The way I see future world of Bitcoin: Small minority of wealthy self sovereign Bitcoiner's. Cambrian explosion of fintech innovation with a variety of banking/trust models. Majority of world populace will use the most convenient services, most likely custodial, but they will utilize some version of ecash. Forward looking and ambitious world leaders will drive adoption in their countries, while the incumbent powers will be slower to adopt. Some may even try to completely stamp out adoption, but Bitcoin will eventually win due to the desire of the populace to use it. Weaker fiats will die as they are consumed by stronger currencies, mainly USD. USD will eventually be abandoned as the global currency and USTs as the global reserve asset and both will be replaced by Bitcoin. These will likely take a generation or more to play out, but this is the rough sketch of my vision of the future. Will be a chaotic ride, but I think we will pull through (barring nuclear war or some other apocalyptic catastrophe).

I introduce my younger brother to Bitcoin almost a decade ago. After a time, he went to work for Coinbase and has since become a major crypto bro. He still owns and appreciates bitcoin, but he sees the crypto space as the future. He even co-founded a recently released token project and is a giant whale of the shitcoin. My brother and I convinced my dad (a rich boomer) to buy some Bitcoin a few years ago, and my brother also got him to buy some ETH. Now my dad is starting to buy some of these new tokens even as the value has steadily dropped since the launch. I don't feel like I need to tell him to dump that shit since it's not a meaningful amount of money for him. I also feel like time will be the ultimate teacher as Bitcoin continues to rise in value and the shitcoin goes to nothing.

I used to follow a vegan diet, I have a soft spot for animals. But man, was it hard and in the end I realized that there's a reason meat tastes so good.

The best part about open source is that anyone can improve on ideas created by another without permission which speeds up innovation. Free and open information drives innovation faster than patent trolling. Needless to say, I am not a fan of IP.

The chinese economy is built on peddling plastic junk to mindless american consumers. What a world we live in.

It's mind boggling how many financial/economic decisions are made based on misleading data. CPI drastically understates the effect of inflation. GDP is an almost meaningless aggregate Unemployment rate Fed forward guidance What am I missing?

I work a desk job, and I know that sitting for extended periods of time is not bueno. So, I bought a standing desk and walking pad. Now I'm getting blisters on the bottom of my feet, but I feel much better. Tired, but better. Feeling exhausted from exercise is a wonderful thing.