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I write short pieces about meditation, movement and money daily. If a few readers feel inspired or a little more awake as a result, I'm satisfied; Paxos; Bitcoin and ⚡️ node runner
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Last Notes npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan History coming to life Today I enjoyed a very private tour (no one else showed up) through the Met’s American Art exhibit, which, like most of the museum, is a true marvel. Growing up I enjoyed reading about history, but somehow it was always a very rational pursuit. In short, I mostly took what I read as a story or an interesting fact. I found it difficult to identify viscerally with the events, to truly put myself in the shoes of the people that experienced them. Today I’m reminded that history, at its best, makes past events come to life: Descriptions of the life of dutch settlers sharing the island of Manhattan with only 500 other pioneers from a multitude of nationalities and backgrounds, Washington’s men crossing the Delaware during a freezing cold Christmas eve, the extravagance of the Vanderbilt’s gilded age. How can one not be in awe of the fortitude, the creativity and resourcefulness, the insanity and obsession of those that came before us? https://m.primal.net/KgBz.png Emmanuel Leutze’s “Washington Crossing the Delaware” (1851) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Running nostr from 30,000 ft - the new (couple of) mile high club npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The Woke Mind Virus - Part 2 In Part 1 I argued that while the social justice movement has an at least partially sound origin, its opponents are correct in characterizing it as a problem, or even a mind virus. Here I want to suggest that this virus will not be stopped by trying to argue against it or by demonizing those who spread it. Viruses only become a problem when they encounter a weak host and bad ideas only spread when they fall on fertile ground. Most radical movements in history have spread not for a lack of resistance but because they found support in a very frustrated population. This movement is no different. Many people are deeply frustrated with their overall situation and a flawed social justice movement is one of their outlets. And an increasing number of people is encountering circumstances in their daily life that are not just frustrating but traumatizing, adding fuel to the fire. This, the wounds and the trauma is what needs to be addressed. Not by giving in to every irrational and counterproductive demand. Not by arguing. But by proactively working on a new system that can hold and heal. https://m.primal.net/Kcfg.png Edward Hicks' "Peaceable Kingdom" (1832) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The woke mind virus This is not a post about how wrong the social justice movement is about everything. Unlike Jordan Peterson I think that postmodernism has merit. He who studies existence through contemplation must recognize that reality is in fact much more fluid than our culture would have us believe, that absolute truths and duality are difficult to come by and that the solid self does not hold up to scrutiny. And yet, those who have succumbed to the woke mind virus have thrown the baby of meaning out with the bath water of meta-narratives. Meaning can co-exist alongside ambiguity just like content can exist alongside emptiness. In order to exist in the world we need to engage with it as a solid self. And we need to agree to certain landscapes of meaning. Now, clinging to that solid self and being overly committed to one particular landscape is the source of many an ailment of our culture, but denying the existence of any such structure is just as harmful. Once again, we need to dance on the slackline of paradox in order to “make sense” of it. https://m.primal.net/KbDd.png William Frederick Yeames’s “And When Did You Last See Your Father?” (1878) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan How is anyone proactively choosing Microsoft 365 over Google Workspace? npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan How is anyone proactively choosing Microsoft 365 over Google Workspace? npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Some of my relays are stale. Is there a list of relays you all recommend adding? npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan @npub12ak…6fdh Markets are complicated but they're not that complicated. In the end it's supply and demand. And we know that a very large amount of #Bitcoin has recently been absorbed by ETFs. Yes, there has been a lot of extraordinary selling on the supply side (including the German police, FTX, Mt. Gox etc.) but this has been the case every cycle. I think that until all major custodians' holdings Bitcoin are audited, we as Bitcoiners should assume that another FTX (or even larger) is hiding in plain sight, thereby suppressing the price. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Can someone explain what I'm missing? If I'm right then I think that this ought to be a key area of focus for @npub15dq…lm5m @npub1sg6…f63m and other influential bitcoiners. We need proper audits of all #bitcoin on exchanges! #note10ln…cs33 npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The only plausible way for so much incremental demand for #Bitcoin to not result in higher prices, is for a significant part of the supply to not be actual Bitcoin. This is a real problem. