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Assuming all other needs are met, what do you want to leave the world with?

939 sats \ 40 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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111 sats \ 1 reply \ @carter 2 Apr

Some scientific advancement or Math theorem

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 2 Apr

That would be super cool!

97 sats \ 1 reply \ @alt 3 Apr

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.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 3 Apr

the best answer!

95 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

73 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 2 Apr

You wanna be the "Guy from Nebraska"

63 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 2 Apr

except I'm dead, yes, haha

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 2 Apr

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.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 3 Apr

Or take after Satoshi!

73 sats \ 1 reply \ @thegwjw 2 Apr

Just my son proudly doing his own thing, and a smile on my face.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 3 Apr

winner

62 sats \ 1 reply \ @SwapMarket 2 Apr

Some people still use libraries? I will leave to the future AI overlords my thoughts and code online.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 3 Apr

Will be one of the most painful physical locations to lose

49 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jon_Hodl 2 Apr

Some cool and thought provoking art

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 2 Apr

We need more Bitcoin murals in major cities

47 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.

42 sats \ 5 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 2 Apr

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.

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark 2 Apr

I'm always looking for books to listen to on the road. I'll put it on the list.

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 2 Apr

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!

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark 2 Apr

Ahh ok 😁

144 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 2 Apr

You can read this though: #382346

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16 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 3 Apr

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

46 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 2 Apr

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.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 2 Apr

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..

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.

44 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 2 Apr

Seems like a worthy goal

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.

55 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 2 Apr

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

66 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 3 Apr

I want to leave the world with ItsRealFake Derangement Syndrome

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 3 Apr

Lol

44 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 2 Apr

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.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 3 Apr

💯

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 2 Apr

Couple things as a builder something that lasts. As a man to see how many lives i can positively impact help those discover truth

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Tuda 3 Apr

I will leave a book for my children — and an invention for the world.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 3 Apr

A really cool story

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 3 Apr

I'm instinctively thinking of something immaterial, like peace of mind... 😇🧘😎

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 3 Apr

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.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 3 Apr

Ecclesiastes would agree with you!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chapped 5 Apr

Have is many kids as I can and make sure they are treated well when growing up, with an active mother and father in their lives.