Practical (skill based) education has disappeared from public schools
Even "physical education" doesn't actually teach you how to stay in shape
School must be unlearned before education is possible
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PoliSci PhD in 3 books:
Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War by Deneys Reitz
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor
Crystallizing Public Opinion by Edward Bernays
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I remember thinking how dumb anyone would have to be to listen to the Oracle at Delphi, but after seeing the modern alternatives I have a new appreciation for their wisdom
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It's increasingly apparent that many world leaders are not leaders at all but employees or middle managers. Anyone who has had a corporate job knows the work signaling type.
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Bitcoin has been relatively boring lately, as long as you don't count the exiled US presidential candidate counseling his fellow Caribbean-bound mega-rich about the perilous "dark alley" of underaged women
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The total domination of all crypto by USDT in 2018 still blows my mind
You never can tell
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I'm a BCH partisan, but I thought the whole 'build' thing was overhyped.
Then I started working with Bitbox.
Now I think it's underhyped.
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This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's important to know it when you see it.
Eventually, the most successful at being popular are those who are trying to be popular.
We've seen this effect happen to Reddit, Twitter.
When this effect becomes too pronounced, it is a bad thing. See Facebook and Democracy.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's important to know it when you see it.
Eventually, the most successful at being popular are those who are trying to be popular.
Satoshi isn't a big twitter account for a reason
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Notice how the most popular BTC twitter accounts today are trite and asinine? E.g. Jimmy Song and Jameson Lopp.
All popular movements become lowest common denominator.
You see the same in politics and pop music.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's important to know it when you see it.
Eventually, the most successful at being popular are those who are trying to be popular.
Notice how the most popular BTC twitter accounts today are trite and asinine? E.g. Jimmy Song and Jameson Lopp.
All popular movements become lowest common denominator.
You see the same in politics and pop music.
This whole NZ shooting is a perfect example at the lengths authorities and telecoms will go through to censor information.
More nefarious than censored information is the promotion of favored narratives.
To spot a favored narrative, watch what normies defend religiously.
E.g. climate change
Want to 10x your wisdom in politics, propaganda, and human nature?
Start using bitcoin.
The demand for a censorship resistant protocol that already works will grow exponentially as legacy competitors are debased.
We see the same effect with bitcoin and legacy money.
Easy bets
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This phase of the bear market is uncannily like the great sideways of 2015, when bitcoin traded between $230 and $275 for months after a frightening plunge to end 2014 ($400s down to sub-$200)
Bitcoin today provides technical solutions to real world problems like web censorship and financial sovereignty, at least for the savvy
Yet even among the savvy, most prefer to complain or ask Authority to change
Not sure where to start on this #dailymemo business? Follow this thread and post something clever. What are you doing today? What are you most grateful for? What are you eating for dinner? etc
We're seeing more and more problems -- like web censorship -- technically solved by bitcoin, yet persevering through political life support and general inertia.
Mostly, this is good.
BCH is bitcoin: p2p cash with unbroken tx history to its 2009 genesis block
Great front end to the blockchain. Removes political control from speech.
BCH is bitcoin.
BTC is a bet on inst money bamboozlement in the short run.
