Yep. Gym is a great help. I'm going today.

Great point. I am doing more advocacy nowadays and people often ask me questions.

I remember organising a 5km running race for work and a few sales reps joined in for theur first ever race. One of them now wins triatholons in her age category, and another has his own running apparel business. Not all due to me, but it feels positive to have given them a nudge!

Guess I'm wrong about everything.

Good to hear, man. Reading fiction is a great activity too.

The problem is those bitcoin articles and books keep calling, haha.

I struggle to write fiction these days because I worry about the outlet and distribution. I think when I am truly free, I'll be able to write stories for myself only.

As soon as we have bitcoin themed coworking spaces, we will all be chest bumping and singing meme songs together...

Coming soon. Surely...

Good points. Of course, I am grateful for my place in the world too.

I guess before bitcoin, I rejected the rat race and focused on travel and writing fiction. Those both gave me a lot of drive and positivity, but they occupy less of my time now.

Many rivers to cross makes me well up EVERY time I hear it.

Only other song like that is Georgia on my mind.

Incredible.

Absolutely, I feel this.

All we can do is strive for our best. Strive to make others see, feel, understand. If what we create is a net positive, it doesn't have to be perfect.

P.S. I have an aversion to creating 'content'. It's such a vague and meaningless general term for writing, art, video, or whatever medium you work with. There is no magic replacement, just when I hear the word 'content' it seems like digital gruel to me. Whatever you create, just make it valuable to you or others.

I think Tim's dick might be immune to mempool filters...

The reasons why the short story went from top dog to malnourished mutt are numerous.

Sorry to bombard you with more links, but I outlined the short story's fall from grace here:

The Rise and Fall of the Short Story https://medium.com/irrelevant-matters/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-short-story-e6d8ef6da484

TL;DR - they are challenging, and publishers found easier paths to selling novels.

Publishing is changing though. It's all more fluid and interconnected now. Any media can gain traction.

I don't think short stories will rise (commericoally and in the popular realm) until freemium platforms and the fiat systems of short attention and scrolling is teplaced by the internet of value. That will take decades.

Still, it's nice to know some people still read shorts. I'd recommend getting some anthologies (e.g. Best American Short Stories).

Thanks for running this territory. You are doing brilliant work proving that bitcoiners are not all cypherpunk devs. We need more creativity and culture in the space.

With more users, I'm sure SN can become a more profitable and valuable endeavour. Maybe a competition or theme for posting could incentivise contributors to get other creatives onto the platform.

Quick plug. If you enjoy my stories, find more info on my books and work on my author site: https://philipcharter.com/

Thanks for reading!

The quality will come because zapping is the most honest and attractive reward for content which offers value.

As long as it's relevant, I'll keep posting my work here.

Welcome to SN!