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan "growth through self-inquiry". Love that! npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Force of nature This is my first but will not be the last post dedicated to Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. You don’t find actors like these anymore today. They were carved out of a different wood. Having watched The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Cincinnati Kid and many of their other films countless times, I can say that no actors have inspired me in the way that these two have. They were a force of nature. They created characters, believably, that did not take no for an answer, that were stubborn and fearless. Characters who were flawed but who, in their flawedness, were full of integrity and strength. Oh how refreshing to be in the presence, albeit through a silver screen, of someone who takes no prisoners, who is unyielding and who does not compromise just to please. https://m.primal.net/KOQZ.png Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke (1967) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan @npub1a2c…w83a There is a retreat with Loch in Costa Rica in March of next year that I attended this year and highly recommend if you want to jump in at the deep end npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan I’m so bored by conversations about regulating Artificial Intelligence npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Must read: https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/01/06/quit-your-job/ npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan - Zazen for simplicity and subtlety - Dzogchen for quick insight (the greatest living teacher in the US has to be Loch Kelly) - Cheng Hsin for purpose beyond awakening npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan No big deal We make a big deal out of many things. Every once in a while it’s good to remind oneself not to make too big a deal out of whatever it is we’re currently making a big deal of. We do not have to hold everything so tightly, we can loosen our grip just a little bit. And suddenly there is a feeling of greater spaciousness, greater possibility. https://m.primal.net/KIFI.png Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Sky Above Clouds IV” (1965) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Completely agree. I want to raise philosopher kings and queens - children who understand that money can require hustle, but that at its best it is a by-product of being deeply dedicated to what you love doing. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Thank you. Weirdly enough I hadn’t heard of Cryptoeconomics but will read it npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Haven’t been as active here but always a delight to be back and read through the posts. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The “mind over matter” fallacy “Mind over matter” is a motivational platitude that does well for those who like to brute-force their way to success. However, powering through life without an organic motivation that is holistically aligned with our being usually does not work in the long run. In fact, mind is, everywhere and always, a phenomenon of matter and vice versa. They can not be disentangled. So when people say “mind over matter”, they usually just mean “I’m overthinking this”. https://m.primal.net/KBea.png James (Künstler) Gleeson’s ““We inhabit the corrosive littoral of habit” (1940) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The “mind over matter” fallacy “Mind over matter” is a motivational platitude that does well for those who like to brute-force their way to success. However, powering through life without an organic motivation that is holistically aligned with our being usually does not work in the long run. In fact, mind is, everywhere and always, a phenomenon of matter and vice versa. They can not be disentangled. So when people say “mind over matter”, they usually just mean “I’m overthinking this”. https://m.primal.net/KBea.png James (Künstler) Gleeson’s ““We inhabit the corrosive littoral of habit” (1940) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan say more npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Extending time Our culture is obsessed with prolonging our time on this planet - with very mediocre results if judged by the stagnating or even declining life expectancy in the West. One simple and underrated way to actually extend our time of being alive is to pay attention. Pay attention to each passing moment. Pay attention to each little distinction in our experience. Pay attention to the field of awake awareness. Of course paying attention is not something we just decide to do because someone on the internet tells us to. Like everything else it requires dedication, practice and the creation of the right circumstances. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan If you’re still buying cheap sats and those sats are not in self custody, there’s a chance those are not sats at all. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Great Terrence McKenna quote. Great post. Thank you! npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan What account is providing the best stream of events from Nashville? #bitcoin npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Joining clubs that don’t want me as a member “I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member.” Groucho Marx’ famous quote rings both funny and true. Most people would like to be accepted to only clubs that are more prestigious and higher status than themselves. However, I’m personally finding this quote accurate and insightful from a slightly different angle: I am seeking out experiences, clubs and products that are not actively looking for members… not because they are secretive but because they are relentlessly focused on quality rather than marketing. Let me give you an example. When I lived in San Francisco, I would frequently play Tennis on the Dolores Park courts on weekends. Often after our match, my Tennis partner and I would relax in the park for a little bit. On one particular day, we saw a group of people practicing acrobatics on the grass, one of whom stood out with some incredible manoeuvres. We walked up to them and found out that he was teaching the rest of the group in a discipline he referred to as movement practice. What was remarkable to me about the encounter was that my friend and I clearly showed interest in joining his class but rather than being keen on getting us onboarded, he was barely forthcoming with any additional information. He clearly was not interested in selling his product and neither was the very basic and bland website he had set up. Instead he was clearly focused on his craft first and foremost. And yet he clearly had an avid following. This combination was what convinced me to try out his class and it ended up being one of the most enriching experiences of my time in San Francisco. Over and over in my life, I have found these rare clubs and products, the ones that don’t advertise but just focus on quality, among the most worthwhile. And so I will keep pursuing clubs that don’t want me as a member. