“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it’s the illusion of knowledge” - Daniel J Boorstin

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” —- about that particular thing. (Author of quote actually unknown).

@hal how are you determining the liars from the non-liars ?

The work of character is the only work that actually makes the world a better place for all…

The resources to understand technical arguments - are literally at your fingertips these days. Do the harder thing, dig in, and learn.

Is Bitcoin still a peaceful revolution?

If you lose your values towards people when you find success or power, then you never really had those values. You were just searching for success or power by talking those values.

One precious life … One precious voice … What you do with it is your history .. Will history (the full unseen account of it) view you kindly?

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. Julian Assange

Current read/rec:

Goodreads

The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's…

The author has written a study that places George Orwel…

My mother was a voracious biography reader and so so was I at one time - so much context in them.

Bitcoin is still for enemies..

Wen Goose put ecash in its README emojis…

So easy to freeze 86 million bank accounts in Vietnam… Wake up and focus on how to stop that!

Bitchat is also for everyone .. ..even your enemies.

NGU can be used to tip better - Service workers, people who do work for you, etc #livevalues

Venn diagram of Bitcoin is cybersecurity solution (JLow cult) and Knots group…

Past age 18, people seem to not like getting older, or not realize they too will be whatever they deem as old. IF and only IF they are lucky. The alternative to aging is death by accident/disease/war/etc. "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love" - Marcus Aurelius tl;dr Check your "still living" privilege...

Finally got to bitchat irl proximity with someone at a bitdevs meetup. We were having side convos about the content being presented.. …and I had/have no idea who it was.