Oddbean new post about login | logout We could be free, but the idea of contemplating deeply how money and wealth functions because we use it everyday and it one of the most definitive aspects of our society is simply too much for most people. So instead we’ll get infinity wars, false democracy, and a collapsing political system because most people don’t want to think, and simply obey.
Sad that so many choose fake and convenient over true but challenging.
Eventually those attitudes will die off though and become the minority, as Bitcoin and the more rational culture it rewards spreads. People will have to value thinking for themselves in order to be successful in the future.
2 things most social humans do every day are communicate & cooperate. It's pitiful how poorly we teach language & money to young humans. We can do so much better. 😔 nostr:nevent1qqsxjkpszkdm6m9xde2eumtlzhhqn0ulcf502ct0l23nvxlvept20uqpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsyg9an6m90sjmfakd56y8rn3xykw3lx7xyssysl3jyjg9ke62wy9ytgpsgqqqqqqsvf8e2a
Eventually, they'll obey by using bitcoin. They won't know or care, but they'll do it.
Freedom & responsibility go hand in hand, much like trust & the illusion of safety. The curtain is slowly being pulled back. People will be forced to choose to trust in themselves or trust in authority. Few are choosing responsibility yet. The trust in authority will continue to be broken. All we can do is maintain & elevate our freedom while hoping that others will join us. Trust in the human desire to live freely, it's what makes us human.
They live in a system that was literally designed to dumb them down obfuscate the truth and distract them with lies and pleasure, while beating them down with fear and threat of violence. You'd have to be some sort of outcast or freak to make it out of that machine, seeking truth. Some normies would shatter, upon groking bitcoin, nostr and freedom tech. The fact that they aren't more receptive to it, probably means they have a healthy defense mechanism.....unfortunately.
The same applies to Love, Time and Death among many other things. We are not supposed to understand everything. Neither want to understand everything. World is scary and we are only human after all. 🤷🏻♂️