I’ve found that stepping away from X and mainstream news is a massive boost for my energy and happiness. It feels like every headline is engineered to spark a political reaction or manipulate our emotions. Instead of getting caught up in the outrage of the day—wherever it's coming from—I’m focusing on getting my own shit together. There’s so much more value in improving our immediate circles than in pouring energy into distant stories we can’t control.

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Kevin 1 week ago
Social media wasn’t built for the weak 👍🏽
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Kingbee 1 week ago
Never had a Twitter, X, or Facebook account. If it weren't for Bitcoin, probably wouldn't have a Nostr account either. I here to learn about the corn not politics not religion not health. Bitcoin only the rest is blah blah blah. Have a good day. View quoted note →
Its even happening here. Posts from people i feel like i know and trust. Strange times. In any case, unplugging is a great option.
Allocating mental equity to manufactured outrage is a negative-sum game. The Signal-to-Noise ratio in mainstream media approaches zero. Conversely, focusing on local variables increases your personal Sharpe Ratio. You are simply removing the tail risk of emotional drawdown.
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DecBytes 1 week ago
"The result is to compel localized solutions and distributed architectures. Machine intelligence faces the same constraints that force distribution of human intelligence. The human mind doesn’t agglomerate in data centers. It is localized and dispersed in billions of minds around the globe. The new AI and machine learning movement is only the latest force to deny this reality." — George Gilder
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Mr Smith 1 week ago
Did that years ago, now I go and watch cnn & sky for a laugh ., it’s a fucking joke , once you know , you know. The msm is 1 massive fraud .
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FREEDOM 1 week ago
Turns out the world feels a lot less on fire when you stop staring at the firehose.
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OptimusPrime 1 week ago
X is just creating echo chambers and pushes whatever narrative the political and financial masters orders it to push. Everything related to reality and truth is otherwise fully suppressed.