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan What's the contrarian belief you're most confident about? Besides the ones that are pretty obvious in this community? npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Proof of run! Back under 5 min/km https://m.primal.net/JGhG.jpg npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The lost art of pandiculation: If it is meant to be sustainable, physical movement and exercise ought to be intuitive. The average training consists to a great extent of “mind over matter. This only gets us so far as it usually results in build-up of muscular tension, poor posture and eventual breakdown. What does intuitive movement mean? I would define it as movement that 1) is associated with a corresponding feeling sensation and not performed unconsciously and 2) expresses an intentionality of our being. There are many approaches and modalities to re-embrace more intuitive movement including for example the Feldenkrais method, Qi Gong and Tai Chi or movement practice. One simple and underrated way to regain a more intuitive physicality is pandiculation. Pandiculation is simply the process of stretching and yawning after waking up. It’s a lost art. And it is critical for sending biofeedback to our nervous system, thereby recalibrating the level of muscular contraction and avoiding build up of tension. If you want to try it, don’t start by taking a “mind over matter” approach of checking pandiculation of your to-do list. Instead, just take the time in the morning for a few minutes to feel into what your body actually needs and what movements feel natural. Instead of creating another habit, try getting out of your own way for a moment. https://m.primal.net/JFlE.png Wassily Kandinsky’s “Composition VII” (1913) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Wimbledon — order & passion Today marks the beginning of Wimbledon. It has to be, without a doubt, the greatest sport event to attend in the world. The football World Cup, the Olympics and even other Tennis Grand Slams simply pale in comparison to the level of satisfaction and excitement experienced by visitors of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Why is this? To credit it merely to the lush grass of SW19, the Strawberries and Cream or the Royal Box would be missing the point. The best way to summarize the magic of Wimbledon is order & passion. Wimbledon is perfectly ordered. Its order of play and patent-worthy system for queueing are among the most British documents you’ll ever read. The flawless choreography of the ball boys and girls, the pin-drop silence as players are preparing to serve, the white ballet on the court as a rally is underway — these all contribute to coherence and harmony. Unlike many other great traditions, however, Wimbledon is not ossified and rigid. Its order is not procured at the cost of passion and enthusiasm. It serves them. There is a learning for all of us here. When we organize our days and hone our habits, it is ok to want order. But it should never be an end of its own. Instead it should serve the purpose of creating space for and revealing our passion. https://m.primal.net/JEwT.png George Bellows’ “Tennis at Newport” (1919) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Does having a “stealth” startup mean that you have no idea what you’re doing? If yes, then I think I may have some use for this term in the near future npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan It's good to be back on #nostr after a little leave of absence! npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan My favourite quote of the day comes from my seat neighbor at a Maryleborne Café this afternoon: “The only thing that graduating from Central Saint Martins [a prestigious London arts and design school] has given me is ADHD” This is an equally funny and insightful statement. Too often do we treat mental disorders as something intrinsic, rather than something inflicted on us by our circumstance. It’s an important distinction. If ADHD is something intrinsic, then we need to treat the symptoms. And we do. For many children and from a young age. With amphetamines. If instead we recognize it for what it is: a condition delivered to us by a very unnatural environment, then we create a possibility and a responsibility: A possibility to actually address the root causes of ADHD and many other conditions instead of creating more problems by drugging our children. And a responsibility for all of us to change the environment we live, study and work in. https://m.primal.net/Ixfy.png Marc Chagall’s “I and the Village” (1911) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan it’s time 🚀 npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan the comparison to bitcoin keys is flawed. Even if you lose your bitcoin keys, you usually have a backup and can transfer it to another amount. The same is not true for your nostr identity. Once it’s compromised you can never transfer it elsewhere. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan #bitcoin price development of the last few weeks feels distinctly like market makers fucking around. I suspect they will soon find out. