“How many da Vincis are out there that have been crushed by the public school system & the 9–5?” ~ @walker When I heard this on the podcast, I actually laughed. It’s a bit comical to picture today’s tech-addicted and soft-parented kids ever becoming a sort of Da Vinci level genius. Then a certain gravity struck me because there’s a painful grain of truth underneath this question. Think about it: Today’s kids are bathed in blue light, surrounded by non-native EMFs, sitting in front of screens for eight hours a day, being told exactly what to memorize and how to think… starting at five or six years old. And if a child doesn’t comply with this system? If they’re curious, energetic, imaginative, or simply don’t fit the mold? They’re labeled. “Disruptive.” “Hyperactive.” “Behavioral issue.” And then the referrals start. Teachers suggest evaluations. Psychologists get involved. Psychiatrists prescribe. Suddenly Big Pharma enters the chat — and kids’ developing brains are being chemically altered with stimulants or other psychiatric medications. Parents go along with it because they trust the system. They assume the professionals would never do anything to harm their child. They assume this is normal. But talk to enough adults and you’ll hear the same story over and over — a version of this exact pipeline. And when you zoom out, it really does look… dystopian. Which brings me back to Walker’s quote: How many brilliant, creative, passionate kids never reach their potential because the system wasn’t built for them to thrive — it was built to contain and indoctrinate them? And what might the world look like if we stopped drugging and infiltrating the young brain with unnatural environments and started cultivating them instead?

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THE Bitcoin Podcast • FREEDOM & PRIVACY TECH vs THE FIAT PANOPTICON | Max Hillebrand • Watch on Fountain

In this episode, I chat with Max Hillebrand, a devoted advocate for freedom tech and a long-time contributor to the Bitcoin and privacy space. Max ...