I think he's implying that the reason we haven't encountered other intelligent life (aliens) is because at a certain threshold of civilizational affluence/comfort, civilization naturally collapses due to low birth rates. The mouse utopia experiments provide credible evidence for this thesis, unfortunately. In this context, I believe he is accusing you of trying to stop a hurricane with a pinwheel. For what it's worth, though, I appreciate your comments on the subject, and do not find them futile.

Always interesting, @Jackkluz - I think you're onto something. The entropy story is very different when information is taken into account, block by block. Looking forward to learning more from your insights.

A newspaper in my area probably costs 2100 sats, so rather than buy a newspaper every day, I send the sats to you. Framing it in this light, I think it is reasonable to sell 15 more "newspaper subscriptions" by Q2 or Q3 2026, but probably not by Q1. The most important factor for success, in my opinion, is teaching the audience to view Flash has an opt-in subscription service designed to reduce or remove the need to seek out other news media, rather than just as a random news account.

Technically, yes (USA). There will likely be a de minimus exemption next year, though, at which point purchases under a certain threshold will not trigger a taxation event.

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Sounds like a great idea.