1469 sats \ 6 replies \ @elvismercury 16 Nov 2023 \ on: Stacker Saloon
Hey stackers, if you missed it yesterday, part 4 of the Broken Money book club was unleashed.
I left a bunch of discussion questions quite late in the day, so if you're interested in the topic, have another peek. There's a few that I really hoped that someone would bite on so I'd have someone to talk to about them. The loneliness of the long-distance bitcoiner :)
And also, if the super generous stacker who zapped the shit out of this is reading, it really is much appreciated, every time. The motivational power of knowing that people care about your efforts cannot be overstated. Each time this happens I think about how to bring the same energy to the rest of my life, who I could encourage. Gracias, muy amable.
The motivational power of knowing that people care about your efforts cannot be overstated.
It's kind of embarrassing, but it was a real
aha for me when I first started giving thoughtful and genuine compliments. It can be like presenting water to someone desert stricken and parched. You can see their spirit rehydrate in real time. And we are all desert stricken and parched.Giving someone money is maybe the least thoughtful way to show someone you value them but there's no mistaking that you value them when you do.
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it was a real aha for me when I first started giving thoughtful and genuine compliments. It can be like presenting water to someone desert stricken and parched. You can see their spirit rehydrate in real time. And we are all desert stricken and parched.
It seems like a miracle. If you could package the raw power of genuinely giving a shit about people, and seeing their efforts, and recognizing those efforts with words, that pill would be the most highly-controlled substance on Earth. Wars would be fought over it. And yet anyone can do it for free, with the right mindset.
Giving someone money is maybe the least thoughtful way to show someone you value them but there's no mistaking that you value them when you do.
Nicely put.
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I'm going to dive back in later today. I got busy and fell behind yesterday.
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I started Part 3 now and chapter 9 about "Printing Money for War" really resonated with me.
I think when I started my journey down the bitcoin rabbit hole, this was one of the hardest pills to swallow. It sounded way to conspirational. I also think I was never fully convinced about these mechanics I read about (wars are financed by inflation, tax or war bonds) or I was still in denial mode: "Fiat can't be that bad, right? Right?"
But with this chapter, I feel a lot more convinced and prepared for future discussions about this with nocoiners.
I wonder why this point isn't argued about more. War or potential for war (see Taiwan crisis, Ukraine and now what's happening with Israel) is one of the biggest problems humanity faces, why don't we look more at how we can solve it or make them at least less probable or severe?
It's so sad trying to talk to people about this but they don't listen.
Or even saying, they believe there will be more wars on a bitcoin standard without proper arguments or talking about the current system first.
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Maybe I should put this into your discussion about Part 3! Maybe you even mentioned similar things, need to check out later.
I really love your book club initiative!
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I would love it so much if those "neighborhoods" of discussion could anchor later discussions, e.g., when a relevant topic comes up in three months, and there's a thread in one of those book club posts where you (or someone) has really drilled into topic, and now there's some deep context with pretty thoughtful discussion -- that would be a great resource. It would be a way for knowledge to accrue, and be both static (capturing the thinking of the past) and dynamic (reflecting new thinking, reactions, etc.)
So please do put it over there!
And thanks for the kind words, too :)
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