I went to a #Bitcoin meetup today, and my 9 year old daughter insisted that she join me. On our way there, we passed the Chattanooga Choo Choo, which is an old train station that was turned into a historic tourist hotel. She was delighted by its architecture, so I took the opportunity to teach her about how time preference affects everything we do, including the way we build things. She then started pointing out different buildings we passed, guessing (pretty accurately, I believe) which buildings were made before the era of the fiat banking system, and which were made after. In her words: "I'm pretty sure 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 one was made before the fiat system, because even though it looks old, it looks 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 cool. But I think that other one was built more recently, because it's just...boring. And even though this other new one doesn't look boring, it's still kinda weird-looking. I like the really old ones a lot more!" Teaching opportunities are all around you; you just need to watch for them. 😉

Growing up, I was taught to always forgive others when they wronged me in some way. Like with most people, that was difficult for me at first, but as a very empathetic person, I wasn't prepared for the difficulty of forgiving others when they wrong themselves. When I see someone reject something that would do them a lot of good, like Bitcoin, Nostr, homeschooling, real medicine (not pharmaceuticals), and spiritual/eternal truths, even though it has nothing to do with me, I feel real pain on their behalf. Learning to let them go and forgive them for wronging themselves has been really difficult, but it has also been invaluable to me. If you're also an empathetic person, want to help others live better lives, and feel pain and frustration when they reject good and true things, then I highly recommend you exercise your ability to forgive; not because they did anything to hurt you, but because they're hurting themselves, and it does no good to either your or them to allow yourself to be dragged down with them.

I was just permanently muted in the #Bitcoin Telegram group (

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for recommending Swan, Strike, RoboSats, and Azteco to a new bitcoiner who asked for some good places to buy bitcoin. Meanwhile, the admins are allowing spam comments on all of their posts. And now theyr're removing my reactions from the group posts, and I have absolutely no recourse. Just another reason why I hate Telegram with a fiery passion.

My new favorite "There is no second best" meme. 😆

This line from the film "Contact" has been going through my mind a lot recently...