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jimmysong 13 hours ago
I wouldn't get too excited about a new Fed chair. All of them become swamp creatures soon enough.
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jimmysong yesterday
Another episode with Tone and Chris Guida
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jimmysong 3 days ago
We've all lost years paying attention to stuff that doesn't matter.
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jimmysong 4 days ago
Loving "humanity" is a cop-out. It's your rationalization for why you don't love your neighbor or even your family.
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jimmysong 4 days ago
Yea, there were finance bros buying negative rate bonds, but the kids taking out huge loans to study psychology were stupider. Elite overproduction explains a lot of how society is debasing.
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jimmysong 5 days ago
There will always be cheaters. The question is do you let them get away with it or punish them?
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jimmysong 5 days ago
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jimmysong 6 days ago
Desire is difficult to manage without values.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
If Bitcoin and Nostr have taught me anything, friction matters, especially on the margin.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
The problem of violence is very hard to solve. The modern way has been centralizing authority, who can then monopolize the violence and abuse that authority. But the traditional way was to use decentralized justice, where revenge and tit-for-tat would eventually get people to game-theory optimal morals. Like it or not, the traditional way is what we're doing here in both Bitcoin and Nostr.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
The real sin of fiat money is that technology is used to debase everything to keep up with the monetary debasement rather than enriching our lives.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
The most common reason normies go along with stupid things is because they're lazy.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
Your Bitcoin wealth went up 3% in terms of dollars today, which for many OGs may be pretty substantial. Resist the temptation to feel entitled. Every day like this is a gift.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
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jimmysong 1 week ago
Are there any Nostr clients that do scheduled posts?
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jimmysong 1 week ago
You're married but you're not ready for kids. True, but that's not an excuse.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
The r/buttcoin subreddit has existed since 2011. The Bitcoin haters have had the same arguments, same level of wishful thinking, and same delusional unreality about Bitcoin since. They're not worth your time. Block, mute, and don't engage these pitiable creatures.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
Yea, this is an argument for more people going to uncensored places, but what bothers me is that we're still lumped in with "crypto bros" image
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jimmysong 1 week ago
The worst part of censorship is that not speaking or writing about something naturally diminishes your thoughts about it. Sometimes you need to be unhinged so the rare pearl of wisdom can be captured.
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jimmysong 2 weeks ago
California seems intent on collapsing itself.