Yeah, it was very fascinating. It also should temper our view that something was the way Satoshi wanted it.

Bitcoiners are not all free from the binary red/blue thinking. Many times I have been accused of being on either side...

Finally got around to reading "The Genesis Block" and it is so fascinating how and who created all the tech and ideas that are required and make up bitcoin.

It was also a reminder to me that if SN isn't dead they would be insane to reveal themself. Can you imagine the target on their back?

The public is largely dumb but the media and politicians know exactly what is going on. Such a joke.

Even as a Dodger fan I loved to watch him play.

He wasn't accepted. Still isn't.

I've heard some IR people say Trump is a realist as well and I think that's the category that he best fits in as well.

IR is pretty interesting. I think you are right about Rothbard being a realist. Until a few years ago I wasn't aware of the different schools of thought on IR. It's an interesting lens to look at things through.

It is interesting to me how often the presidents of opposing parties are of the same school. It confirms many of my thoughts about the US empire and the power elite.

Love stuff like this.

Please

Where's yours?

TFTC has been going for years.

Edit: lol. WBD! Thought this was Marty's Show. Back from the dead.

Is it that time of year again when we are supposed to get all worked up about this show? Time flies.

Oh how I wish what they say was true.

I know what you mean about them being loud. I mean they are nothing, nothing compared to an S9 but you can replace the fan with a quieter one.

I had thought I would keep mine in the office but ended up putting it in my server rack.

100%. These things aren't perfect at a smaller scale but they would be far better. You can see many of the same issues in large companies vs small ones.

Well... Nostr is an open protocol which he seems to be a massive funder of. I mean, it's peanuts money wise. Remember he run Block and Cash.app as well.

You asked :)

Politicians work under an incentive structure that rewards promising things they cannot deliver. Even things that are not possible. Their only accountability is the voters and donars. The donars get what they want and the voters usually are to uninformed or dumb to realize what is going on. When they do realize it the other team is so demonized they either stick with their team or just don't vote.

The longer I look at democracy and the modern state the more absurd it appears to me. It's not that the men are bad or the government in power is bad. It's the whole incentive structure. There are almost no negative consequences pushing against this nonsense.

I have heard it said that the default view of political figures should be that of the tobacco executives. Today I think it should be the view of the medical insurance CEOs. The default view. There are exceptions but they are rare and work in spite of the system.

The solution is freedom and voluntary interaction. Removing the monopoly state. Remove the monopoly on violence. It would not be a utopia but IMO the incentives would be better.

I saw the title and thought this was in reference to the Saylor interview. They tried that FUD and he knocked it down.

Doubt it

I'm honestly not trying to white knight for Dorsey, he doesn't need my help. He's doing alright lol. Just get tired of this story getting missed. Much context is missing.

I've found over the years we to often focus on the men instead of the incentives. Incentive structures will almost always win and do what the incentives lead toward. Not to excuse man. But in my view man is weak and its just an easy whipping boy to point to the man instead of the system. You replace the man and you haven't solved the problem.

Twitter was a public company as well and I was an early user before it went public. Going public was a big factor in many of the issues. Dorsey has been very vocal about the mistakes. I feel like he gets a bum rap for it and is doing penance with his work with Nostr.

I took a quick look at Bluecry page the other day. Looks interesting but the talk about reporting "abuse" intrigued me as I wonder how they handle it without centralizing.