*what we call "gains" are often just an optical illusion of currency debasement. High asset prices are merely the receipts for fiat printing* View quoted note β†’
*Bitcoin needs pervasive open computing. Hardware-based attestations do not stand against that in principle but in practice it often does. A smart phone has many chips and one of those can be - decoupled from the main functioning of the device - provide attestations but if you want it to attest to the OS being locked down then ... well ... you run a locked down OS or don't have attestations.* View quoted note β†’
*on balance, the organic, regenerative farm that is ...Nostr .... beats the degenerate slums of... β€œX”* View quoted note β†’
*that's why I'm so interested in building better protocol bridges, because eventually people will realize that Nostr is the "final destination."* View quoted note β†’
"The entire AI stack has usage-based COGS, from APIs down to the GPU infrastructure layer, which means that AI businesses often turn to usage-based pricing to keep their margins consistent," https://www.perplexity.ai/page/stripe-buys-metronome-for-1b-t-8MNNE6ZxRB6RZUXBOGoI6g
*the β€œmerit” being tested is one’s ability to follow. It’s a test of one’s ability to pick up on what the current culture values and emulate that effectively. It’s a test of your trendiness and ability to curry favor with others* View quoted note β†’
*Art needs a medium that matches its intent and integrity... when the medium is aligned with the message, the message will inevitably thrive* View quoted note β†’
*The world needs direction from sober people who aim to improve the human condition, not the whims of a handful of billionaire princelings who absolutely, positively cannot be dissuaded from failing at unprecedented scale while chasing their own vainglory off the edge of a cliff* View quoted note β†’
*No empire remains immune to seismic technological shifts* View quoted note β†’
*Currency is the financial boundary of the empire* View quoted note β†’