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Assuming all other needs are met, what do you want to leave the world with?
939 sats \ 39 comments \ @birdeye21 2 Apr AskSN
Let’s say your family is accommodated for, and everywhere else you’d first think to leave money.
If you were to give something back to the external world before death, what would it be?
The thought came to me while I’m conversation with a friend two days ago. He told me about a man he knew that left an allocation of funds specifically set aside for the construction of a library in his hometown.
If you were in a similar position, what would you leave the world with? Would you build something, convert it to bitcoin and burn the private keys, or something else?
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33 sats \ 6 replies \ @Aardvark 2 Apr
I'm not a big fan of Michael Saylor, and I don't think he's good for bitcoin. Having said that, recently he said that when he dies, he wants to burn his personal keys (not the ones owned by microstrategy). He called it decentralized charity and it would basically benefit everyone who owned bitcoin.
I haven't thought about it extensively, but I kind of like that idea, so maybe that. I'm not sure yet, ans hopefully I have a lot of time to think about it.
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42 sats \ 5 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 23h
I appreciate the idea for larger holders like him without younger generations to pass it off too, though myself I plan on passing it all to my children.
Saylor is a mixed bag. My opinion of him has changed negatively the more I observe his actions. I've always believed bitcoin's merging with the state is a natural step on the path to separation of money and state; leeches can't help but try to pull the life out of anything they get their fangs on after all. For all he's done for bitcoin adoption, his "end conclusion" seems to be that short-term outcome rather than the long-term solution needed...Whether it's unintentional, rooted in the here and now, or straight up nefariousness I can't bother to speculate too much on.
"Slay all of your heroes" was one of the best things I read early on into my journey with bitcoin.
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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark 22h
I'm always looking for books to listen to on the road. I'll put it on the list.
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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22h
xD sorry i wasn't referring to a specific book. Just a quote I can't remember where from. If it's not a published title already though it should be!
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark 22h
Ahh ok 😁
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144 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 22h
You can read this though: #382346
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84 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 2 Apr
I want to leave them with software where my nym is in the credits and nobody knows who this guy (or girl??) was because generations passed but everybody is still using it so they assume I must have been cool
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73 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 2 Apr
You wanna be the "Guy from Nebraska"
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63 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 2 Apr
except I'm dead, yes, haha
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185 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 2 Apr
My dream is to create an economic organism like bitcoin. Only I don't want to create another bitcoin. I want to use bitcoin like an organelle.
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55 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 23h
You're well on the way there k00b. k00b may be gone one day but SN will live on! And if SN proves only to be a mere prototype, you're building the skills needed to create something of the sort
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55 sats \ 1 reply \ @alt 5h
I don't really know yet. I'm at the age where I'm thinking about having children, and I suppose they will be my legacy. I want to raise them to be better, happier, more successful than me (I think that's the ultimate goal with children, to shape them into better people than you are yourself).
That's what I'll leave behind: people who are better than me, and who hopefully want to have children of their own who are in turn raised to be better still.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 4h
the best answer!
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70 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 2 Apr
I've a dream of leaving behind a very different school/college where half of the students will be those who can't afford good education. I've a very long list of things how the school/college will be different. For instance, it'd be at least on a 20 hectares of land, students will be taught practical things like gardening and husbandry. And of course Bitcoin education shall be taught from the primary levels.
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44 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23h
Seems like a worthy goal
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 6h
I'm instinctively thinking of something immaterial, like peace of mind... 😇🧘😎
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Tuda 8h
I will leave a book for my children — and an invention for the world.
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90 sats \ 1 reply \ @carter 23h
Some scientific advancement or Math theorem
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 18h
That would be super cool!
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 12h
A really cool story
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66 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 16h
I want to leave the world with ItsRealFake Derangement Syndrome
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 4h
Lol
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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 13h
Anything left behind will be forgotten about regardless. It will have a relative, momentary impact but will fade into the background. Pessimistic, but often true.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 4h
Ecclesiastes would agree with you!
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54 sats \ 1 reply \ @thegwjw 17h
Just my son proudly doing his own thing, and a smile on my face.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 4h
winner
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 16h
Couple things as a builder something that lasts. As a man to see how many lives i can positively impact help those discover truth
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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 17h
Its better IMHO to give back while you're alive. So I'd say I hope I leave this world having at least inspired 2 people to do that too. Evolution, not revolution.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 4h
💯
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 23h
I firmly believe everyone should leave a short memoir for those closest to them of what they learned along the way. I have been thinking about doing this for years and outlined a number of lessons i want to share with my kids should I not be around to share them personally with them but I have never done it. I don't know if it is procrastination holding me back or grappling with the acceptance of even a slim chance I wouldn't be around for my kids.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 23h
Definitely a hard thing to do. Just the mere act of writing it I would imagine makes death feel closer, forces you to comes to terms with the reality of it all. Much easier on the mind to put it off..
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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @SwapMarket 18h
Some people still use libraries? I will leave to the future AI overlords my thoughts and code online.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 4h
Will be one of the most painful physical locations to lose
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jon_Hodl 2 Apr
Some cool and thought provoking art
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 23h
We need more Bitcoin murals in major cities
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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 16h
Its a tough question...
It kinda implies that you want to make a name for yourself. Also that you would leave something fixed that would remain around forever.
IDK... I need to think about it more.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 4h
Or take after Satoshi!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 3h
My blog
It started off as a side hustle, but I gradually saw it as a place to park my area of expertise/life’s work. Maybe I would write sensible enough stuff for it to be considered my legacy
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