Iceland has way fewer traffic lights and way more rotaries. Interesting driving experience as you don't stop as often.

Learning something from first principles and really internalizing that knowledge is one of life's great joys.

it's easy to be cynical, hard to be optimistic

Nostr is not down

most things can be counterfeit, up to and including life experiences. Bitcoin and digital signatures cannot. I don't think we fully realize the implications of that.

a lot of people don't know but a lot of startup guys the past 4 years have been libertarian Christians. The VCs are moving that way by supporting Trump because they need to.

We're all in this together is the biggest lie. self sovereignty means you're not roped into stuff you don't agree with.

The most interesting cultural result of this past weekend is that shy Trump voters are no longer shy. Theyve taken their lead from Trump and are now being bold about their beliefs. I don't like what Trump did with covid and the vax and not draining the swamp his first term. but his courage is infectious and it's wonderful to see in a population that was acting from fear for the past 4 years.

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if this pic doesn't move you, you have no soul