Everyone processes death differently, and it's never easy. I'm glad you've found a supportive space to share your thoughts.

You did the right thing taking time. That helps us process things.

Thanks for the outburst. I wanted to show that life gets in the way and creativity is rarely linear.

The only truth for me is the stages of seed, brew, output, and edit.

Brewing can take a long time (output needs a deadline or a trigger). But that course did start something brewing...

I loved the Rock Nacional movement. I still listen to Soda Estereo and other bands now! I even liked tango music (not so much the dancing).

Argentina has a rich culture of cinema, theatre, music, art, literature and more. Good memes too!

Yes, it's not easy to combat the Netflix & Chill mentality.

Much of it comes down to finding ways to boost your energy (exercise, socialising, creative pursuits, learning, building projects, entrepreneurship). You need to rest and switch off too though!

This post was better than most of her content, which is her slowly reading out ChatGPT scripts (with no uniqie information) in her hallway.

Yes, this creep towards the inability to relate physically is taking over. As with all high-time preference crap (social media, fiat food etc), this will take time to unlearn.

I'm already seeing coaches and event pop up for authentic relating and socialization which, in the past, would have been considered ridiculous.

It sort of was like The Naked Gun, but I didn't know who Leslie Nielsen was because I was only 6.

If you don't know, Cliff Richard became a very uncool aged pop star that grannies loved. He's still alive today, but even in the early 90s, he was cringe. And my casting of him as a cyborg action hero was my first foray into literary sarcasm.

I believe he also attacked the Post Office with a shot gun in order to supplement his stamp collection.

There were even pictures! God, I wish I had the original...

Agreed. All writers are incapable of constructing each other's sandwiches.

Thanks for the comment!

I just met an Argentine developer of Wasabi Wallet in Prague today. I was reminiscing about Buenos Aires. Looking forward to the next post too.

I'll be posting once per week. Gotta try an stay consistent and not tell the whole story all at once!

Part of the reason for this retrospective is that I feel the publishing and social media landscape is so complex now, no one can 'crack it'.

Best to engage in smaller communities built on genuine value and interaction.

And to be fair, in the 2000s, search was pretty bad. People with reading blog agregators and RSS feeds. No discoverability.

Thanks for the support. I can't promise any how-tos and answers, but I can promise honesty.

Thanks.

I genuinely never have written about my writitng career until recently. I really will be treating it as an experiment to see what happens.

At one post per week, I already have the best part if a 1 year mapped out. Strap in!

Thanks for the review, Will.

You have a very technical sense of fun. Time is quite a complex topic!

I wrote this book before I was a bitcoiner, but the two topics go together so well. I love Gigi's essay on time and the concept of the timechain as a clock.

Can I post your story on 21futures.com this week, @billytheked?

Do you artwork you'd like to feature?

If so, please send that and your author bio to write@21futures.com.

Thanks!