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511 sats \ 4 comments \ @jasonb 26 Feb bitcoin

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." -John Muir

He was obviously actually talking about biomes and nature stuff, but doesn't this remind you of the Bitcoin rabbit hole. I came from a macroeconomic interest, but now have all sorts of computer programming, networking, investing, NGU, privacy rights, cryptographic, thermodynamic, and protocol interests that I never thought I'd care about.

Is it that way for you? Did you get into Bitcoin through NGU or some other interest? Have you found new passions because of Bitcoin?

Also, what's everybody here think about John Muir? He seems like he'd be a complicated figure for bitcoiners to evaluate, especially right now. How about his one-time camping buddy, Teddy Roosevelt?

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheMorningStar 13h

Interesting!

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 23h

I do see bitcoin and bitcoin related things in more places than I expected like in Dune recently.

Did you get into Bitcoin through NGU or some other interest?

I came to bitcoin through tech. I spent most of my paid career designing, writing, and maintaining a distributed database. When I left my job, I made myself pick between "blockchain" and AI. I started studying a lot of p2p tech and its history around the same time too. Bitcoin clicked with me super hard having been an ancap in my early 20's and given my professional experience. I also found myself having a lot in common with bitcoiners otherwise (primitive diets, loathing permission/bankers/debt).

Have you found new passions because of Bitcoin?

I've mostly lost other passions. I used to be very keen on biohacking-ish things, cooking, art, fitness, gardening, etc. Then again, maybe I lost those passions more because of the founder thing than because of bitcoin.

Also, what's everybody here think about John Muir?

I've always wanted to do at least a few days of Muir Trail. I'm not familiar with him or Teddy much otherwise.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 18h

I do see bitcoin and bitcoin related things in more places than I expected like in Dune recently.

I have been CRAWLING through The Dark Forest for about a year with interruptions from a bunch of other books. Just today (about the last 10 or 15% of the book), there was a part that just smacked of bitcoin. I’m hoping to write about it here tomorrow!

I've mostly lost other passions. I used to be very keen on biohacking-ish things, cooking, art, fitness, gardening, etc.

I’m a career musician and have kind of lost the passion because of Bitcoin. I was long past the age when people burn out too. It’s just the ultimate solution to so many macro problems that I thought were totally inexorable.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0393e2a21d 10h freebie

If we take Muir’s quote at face value, then everything—not just Bitcoin—is interconnected, meaning that no matter where we start, we could have a rabbit hole experience. The real issue, however, is that our time is limited. We don’t have the luxury of exploring everything in depth.

While it’s important to venture into rabbit holes and explore deeply, it’s equally crucial to create new ones. Instead of just getting lost in existing ideas, we should be working on innovating, building, and contributing something new to the world.