I often think about this as I feel that a major shift began in 2020 with the announcement of the pandemic and everything that then took place in many countries around the world.

The world has continued to change at quite a pace since then and I believe we are going through some kind of transition. “May you live in interesting times”. This is an expression I often hear, said to be from England and a translation of a Chinese curse? I’ve no idea if this is true, perhaps @cryotosensei can shed some light?

So how have I changed? Thinking back now a lot has changed in my own life and in my community. I have different work now, different friends, a 2 year old son, a completely different relationship with my family and a different perspective on life. And there are coffee shops on every corner!

One big one for me was getting perspective on the nature of left vs right politics. I was always left leaning but considered myself liberal, believed in freedom and believed that the state shouldn’t be trusted. However I naively assumed that most other people were the same and yet when we were challenged with the fear around covid and what governments were suddenly doing, a massive split occurred which completely fractured society. And it was particularly evident to me looking at the political left.

Many of my family and friends were suddenly authoritarians and believed totally and without question what they were being told by the state and corporate media. And I couldn’t get through to them, no matter what I tried. Some went as far as demonising others and snitching on their neighbours to the local authorities. It was a scary time.

I then found Bitcoin for the second time in January 2022 which pushed me to go down all the relevant rabbit holes and has since positively changed my life for the better not just financially but also intellectually and psychologically. Riding the bear market, hodling during the crashes in the summer of 2022 and then later understanding the gambling aspects of every other crypto currency out there and why Bitcoin is different.

But i’m really interested to learn how you guys feel the pandemic era changed you?