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Psychedelic movies Movies are amazing. They can change how we see the world over the course of 2 hours. To do so, it has to be a movie that takes us out of our comfort zone. If your comfort zone is a circle with radius r=0, this is not difficult to achieve. However, if the movie is in a whole different orbit than your heliocentric comfort zone it may miss the mark. So the art is in picking a movie that is far enough out there to influence you in a meaningful way, but not too far to be obtuse. Below is my selection of great movies on scale of 1 (mainstream psychological) to 5 (psychedelic): Mainstream Psychological: The Matrix (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski) Parasite (Bong Joon-ho) Fight Club (David Fincher) Psychological Mystery: Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa) Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese) Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos) Iconoclastic: Contempt (Jean Luc Godard) Mother! (Darren Aronofsky) The Dreamers (Bernardo Bertolucci) Existentialist: Pierrot le Fou (Jean Luc Godard) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper) Psychedelic: Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé) The Tree of Life (Terrence Mallick) Mulholland Drive (David Lynch) https://m.primal.net/IVvE.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Technique is everything: This may not be news to most but when it comes to exercise, technique is everything. I used to not pay too much attention to this. My approach was to perform an exercise by meeting its general criteria and increasing the number of repetitions over time. Squat? Lower my upper body while keeping my heels on the floor, done. Downward facing dog? Hands on the floor, feet on the floor, lift the hips and try to approach the floor with the heels, done. Rowing? Just pull the oar towards you and push it away by using both legs and arms, done. Over time I realized there is much more to every exercise I’m engaging in. In fact there is a whole internal landscape to be explored. Small feelings and sensations that deserve attention and that can make all the difference when it comes to performing an exercise efficiently and safely. An exercise not done with the correct technique is an exercise not worth doing. In fact, it may be counterproductive in the long run as bad habits eventually accumulate and cause injuries. https://m.primal.net/IStK.png Helmut Newton’s “Lisa Taylor and Jerry Hall” (1975) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Sick has become the new normal: I’ve been listening to this excellent podcast conversation about Ozempic between athlete and podcaster Rich Roll and author Johann Hari. The conversation perfectly summarizes two diametrically opposite views of our current healthcare system: On the one hand have you have Hari, who has been studying (and ingesting) the Diabetes-drug-turned-weight-loss-drug-turned-panacea and is a proponent, though, to be fair he also cautions about some of the side-effects and general enthusiasm. Roll, on the other hand, is a former alcoholic and fast-food enthusiast who has turned his life around to become an ultra-marathon runner and is a proponent of a holistic and preventative approach to health. The most telling moment in the conversation occurs when Hari talks about the benefits of Ozempic, goes on to call a healthy lifestyle “the alternative” and Roll calls him out on it. Our assumption has become that it is no longer possible to be mostly healthy and that we all, from a young age, must rely on medication to live a tolerable life. Living a healthy lifestyle has become a secondary, far distant alternative, not really accessible to most of us. In some sad, matter-of-fact way this is true because many of our fellow citizens are now effectively socio-economically locked out of a healthy lifestyle. But when we talk about aspirations for our health and that of future generations, we have to aim much higher than a dystopian world in which we are all hooked on medications for life. https://m.primal.net/IQIx.png Jacques-Louis David’s “The Death of Marat” (1793) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan @npub1sg6…f63m Just downloaded Tidal for iPhone (13 mini). The app is not starting. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan I honestly think "Sapiens" is a brilliant book. I'm surprised he so badly misunderstands Bitcoin npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Market makers attempting a final shake-out before moom... npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Perfect Days: We’re all trying to do a lot. And we need to take responsible for filling every waking minute with activity. In his new film Perfect Days Wim Wenders reminds us that this is not necessary. He convincingly depicts how a toilet cleaner in Tokyo is enjoying a simple life, yet one full of meaning. Many of us could take a page from his book. https://m.primal.net/IKAa.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The most pressing concern wrt to #Bitcoin at the moment is unaudited Bitcoin on exchanges… There are only two solutions: - Creating awareness of importance of moving BTC into self custody - Incentivizing exchanges and ETFs to provide proper audited proof of reserves (and liabilities) npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan I’m genuinely trying to comprehend what will happen when Bitcoin breaks convincingly above 100k now that everyone has access to it. I just can’t see it go to 200k or 300k slowly. It just seems like everyone will suddenly get it… So the path from 100k Bitcoin, to complete demonetization of all other assets seems like it may just be instantaneous. But then the current powers can’t let that happen. So I think they will have to act very forcefully in the near future. