I dunno man, the posts you have in these veins sound like you yelling at people who don't have kids. Seems emotionally charged to me. Maybe I'm reading them wrong, are you going for inspirational? I agree with you that the hedonistic/ dink mindset is problematic, but it is their lives to choose just like yours is.

Why are you having such an emotional response to some people deciding to not have children? I mean, if you believe that people who choose not to reproduce are so damn stupid, isn't that the best outcome? Then only all the really smart breeders and their offspring will be left to enjoy the world, right?

Fair enough. For what it's worth, the way you post is effective in getting your point of view across. I think there are better conversations when the pot is stirred.

Truth tokens

A good day to re-read a classic: "Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system" Let's keep doing that.

Currently taking care of my mother in law, recovering from knee replacement surgery.

Can an AI robot turn this into this? Maybe someday in the distant future, but that day is very far away. There are a hundred small problems to be solved when upgrading a main panel in a house. Tradesmen have job security for a long time.

That is what I tell all my customers who are frustrated that they have to wait weeks until I can even come look at their "small electrical job". There is a genuine shortage of tradesmen that is getting worse by the year. Getting your house worked on by a licensed professional is becoming a luxury good.

Not totally true: many states allow a path to trade licensing without attending trade school. I worked as an electrician trainee for three years, learned everything on the job, then tested out. I run my own business now as an electrical contractor, and I never paid a dollar for school (my employers covered the required continuing ed classes.) Also, no union membership required.

That is a good question to ask. At the base of it, asking "what is the value here?" If XRP has such a good ledger, why would companies/banks/individuals choose to use it over one that is truly decentralized and permission-less? I'm not sure how they make a better case to be used as a value transfer mechanism over Bitcoin. It seems to me that it will continue to trend down over time in BTC terms.