Most of us here have been drawn to nostr because of Bitcoin and the main draw of Bitcoin it seems, is the underlying hope for economic progress. As we sit with our families today (in the USA) many of us may be tempted to orange pill friends and family but before you do consider what your thoughts on progress are. What constitutes progress for you? How may your friends and family have conflicting schools of thought around the concept of progress?

Does anyone know of an marketplace app that you can list items for sale and post that you accept bitcoin? I have a side business of flipping storage units and buying return pallets from big box stores and was temporarily banned from Facebook marketplace place for mentioning that I accept Bitcoin for a discount in my listings. That literally killed my business for almost 2 weeks. Im attempting to run the business 100% on bitcoin almost as an experiment to see if it can be done and to avoid excessive transaction fees I offer a discount for direct bitcoin purchases otherwise I ommediately buy bitcoin with the revenue made from a sale. I feel like if I dont post that I accept bitcoin in the listing people think its a scam when I ask if they are interested in a discount for using bitcoin to purchase.

"Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning? ...Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man's appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish." -Daniel Quinn "Ishamel" Just finished reading this book, Ishmael. It makes you realize there is a quite a bit of work to be done in the ingenuity of political philosophy. The way we govern ourselves and organize seldom takes into account the physical world we live in. Why is that? Ishmael helps establish the answer to that question. There’s alot we need to work on from there on out.

What if Ai was classified as skill or education augmentation and a legal framework existed around being treated as such?

In our relentless pursuit of efficiency, humanity often risks stripping away the very essence that makes life truly vibrant. Yet, against this dulling of existence, we find form expression and art. At first glance, Logic and Art may seem like opposing forces, but consider their most profound manifestation—Language. It is through Language that imagination takes flight, or conversely, is reduced to mere function, leaving no room for nuance, no space for the unspoken. How do you wield this powerful tool? Do you recognize its depth? Handle it with care, for within Language lies the soul of our collective humanity.