The gradually is a gift to give you time to grow so that you're prepared for the suddenly.

The envy is not just from relatives and friends anymore, it's from finance bros, investment bankers, CEOs. Be careful out there.

Doomscrolling is getting as bad as fiat money in stealing our time.

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Interesting Stuff

There was a time when text messages weren't popular. But then it became obvious that for most things, texts were way better than voice messages. Sometimes it takes society a while to catch up.

Every Central Bank is like a monkey's paw. You can wish things, but it almost never comes true in a way you expect and the unseen consequences accumulate pretty fast.

Hilarious that Zuck goes on Rogan to argue for government protection of his company in Europe and other places around the world. Rent-seekers gonna rent-seek.

Anyone try hyperbaric chambers? Would you recommend it?

Imagine having your life savings in your home only to watch it burn. Yea, you might have insurance, but that's a 2-year process and a giant headache of managing contractors, fighting the insurance company and getting displaced. Yet that's the most common store of value for most people around the world. #Bitcoin is just better.

The old days were so confusing. There was a guy in Austin that used to run the Bitcoin meetup who would brag about how he sent Bitcoin "around the world." Another guy was buying every altcoin in sight and celebrated when he broke even on one of them. Still another guy refused to buy and only would mine, which would, of course, be much worse than just buying Bitcoin. Be thankful that there's so much clarity now. You have 16 years of history to look at and make good judgments. We had none of that back in 2013.