It’s not your job to save people, it’s your job to speak truth and do right. The people who are going to come through better than most are the ones who decided to listen. Maybe not to you but to someone.

With any kind of evangelism you’re going to fail a whole lot more than you succeed, it’s just something that comes with the territory. That can definitely be depressing, but I’d suggest reading something like the old Isaiah’s Job article. It’s a whole lot better for your mental health to stick to a “reach the remnant” mindset rather than “reach the masses”, the latter will always disappoint.

https://mises.org/mises-daily/isaiahs-job 

 Honestly I’ve done better with the masses than I ever did with people close to me. I’m better at scale. 

 You've mentioned this before and I have commented this to you before.  I'm definitely one of the individuals you influenced and showed a path forward with bitcoin.  I was already primed but your early podcast appearances pushed me over the edge. Grateful to you for that 🤙

There is a reason people will take advice from a shrink/internet random instead of a family member or friend. 

 Yeah I think it’s easier, because the internet only knows a successful version of you whereas everyone from the past remembers the unsuccessful version. 

 a prophet is not taken seriously in his own town 

 Since it looks we are on our Biblical phase..."Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown" 

 Facts