Desire is difficult to manage without values.

If Bitcoin and Nostr have taught me anything, friction matters, especially on the margin.

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.

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.

The most common reason normies go along with stupid things is because they're lazy.

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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Are there any Nostr clients that do scheduled posts?

You're married but you're not ready for kids. True, but that's not an excuse.

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.

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"

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.

California seems intent on collapsing itself.

We can't really verify elections, can we?

We're going to find out that most billionaires are complete frauds.

"International Law" and "Rules based order" were always polite progressive fictions. We'll see them crumble quickly in this new Age of Empires.

Your parents are probably more addicted to their phones than your kids are.

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I don't like war, but if you have to have one, then one that's limited to soldiers, or better yet, the leaders themselves is much more preferable than total war that fiat money inevitably trends toward.

Bets are zero sum, just like status games. And zero-sum games don't add value.