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501 sats \ 4 replies \ @elvismercury 3 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Unlocking The Psychology Of Bitcoin's Bear Market bitcoin
Good point. It's hard to know how things are perceived from outside the system you're embedded in.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 3 Oct 2023
I think I read that Wallace commencement years ago. I like that Eskimo story. You citing this, combined with a post you made earlier today about the danger of assuming your perspective is correct with dogmatic certainty, reminded me of this line from Yeats' Second Coming: The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity
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501 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 3 Oct 2023
Ha! I've thought of that very line a number of times, about this general space we're soaking in. Passionate intensity abounds for sure :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 3 Oct 2023
It kind of hit home for me when you were talking about "shitcoin." I use that term a lot, although I've had similar reservations at times.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 3 Oct 2023
You're right about the timing too. People buying in the depths of the bear market should be happy with their returns now if that's their focus. David Foster Wallace! I shall give this a read. I'm a fan.
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