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jimmysong 15 hours ago
Until you understand the mechanics of desire, you are sheep to be slaughtered by the wolves in advertising/propaganda.
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jimmysong yesterday
Fiat mentality: Money isn't everything, it's the only thing. Bitcoin mentality: Bitcoin is what frees you to stop thinking only about money and start thinking about everything else.
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jimmysong 2 days ago
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jimmysong 3 days ago
Sad mother's day to Ethereum! The mother butthole from which all other shitcoins emerged and caused untold amounts of pain and suffering to all who got caught in its exploitative economics.
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jimmysong 5 days ago
You have to consent to be distracted.
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jimmysong 6 days ago
You don't have to understand every technical detail about Bitcoin, but it certainly helps when you're asked to justify your belief in it.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
Gresham's Law forces good money out of circulation when there's an artificial peg. Thiel"s Law naturally makes good money the preferred medium when the money freely floats.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
Most people are deeply demoralized by the lies they are propagandized to swallow. The truth would set them free, but they fear it. They'd rather be the doorkeeper at an acceptable institution than ruler of their own castles.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
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jimmysong 1 week ago
Experiences vs. Stuff debate is a wrong framing because it's missing the third option: saving.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
The work of self-sovereignty is never-ending. Best to understand that before you start out.
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jimmysong 1 week ago
If you don't trust the government with your money, why are you trusting them with your children?
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jimmysong 1 week ago
LLMs have not just increased the volume of spam, but have blurred the line—the distinguishing marker—between signal and noise in every content arena.
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jimmysong 2 weeks ago
Your boomer relatives are getting wrecked by phones right now.
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jimmysong 2 weeks ago
Put your money where your mouth is. You don't get to route around the powers that be for free.
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jimmysong 2 weeks ago
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jimmysong 2 weeks ago
I'd hate to say it, but Trump getting assassinated would have saved his presidency and legacy, much in the same way it did with Lincoln.
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jimmysong 2 weeks ago
Quantum Computing will never die as long as there are people who are incentivized to make it seem like more than it is.
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jimmysong 2 weeks ago
Hard forks are a clever way for investors (VCs, mostly) to exit losing investments. They'll run the same playbook as they did with ZCash, just watch.