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Yep and Ozempic is a train wreck waiting to happen npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan I’m sure this is a great interview but I just want to stress: I don’t like this talk of banking failures. I don’t think this seems very likely in the US. They let SVB and Silvergate fail because it was a somewhat welcome development. They will never let any of the major banks fail. The risk has now shifted to US sovereign creditworthiness which could be much more difficult to predict in terms of how it plays out. I know a banking system collapse would be welcome but we shouldn’t hold our breath for it. #note1x6k…08rz npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan No Fiat eggs baby npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Coping vs. Thriving A while ago I decided that in my life I want to thrive, not cope. Since then I’ve been very sensitive to areas in my life where I’m coping. I define coping as resorting to compulsory behavior in order to manage a situation. This can be at the level of an addiction but it can be as minuscule as a morning coffee. If the morning coffee is not being enjoyed but is an unconscious necessity to get out of bed, it’s coping. In that case I ask myself the question: “What is it about the way my life is currently oriented, that I need this in order to cope?” Sometimes a solution is easily accessible and coping can be replaced with thriving. In other cases, it requires real patience and dedication. It’s worth it. https://m.primal.net/IGcu.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The future is bright: Let me put on my utopian hat for just a second. Artificial Intelligence is about to deliver incredible productivity gains to humanity. The rise of Bitcoin as a global immutable currency will reign in the irresponsible use of our wealth and distribute it to those who genuinely contribute to society. And in the midst of all of this humanity may be on the brink of its next evolution from a contracted, ego-centric consciousness to one of awake awareness. Let’s focus our energy on these bright lights on the horizon. https://m.primal.net/IGUh.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Hearing the beating of my heart: I once spent an extended period practicing Zazen in the Japanese Zen monastery Antaiji. At one point during my stay, each of the residents of the monastery had to give a 20 minute lecture on their experience in Antaiji or some Zen writing that had touched them. One of my most memorable moments occurred during one of these lectures. One of my fellows, a Japanese history student named Takeo, who was my age and who had arrived on the same day as me, was speaking about the reasons why he had decided to join the monastery. Unlike me Takeo was not planning to stay for a couple of months. He had committed himself to becoming a monk. The reason, he said, was that he wanted to “hear the beating of my heart”. And as he said this, a tear rolled down his cheek. In this moment I realized that he was not spewing the types of platitudes and cliches we grow accustomed to. Takeo meant what he said and to witness it was beautiful. https://m.primal.net/IEfL.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan zapped! npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Why is it so much easier to follow someone you disagree with on #nostr? npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan This is great! Thanks for working on it! npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Aspirare: Aspiration according to Merriam Webster: 1. a. : a strong desire to achieve something high or great. In our culture the desire to achieve is arguably greater than ever. But the desire to achieve something high or great has gone missing. The etymology of the word is from Latin “aspirare”, “to breathe upon”. We’ve lost the art of breathing well and hence we’ve lost the art of aspiring, of breathing spirit into our actions. Let’s relearn to breathe spirit into our actions and things will be good. https://m.primal.net/IDtZ.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan People should start to realize that #Bitcoin is highly correlated to expectations for global liquidity… and they’re going to print forever npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan haha nice one! thank you 😄 npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Wisdom is the tolerance of cognitive dissonance: I first heard this said by Josh Waitzkin, former chess prodigy and Tai Chi Chuan world champion and it stuck with me. It is possible to verify this in one’s own experience. Wisdom is being able to hold two competing thoughts and recognizing that the true answer is never one-sided and never conceptual. It can both be true that climate change is real and that the right response to it is not to try to reverse it. It can be true that the acts of Hamas were horrific and that Israel’s response is not justified. It can be true that Donald Trump’s presidency was a low point in American history and that one should not vote for Joe Biden. In Zen, Koans are a way to resolve cognitive dissonance. Every once in a while we should look at the world as if it’s a Zen Koan. https://m.primal.net/ICiP.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan @npub1sg6…f63m Thank you. Your courage is truly inspiring! npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The truest sentence: Today things got in the way and I am late to publishing Soir Bleu. So I’m going to go with advice from Ernest Hemmingway: “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” What feels truest to me today is that it is worth hanging in there. When things feel uncomfortable, whatever endeavour we may be pursuing, new doors tend to eventually open for those who persevere. I’m standing by, waiting for that next door to open. https://m.primal.net/ICYy.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan wow this is a great insight npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan While we all like the sound of this, I think we may be overestimating the rationality of “everyone”. Neither #Bitcoin nor #nostr are just going to succeed npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Don’t let it fool ya npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Agree. I would argue Bitkey is a step in bringing decentralized tech to the mainstream. But decentralized tech will always require the marginal user to rise to the challenge. