Weekly(ish) Knowledge Exchange - Jan 16th, 2025 \ stacker news ~FiresidePhilosophy

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Weekly(ish) Knowledge Exchange - Jan 16th, 2025

687 sats \ 15 comments \ @frostdragon 16 Jan FiresidePhilosophy

Happy Thursday!

What's something you've learned or discovered over the last week or two?

Doesn't have to be bitcoin related, although that's also welcome. Can be anything from a fun fact to something that's helped you through a challenging moment.

Quick tip: if it's short, leave it in a comment. If it's long, take some time to write it out, make a new post, and leave a link in the comments here! That's likely to get more visibility and zaps.

Quick Reminder - keep in mind Stoke the Fire is active through the rest of the month. The top 5 posts in the territory will get extra zaps.

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265 sats \ 3 replies \ @frostdragon OP 16 Jan

I discovered Robert Greene this week and read through a synopsis of his book, The 48 Laws of Power... And that's been a brain worm. Seems like there's a lot of truth to it, and I don't necessarily think he's advocating for living a deceptive life as much as he's objectively pointing out that those tactics work in the real world. But there's a lot of interesting stuff to absorb there. Still formulating my thoughts.

If you haven't heard of it, it's worth a quick scroll: https://www.nateliason.com/notes/48-laws-power-robert-greene. (I haven't watched the video, just briefly read through the page).

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 16 Jan

Interesting to me how everything also includes its own opposite. You can't just blindly follow it like a recipe book.

62 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 16 Jan

It's funny you say Robert Greene, because I've been listening to The 50th Law on my walks recently having read everything else he's written (save the 33 strategies of war).

I don't necessarily think he's advocating for living a deceptive life as much as he's objectively pointing out that those tactics work in the real world.

He says so explicitly in interviews while admitting he lets himself get into a dark headspace to write because it creates a more interesting write/read. I think it's more of a style/pragmatic choice than anything, and an effective one, but he does command the reader to try-on the darkness/strategy. His books aren't going to corrupt anyone who wasn't already corrupt though imo. ime they're great for building intuition about sneaky people and learning more about what people truly want without the risk of dying of boredom.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @frostdragon OP 16 Jan

Oh interesting. That's great context. Gonna have to dig deeper into this guy's stuff.

68 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 16 Jan

A few things are kicking around in me:

The first person to market something is the first person to make the something. At least as far as most people are concerned. I've been thinking about the unfortunateness of that.
The 50th Law mentions that Napoleon's strength was rapid and open information intake. I've been wondering what's required to achieve that.

134 sats \ 1 reply \ @frostdragon OP 16 Jan

The first person to market something is the first person to make the something

Reminds me of the fact that a lot of people would say the iPod was the first MP3 player. I don't love that, because I'm way better at having ideas than being a people person, let alone a salesperson or marketer. That's one of the biggest reasons I've never tried to be an entrepreneur.

Napoleon's strength was rapid and open information intake. I've been wondering what's required to achieve that.

If you discover anything, let me know. I feel like I'm at my best when I have time to absorb information and let it sink all the way in. All of my test scores in school would have been a lot higher if it weren't for time limits. I feel like that's a weakness for me.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 16 Jan

That's one of the biggest reasons I've never tried to be an entrepreneur.

I also totally get this, but I wouldn't let that hold you back. You can have ideas about people too even if you aren't used to it. Culture is just another system - a bigger, messier, and therefore interesting, system.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @cyphercosmo 17 Jan

I'm going through Chaincode's ₿OSS (Bitcoin Open Source Software) program, it's pretty cool!

I've been learning about Bitcoin core, the foundational technologies like addresses and wallets, the RPC (remote procedure call) to interact with the original implementation, the Bitcoin assembly language, the cryptography underlying the protocol, and so on.

It has been a tough journey so far, and I'm grateful to them. For those interested in something like that you can join their waiting list at https://learning.chaincode.com/#BOSS.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 16 Jan

I discovered "obesity isn't a disease". However a debate topic, I've already put it in a post. #851675

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Jan

I realized that "money supply" is a confusing term, because it doesn't use "supply" in the normal economic meaning.

A better term is "money stock" which is used occasionally.

I think this is the source of the fallacy that the bitcoin "supply" is (or will be) fixed at 21M, when that's really the bitcoin stock and the supply depends on people's willingness to part with their bitcoin.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @herschel 16 Jan

I learned what could be possible when you meet people who are simpatico; who show some support for like-minded people, who like to think out loud, are not afraid to be wrong, and who like thought experiments. #852666

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 16 Jan

extroverts are like that hahaha life is one never forget it.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Msd0457890 16 Jan

This week my father gave me a book called Rich Dad, Poor Dad for my birthday. I have been told that it is very good.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cyphercosmo 18h

Your father did you a great favor, and hopefully it will be the first step in a prosperous life my friend.

Stay humble, read the book, and stack sats!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @frostdragon OP 16 Jan

That's a good reminder to add that to my reading list, I've also heard it's good!