Chesterton's microscope

$5 lopper attack

humans are the only thing that will save the Earth from certain doom https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/moving-heaven-and-earth-how-bitcoin-and-humans-will-actually-save-the-world-5ddda6911431

I'm still in my accumulation phase -- so its nice.

he's a legend period...building his citadel with his bare hands https://stacker.news/items/1256615

everything except holding your own keys is a black box... at first the narrative was "what if Saylor isn't really buying" now its "what if coinbase isn't" yes these are all risks...business is a risk - some people are willing to take risks (investors) and some are not (savers) If you have adequate savings, it is OK to invest, or create. Yes there is risk, if there wasn't, there would be no return. If the market demands a different method of accounting and auditing, it will happen. Startegy's stock or preferred's are not an either/or proposition. If you understand bitcoin, that is the best risk/reward there is. Saylor himself says over and over "just hold bitcoin". But if you have enough bitcoin, maybe investing a little in MSTR that can concievably beat a bitcoin hurdle rate is attractive

magnificent desolation

that would be awesome if it does

👍 I imagine there's nothing like sailing with your favorite skipper

You can never prove a theory, only disprove it. The map is not the territory, no matter how detailed. If your mental model of reality helps you do what you need to do, and doesn't hinder you, it serves its purpose. My dog perceives me sitting at a table staring blankly at a rectangular black thing, making soft noises with my hands...he has no idea I am communicating abstractions to another human, thousands of miles away, using electromagnetic radiation. He doesn't know what an abstract thought is, much less computers or telecommunication. I could try to make him understand, but even if he did have just a tiny bit of understanding, it doesn't really change life for him. The mind cannot perceive 100% reality or 100% truth, we have to abstract it down to something we can understand...but there is always something more.

how do you buy electricity?

You don't have to sell bitcoin, you can borrow against it, no taxes...and you are shorting fiat. Some things are so captured by regulation, it is extremely difficult to buy with bitcoin. HODLing bitcoin IS ALSO BEING USED AS A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE. It is a trade from your present self to your future self. The "medium of exchange" vs "store of value" argument is a false one. They are the same thing. Bitcoin cannot become a medium of exchange without being the majority of cash balances...the majority of wealth has to be bitcoin before it becomes money in the sense that it is used more transactionally.

anitchrist?? It seems many people are just so damn afraid of everything. There is nothing to fear, just enjoy your life, your family.. . It is a choice: you can live in fear, or live your life and love your family. Jesus was about love, not fear. Get on zero - get rid of your soul sucking fiat and don't look back brother.

so...what were the meeting notes?

anyone who cares, is not living on a bitcoin standard

I thought all this "W" stuff was satire??? 🤣 🤣 🤣 WTF are we in a simulation, or Idiocracy? I just hope we can see Fauci and friends on an episode of "Monday Night Rehabilitation"

What country is this? Yet another example of why I think it is a good idea to have as little equity in your house/property as possible. Take out every bit of equity and convert it to bitcoin. Now if the state, courts (or whoever) come to take it..it's not your problem, it's the bank's. Let them have it, you already took all the value out of it and have it safely stored in bitcoin.

there is nothing I can do or change about "society", any more than I can change the path of a hurricane or the phase of the moon. Stress? That comes from within oneself, it is not caused by other people or society. Some people get sick and die, thats being human. Some deer get shot by hunters...we live in a dynamic, real world, where actions have real consequences. You can't just hack the code and everyone wins. If everyone knew they would live to exactly 90 years old no matter what, and everything was easy, life would have less meaning or purpose....humanity would probably just go extinct, like the Urban Bugmen that don't have families today.

there are many people I care for...but I don't and cannot care for everyone -- not my job as a husband and father the welfare state is dying, and bitcoin will nail the coffin lid, as it obsoletes theft