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan @npub1pyp…c0qq ? npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Is someone tracking the average time miners are holding #bitcoin after mining over time? npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan #Chess and stoicism: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the humbling benefits of chess. In addition to humility, chess is a great teacher in stoicism: Compare the post match interviews of football players (and most other athletes) with those of chess players and you’ll notice a striking difference. Football players are usually still emotional about the game and frequently feeling hard done by, whether by luck, refereeing or other conditions. When watching chess players analyse their game, on the other hand, it is not rare that it is almost impossible to parse whether they won or lost. In fact, rather than talking about themselves, they will say things like “black’s position” or “white was very slightly worse”. This is a masterclass in stoicism. Because their game does not leave room for subjectivity, it is essential for chess players to avoid redundant posturing or emotional outbursts which become a waste of energy. Interestingly other sports seem to exist on a spectrum between emotionality and stoicism depending on the objectivity of the game. Tennis post game press conferences, for example are somewhere between those of chess and football when it comes to objectivity. Arguably the reason is that tennis is not quite as objective a game as chess, but luck and external factors play a much smaller role than in football. Challenge me to a game! https://m.primal.net/IBee.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan I love #nostr but I think the identity use case is overly ambitious. it's just too easy to irrevocably steal or lose a nostr nsec. As far as I understand once someone else has gained access to your nsec once, you can never recover your nostr identity for your exclusive use. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan @npub15vz…k4um Not sure if it's intentional but just a heads up it looks like your most recent podcasts have not been added to Spotify yet. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Mysticism trumps orthodoxy: Most religions nowadays don’t call themselves orthodox but they are: they want you to take at least some element of scripture literally and make believe that by following certain rules, you can obtain salvation. A lot of the time this leads to confusion and conflict. Wisdom and awakening can never be the result of submission to some relative belief. They are the result of direct recognition of the absolute, achieved through openness and authentic engagement with what is real in this moment. In other words, they require a unitive experience, a certain level of mysticism. In fact, one might argue that every prophet, including Jesus and the Buddha are likely to have been mystics, men who were deeply in touch with the absolute. And the bible, while it is hopelessly inapplicable to our life today when read literally, becomes a book of wisdom, when it is reclaimed through a mystical lense of openness. https://m.primal.net/IBPv.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan A particular refined version of this is the music of Sean Angus Watson. Check him out on Youtube or Spotify npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan “read Ludwig van Mises 6 lessons… motherfuckers!” 😂 npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Brita is probably the most respected brand globally npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan No time for things that have no soul: If you haven’t read Charles Bukowski, there’s no time like today to start. His work is like a gut punch from another dimension of meaningfulness: In his classic novels Ham on Rye and Post Office as much as poems like Let it enfold you. What distinguishes Bukowski is encapsulated in one of the most famous quotes attributed to him: “Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul” If nothing else, his art reminds us to not settle for the empty, the shallow or the superficial and… just from time to time to have the courage to decline to spend time on “things that have no soul”. https://m.primal.net/IAJI.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The only reason the market does not react more to these terrifying economic numbers is because everyone is waiting for the Fed to jump in. That’s the perversity of the situation we’re finding ourselves in..: npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The risk of taking our societal order for granted: Our societal order is not guaranteed by any fundamental law of human existence. There is nothing in nature that says one human might not desire to harm another if they find themselves in an existential struggle. Unfortunately, increasingly people not just in developing countries but also in the West are finding their very existence at threat, both economically and socially. Hence the accelerating radicalization of our society. Beware the person who has nothing to lose. Instead of patronizing people at the bottom of the social ladder, as is the habit of the Western establishment, we as a society would be well advised to understand that their peril will be our own. If we care about our societal order we should stop taking it for granted.https://m.primal.net/HzQR.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Collective action problems: We are social animals that rely heavily on cues from others in order to make decisions. As a result we are at the mercy of a peculiar dilemma: collective action problems. Collective action problems are situations in which everyone would be better off acting in a certain way, but they do not due to incentives born by the collective. Jonathan Haidt recently introduced me to this sociological concept when describing why children excessively engage in social media. Overindulgence is not in any individual child’s personal interest but because all of their peers are connected via these networks, stepping away is costly. Collective action problems can arise in any group but logically, the less reasonable and wise the collective, the more prevalent they become. A couple of current examples: - Individuals sacrificing their health by overexposing themselves to stress — in order to keep up with an increasingly frantic economy. - A shortage of skilled workers in a society that celebrates higher education as as status symbol and insurance policy. - Increasingly indebted individuals due to societal pressure to maintain status through consumption https://m.primal.net/HzDE.