Yep, only danger there is you dont have frame of reference and you get swept up into nonsense communities under the impression that it's what "most people" are concerned with at the moment, that's where the reliability part becomes so important.

I guess trial and error is an unavoidable component to obsession

Never considered Genesis 1:28 in this context 🤯

Very nice...reading this reminds me of how i would explore music back in the day...identify the influences of the artists I like, then listen to them, find those influences' influences, etc. etc..

This way you learn where the foundation came from, making the "cutting edge" more understandable

Discernment has never been a more important skill than today

Laws will have to be defined by Bitcoin, not the other way around!

Yeah I should have been more clear..free at the consumer level as i told Undisciplined below...Cost will always exist, it's fundamental to reality. But for the everyday person, I simply wonder if MoE will even be a thing, or if it's shifting into a more abstracted background function that keeps the economy moving, and what that looks like in practice

Yep..i should have been more clear that costs don't just disappear...they get shifted elsewhere. "Free" at the consumer level for most if not all basic goods

MoE as a function will always inherently exist, just a matter of where we see MoE taking place..and who/what is doing the exchanging

chatGPT WACK WACK

I will say...there is some nuance to my optimism.

The phones are making people more self-absorbed than ever before. Lean into that instinct -- be interested in them. Start casual asking how their day was. Figure out what makes them tick, what ruined/made their day and why, and let that inquisition guide the conversation. People are genuinely interesting, so it should feel natural!

Yes agree but are you saying cbdcs will always be around?

Well that’s what I was getting at..will it’s end state stop at “dual money” or will it go all the way

have i...found nemo?

FIAT 👏 BAD 👏

hard to say when we're only 16 years into this thing

i've witnessed many bitcoin brains break when they witnessed enemies liking bitcoin...

In the short term i agree it's feeling that way, but I can't imagine that dual money dynamic lasting indefinitely into the future. I stand by that it's a necessary transitional stage

You have a beautiful way with words darth <3