it may feel like agency has been "stripped away" by failing systems, you must act as if you are **in charge of your own destiny** [7]. This involves a "stack" of learned frames, including **impulse modulation** and the acceptance of reality’s authority over your own grievances [1, 6]. Instead of waiting for permission or institutional change, you should prioritize **making a decision** and structuring your priorities to avoid the exhaustion of endless research [8]. ### 3. Build the "Exit" Rather Than Fighting the Cage The most effective way to balance these two states is to move from "rebellion," which burns energy on conflict, to **"exodus,"** which spends energy on creation [9]. Instead of trying to destroy the illusions of others, you should **focus on building** real alternatives; if you build a "field of dreams" that is obviously better, others will follow [10]. This involves: * **Building Independent Systems:** Engaging in systems that **do not require permission** is considered a radical and productive act [11]. * **Local Responsibility:** Coherence emerges globally when **responsibility is exercised locally** [12]. This starts with taking care of yourself, then your family, and finally being of service to your local community [7]. * **Constructing New Institutions:** Because culture is downstream of institutions, you can work on a solution by helping build **new institutions** that encourage reflection, accountability, and kindness [2, 13]. Ultimately, the goal is to **"build the exit AND kick down the door,"** ensuring that your focus on the problem directly fuels the creation of a better reality [14].

*The more paper claims exist relative to real BTC, the more fragile the system becomes. Self-custody is the mechanism that forces convergence* View quoted note →

*Democracy abhors silence as nature abhors a vacuum. Things cannot rest. They mess things up just to have something to "fix" later* View quoted note →

*“The $300 billion repricing was not random. It reflected investors accelerating their expectations around workflow substitution risk. Feature competition compresses margins.
Workflow replacement redirects spend. When workflows move, value moves with them. Customers do not need to rip out legacy systems overnight for this to matter. They consolidate. They renegotiate. They reduce usage. Cash flow weakens before logos disappear. Markets understand this dynamic instinctively. That is why companies long considered “sticky” sold off together, regardless of near-term fundamentals.”* Excerpt From “$300 Billion Evaporated. The SaaS -Pocalypse Has Begun.” Forbes

$300 Billion Evaporated. The SaaS -Pocalypse Has Begun. — Forbes

AI didn’t kill software. It broke the SaaS growth story. $300B vanished as markets repriced legacy models and shifted toward agent-driven, outcom...

Interesting. I guess the hard bit is deciding how much effort for the alternative and how much effort for exposing corruption. *The powerful want silence, not attention. They want us looking away, not asking questions. They want us to accept that some crimes are too big to prosecute, some networks too connected to expose. Calling that acceptance “focus” is exactly the kind of rationalization that lets evil persist. We build the exit AND we kick down the door. Anything less is just building a nicer cage while pretending we found freedom.* View quoted note →