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan #nostr recently feels like it has reached escape velocity npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Welcome! Please set up your Lightning Wallet so that you can receive zaps! npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan We need more non #Bitcoin, non #nostr content! npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The franticness of coffee culture #coffeechain: Ever wondered why, out of all the plants in the world, a select few play such a dominant and outsized role in our culture? The best example I can think of is coffee. Harvard professor Michael Pollan, in his 2020 book, goes as far as saying that not only is coffee a phenomenon of our culture, but that it is responsible for creating it. It’s an extraordinary hypothesis but one which just might be true. Anyone who drinks coffee for the first time after a while will notice all the good and ill of our society arise in the microcosm of his psyche. Productivity and concentration are amplified, but so are neuroticism and aggression. In fact, anyone who has tried to abstain from caffeine for an extended period of time, will find that continuing to “function” at the frantic pace of our society is a non-trivial task. So in a way, if we want to reduce our addiction to coffee, we may have to change our culture to accommodate those who are trying to live at a slower pace. https://m.primal.net/HygF.webp npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan In other words FUD is going to turn from a reactive phenomenon driven by the ignorant, to a proactive tool for price suppression #note1nss…4z94 npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan When #Bitcoin hits 100k, the cat is out of the bag and everyone is going to “get it”. With that we’re going to see a phase shift in which the promotion of Bitcoin is going to become secondary and the artificial suppression of the price by all kinds of actors is going to become the dominant dynamic. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The basic hypothesis between the sovereign individual is NOT that property rights are fundamental, it’s that incentives matter. And that these incentives are about to shift due to the rise of technology. Not sure what’s flawed about this argument. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan To think that Bitcoin is inevitable is Fiat hubris npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan @npub12vk…pugg for iPhone npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan The emperor has no clothes: When it comes to financial markets, the emperor has no clothes. We’ve grown accustomed to spectacular valuations for companies both in public and in private markets with questionable returns and long term business model. Every time the tide of liquidity comes in due to a debt crisis or inflation, investors briefly return to sobriety and value these companies closer to what they are worth. This is followed by an inevitable flood of liquidity from central banks to prop up markets and the hysteria is reinstated. This cycle is going to continue and accelerate as inflation becomes a greater concern due to public and private debt. When the bubble bursts once and for all, there will be no recompense. So when betting on these types of companies — you know what they are — one should avoid trying to make up fantasies about their long term merit and instead consider how many more times the government can flood the market with liquidity before it will burst at the seams. https://m.primal.net/HxKT.webp npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Pain is widely misunderstood or if it’s understood, the understanding is ignored. Whenever my daughter gets vaccinated, the doctor wants to give her sugar water to distract her from the pain of the needle. Apparently, this is something that doctors now do. This is based on a false understanding of pain. Pain is not something to be avoided, it’s a signal. A signal that something is wrong. By numbing or distracting from the pain, we’re desensitizing our children and habituating them to a disfunctional habit that we later try painstakingly to disengage adults from. In fact our various recreational drugs, when used habitually all serve the purpose of numbing physical or psychological pain. And once such a habit has been built over years, it is very hard to drop. Let me pre-empt two concerns with this view: Chronic pain: If pain is chronic, there may be value in numbing it but this should not be done mindlessly and without first testing whether there is a way to truly address the root causes. The reason is that once you start numbing the pain, you may raise the bar for the identification and resolution of its causes. Overwhelming pain: Of course I would not want to expose my daughter or anyone to pain that is so overwhelming that it causes trauma and further issues down the road. The definition here is subjective but I don’t think a needle sting belongs in this category. Lastly, there is an inverse view of pain that I want to mention: One meditation practice is to go into pain and to experience it fully instead of shunning it. This is a difficult but powerful practice because it allows us to realize that the pain is separate from its observer. Loosening our identification with pain is the only way to live from a more powerful relationship with it and to avoid the pitfalls of destructive coping mechanisms. https://m.primal.net/HwpU.