Not to romanticize, but I am reminded of L'etranger by Albert Camus, when I read this article. The writer paints the assassin as being somewhat blasé, intellectually curious and having an obsession with the absurdity of a life without "agency."

In Camu's novel, the main character murders and stands on trial unable to account for what he has done. He neither denys nor shows any remorse for his actions. We see in him a character who is devoid of the usual emotive responses we'd expect. Finally, he comes to accept the hand that fate had delt to him, finding comfort in the thought that the universe is quite as indifferent to him as he is to it.

I think the blog locates the pulse of an absurdity similar to what Camus was trying to express in this character study novel.

The difficult to swallow part of this is that I think there is a certain amount of absurdity that each of us accepts, as part of a survival mechanism, when we face the world. If we didn't, and instead let all of the world's injustices penetrate the fibres of our beings, then how could we ever get on with life?

Amazing work! I heard Cubans have trouble getting power these days. How is that affecting adoption patterns? Is keeping phones charged and online a major barrier?

For most of 2024 I was using an iphone 8 since it came out basically. That thing is beast. It still runs pretty well too, but the screen is busted. I use it for some of my lightning wallets. I upgraded this year finally to a samsung a35 5g which I got for a good price. Seems to do what I need it for, and it does feel good to have a phone that is not almost a decade old. I wasn't really aware of "de-googling" until now - i should probably look into doing that. I always connect via a vpn since I started on the bitcoin journey. Also, I installed a linux os on my old windows machine because I read it was more secure. I am not that tech-y but I like to learn.

Hey Darth, great concept for a post. I'm but a humble noob, but let's see.

I began talking about the destruction fiat causes to my friends, family and students. When somebody 'gets it' then I push a little more and teach them about Bitcoin. I am careful about "Orange pilling, because I think people come to understand bitcoin gradually. I always point initiates to your guides.

I've written content on SN that's mostly conceptual/hermeneutical. I hope it's contributing to Bitcoin. I'm interested in the educational side of things. I think there's lots of work to do there because new technologies are not well understood by most people.

For this reason, I have been very focused on learning so one day I can help others. You have posted great content and really helped me to become more fluent with LN in 2024. My next step is to buy a machine I can run an LN node on (thinking an raspberry pi). I hope I can accomplish that in 2025. Also, I have purchased an asic s9 that I hope to use to heat my living room this winter.

Have a great Winter solstice if you're in the Northern hemisphere. I hope you got to sleep in and enjoy the longest night of the year

Lol how can it be?

You can write to your future self and tell him whatever you want!

Thank you grayruby. I hope I do

Thank you plebpoet

Well said. Amazing that your wife did. I really believe in people's ability to change. We evolve over time. I can't be expected to say and do everything exactly as I did five years ago or even last year. Nor do I expect that from anyone else. We learn constantly and have to readjust accordingly.

I appreciate you.

The big if.

She is not how your sister-in-law used to be. She loves kids. Unsure and perhaps afraid of the idea perhaps.

Definitely wasn't in the space 5 years ago, but for me it wouldn't have been possible without the countless hours people have spent writing to educate and develop usable software.

This saying comes to mind.

First time I'm reading a post of yours since I'm relatively new around here but I'll be keeping your family in my thoughts. From your post it seems like you are a positive person. I'm a strong believer in this. Living through life trials makes you appreciate that 'thoughts' are not everything, of course. The ability to carry on and be positive like you have a test of strength.

Incentives are broken in these schools.

As you pointed out, capitulation to the bureaucrats and administrators probably easiest. Status quo teaching will churn out good little automatons and nobody will complain. Good teaching will inevitably stir up the shit, because the shit is there to begin with and it is a teachers job to show people that it is. You're not doing something wrong but you'll pay the price for exposing the truth.

If you want to be a teacher that actually makes a different in the lives of your students and get rewarded for your efforts, mainstream school will let you down ten-times out of ten.

Have you considered starting your own school? Moving to a more teacher friendly cou try like UAE? Maybe other states have better systems?

Ohouf, if these are what I think they are, then they go great with one of favourite beverages (coffee with Baileys). Merry Christmas Siggy!

Are you over-egging the pudding? It'll probably spell the end of a 12 year reign of liberal woke tyranny. Significant, true, but in terms of world politics, definitely small potatoes.