*Build peer-to-peer. Build without permission. Build like your freedom depends on it, because it does.* View quoted note β†’
*the question "What will you do if Bitcoin fails?" is so clarifying. It reveals whether you're building on Bitcoin or simply betting on it. Whether you see it as a freedom protocol or just another speculative asset. Whether you're part of the remnant or just another tourist waiting for NgU.* View quoted note β†’
*The victory isn't Bitcoin replacing the dollar. The victory is building a life where it doesn't matter if it does.* View quoted note β†’
*The uncomfortable truth: you cannot build a low time preference civilization on high time preference behaviour. You cannot achieve freedom through convenience. You cannot create parallel systems by taking the path of least resistance through KYC'd institutions. Every shortcut is a compromise. Every compromise is a step toward capture* View quoted note β†’
*The modern attention economy already rewards intimacy more than craftsmanship, virality more than virtue, spectacle more than service. This is not prudish moralizing but it is an economic signal. When eroticized content consistently outcompetes sustained skill and long-term contribution in income generation, the incentive structure has inverted. When money dies, virtues follow. OF's rise isn't liberation; it's a symptom of this rot, where bodies become currency in a system where actual currency falters.* View quoted note β†’
*Adam Fergusson’s When Money Dies … shows that when money loses its integrity, society loses its sense of proportion. Signals invert. Prudence is punished. Speculation is rewarded.* View quoted note β†’
*Failure is a few errors in judgement repeated everyday.* View quoted note β†’
*Superiority alone guarantees nothing in markets shaped by network effects, institutional capture, and human psychology.* View quoted note β†’
*β€œmoving out” only works for the fraction of humans privileged enough to emigrate.* View quoted note β†’
*sometimes the archipelago moves faster than the empire* View quoted note β†’