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Ludwig van Mises and the UFC: The times they are a-changin’. In 2020, Russel Okung, Super Bowl Champion and then NFL offensive tackle of the Carolina Panthers, made some headlines by deciding to receive half of his salary in Bitcoin. At the time he started the trend #paymeinbitcoin which lost momentum in the wake of the FTX scandal and the ensuing crypto winter. This week something more extraordinary happened: After winning his fight in the lightweight division of the UFC, Brazilian MMA fighter Renato Moicano announced: “I love America, I love the constitution […]. And let me tell you something: If you love your country, read Ludwig van Mises’ 6 lessons of Austrian Economics… Motherfuckers!” https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sEln2ehGEEg?si=SNjK0N1gZTVI_lki The last word rounds off a perfectly legitimate philosophical call-to-action from an unlikely source. Ludwig van Mises was one of the most prominent proponents of the Austrian School of Economics and mentor of nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek. The Austrian School emphasizes the spontaneous organizing power of the price mechanism, the importance of individual preferences and choices, and the limitations of government intervention. For all of these reasons it remains relevant today. However, I would argue the reason it is now finding its way into the mainstream in as extraordinary a way as the post-fight incantations of an MMA fighter, is for its view on inflation. Inflation is and will continue to be a defining problem of our time. And unlike our politicians, Austrian economists subscribe to the strict view that inflation is not a magical and baffling phenomenon but that it is always a result of monetary expansion. Or in Friedrich Hayek’s more blunt words: "I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflation engineered by governments for the gain of governments" For these reasons, Bitcoin proponents have found a natural home in the theory of Austrian economics. In fact they argue that Hayek prophesied the rise and importance of Bitcoin as early as 1984. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tHO3cylCRM npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Self defeating assumptions: It’s a habit of our culture to assume that when an aspect of our health has deteriorated, this must be a result of genetics or irreversible damage. This is lazy and self-defeating. Of course, genetics are an important component of our physical health. But WHEN our genes may trigger a physical affliction is typically a function of choices we are making in our day-to-day life. Of course some of the damage may be irreversible. But some of it may be reversed by taking responsibility and changing one’s lifestyle. This dynamic is particularly notable where a large fraction of the population suffers from a disease and is reaching for quick fixes. 1 in 10 Americans now have Type 2 Diabetes. Even with this condition, you still commonly read that it is strongly tied to family history and genetics. Yet we all stem from about 300,000 generations of humans before us and I find it hard to believe that many of them dealt with Type 2 Diabetes as early in their lives as we do. We know that this condition is largely reversible and yet drugs seem to be the treatment of choice. Nearly 30% of Americans are myopic. Did our ancestors really run around and constantly bump into trees? Or is there something about our choices that is contributing to this huge percentage? We may not be able to change our lifestyle completely but what can we change? About 10% of the US population have a food allergy. This number has tripled since 1997. And yet, everyone I meet that has a food allergy seems to just take it for granted and show little interest in its underlying causes and potential reversibility. There are many more examples. Every time I run into one of them my initial reaction is bewilderment followed by deep curiosity in what is actually. going. on. https://m.primal.net/HvdZ.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Thank you for the likes and resposts! If you'd like to test and train my humility, find me on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/member/arcticbonobo #note10kv…e4np npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan @npub10vl…sp42 ‘s newsletter is one of the best in the space #note1wxy…26uq npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan tell me more 😃 npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Chess and humility: There are few games to train in humility like chess. With most other games you can blame luck or a plethora of other external factors on your inadequacy. With chess, there is just you and complete information. There is no component of luck and there are no unknowns. In other words, there is little room for excuses. Blundered a piece? Clearly not your best decision. Gave up a winning position? Hubris was your downfall. Ran out of time? You'll need to speed up your decision making. As a result, those with a fixed mindset hate chess. If you don’t truly believe you can improve, you certainly don’t want to be shown the evidence of your ignorance on a regular basis. However, if you have a growth mindset, there is no greater teacher because there is no game that exhibits your opportunities for growth as clearly and frankly as chess. https://m.primal.net/HvUu.png npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Great thanks for pointing this out! didn’t even know Rick Rubin has a podcast npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Agree with your pragmatic view. But I disagree with the premise of the original post: The Cantillon effect is not based on wealth inequality, it’s based on unequal access to newly printed money. npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Exactly. The Cantillon effect is not based on wealth inequality, it’s based on unequal access to newly printed money npub1lem4kp0fmrqada46zdns53w42pxj79xlgwq4m3fyy0j09mrza6hqh3y3sy arcticorangutan Market is SELLING Bitcoin upon higher than expected US inflation data 😂 we’re still early