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Hoppe here is literally the socialist meme about “not real communism!” How much better would this video have been if it was at all informed by contact with the facts on the ground and real world constraints? In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. But sure, Hans, you could “fix inflation in a week.” nostr:note17s239s3xzdk8gxczgsg058w9u57m3kyzkxe5q7vewwajssp8g8usjxsdgr

Lots of chatter on the airwaves and in print lately probing the limits of free speech, the justifications for censorship and the future viability of the US constitution. It was a talking point in last night's VP debate as well, during which Walz recited the folk-loresy understanding of the issue: "you can't yell fire in a crowded theater." Here's a PSA on this little gem a bit in case you ever find yourself up against it. The phrase comes from supreme court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr during the 1919 case Schenck v United States. Anyone unfamiliar with this case might be shocked to learn that it had nothing to do with shouting fire, or with any kind of mischievous, anti-social trouble-making whatsoever. At stake was the printing and mailing of pamphlets to draft-eligible men that made the case that the draft was against their constitutional rights and inviting citizens to peacefully abstain. In other words, what was at stake in the trial were the defendants right to criticize perceived government transgression of the constitution, exactly what the first amendment was designed to ensure. Amazingly, what was passed down to our collective memories about this episode is not the hard truth that governments will attempt to violate constitutional rights for their own, arguably nefarious, ends (a conceptual inheritance that would strengthen civic support for free speech), but rather the wildly inaccurate analogy of the crowded theater (an Orwellian description of the case that suggests government censorship is there to protect us and keep us safe). And even though the precedent of Schenck was overturned in 1969, the "fire in a crowded theater" litmus test still lingers as the operative heuristic for a great many Americans, including, apparently, one of the candidates for Vice President of the country.

It was 18 months before I finally orange-pilled someone. It was 3 days to purple-pill someone. And as part of the deal I dropped them some sats for their new lightning wallet, so it was two pills in one. Or maybe a burnt sienna pill.

4p > ^4He + 2e^+ + 2v + E E + CO_2 > O_2 + H_2O + C_6H_12O_6 C_6H_12O_6 + 6O_2 > 6CO_2 + 6H_2O + E I hope it’s never not amazing to me that this simple program running on loop has created the duck-billed platypus, the bubonic plaque and nostr.

The quality and tenor of our lives and our time together is driven by the nature of the problems that we are trying to solve. What happens when we inhabit a world full of fake problems? nostr:note1fsgsas3cdgnp6ym9jcmvedh05gcnrgwwp03sz7s8skcuductrglqdlj776

I like nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe. He looks at the world like an entrepreneur and asks how he can provide value to others by solving real problems. Unlike the totalitarian, who seeks the authority to define for others what their problems actually are. nostr:note1qm6l3gned4x50jxc2d4fzkj8lfjxf9v336zxcgv9pldlznaps2sqn42f93

I’m sympathetic to Parker’s argument to the extent that the more Elon loses the fight publicly, the more emboldened attacks on free speech are likely to become. This isn’t a trivial consideration. What I don’t understand is his leap to shitting on nostr. I mean, I guess paying blue check subscription fees is a token form of protecting free speech… but surely building up and growing an decentralized and uncensorable communication protocol is pretty damn important. nostr:note1faymrczpf475gr96fxwazspk9h0us9dkfjejvn554ytrwl43lp4q5qg07m

Nostr seems too real to be real. It's like some sort of pirate utopia where everyone is mask off, ten toes down in the grass, sun on their face, doing what they can to build and share and exchange things that matter.

I’m usually pretty good with words, but I think I need help finding one that describes the feeling you get when your 13 year old son looks at you and says, “dad, can I start working out with you?” None of mine are big enough, or beautiful enough.