Oddbean new post about | logout
 Indeed, algorithms are societal mind control. 

I feel much less stressed out and angry since shutting down all of my prior social media accounts, other than #nostr. 

I don’t miss them at all… not even a little bit.

Although unplugging from them (especially X) felt like breaking off a powerful addiction. 

Shout out to @jack for the insight while I was still stuck in the matrix. 

🧡 
 And zapping (even just an itty bit) is so much better than a generic like 
 We just need more non Bitcoin accounts here and we've made it... Miss my fitness and finance follows  
 I want to know what's going on in the world, but not in an algorithmic way.  
 It's a simple life... But one worth fighting for  
 Algorithms are modern witchcraft spells. Hidden and secretive incantations (code) designed to warp reality.  
 >> Shout out to @jack for the insight while I was still stuck in the matrix.

Anticipating unknown unknowns
https://m.primal.net/KeXC.png  
 I think what I'll want is a paid service provider that will AI train off nostr notes, updated nightly, live search to current...then provide me a plugin in my app of choice that allows me to UI tune what I want and converts that to proper ai prompt/model giving me a resulting feed type category shortcut just for me.  It might be a feed based on content starting from a single note, or account, or let's me bookmark samples, and maybe I can mix in a mood setting like 'positive' or 'alarming' or 'deep dive'.  Basically I want to be able create my own algorithms that turn into feeds.  
 It's amazing how outrage can become our identity, to the point where it hurts to abandon that identity.  
 I’m be not been back since I started here and I’ve never missed it. I’m going to
miss these early days, one day 
 It is the only way I know what is going on in the world. Perhaps that is no longer needed. Guaranteed if my savings is more than I need I will sever my connection to the fiat financial world and attempt to work or consume only on native Bitcoin. At that point, if I physical protection, I guess nothing else really matters that I don't get directly exposed to.  
 All my “stress free” accounts to follow moved here. Miss you guys! 👍
Only arguments and doom on X.
Will have to experiment more around here. 
 Welcome! 
 I am much more relaxed here too.  I feel much more like I am selecting things to think about rather than having them pushed into my head. 
 Good way of saying it; I feel the same way 
 that's power  
 Agree 100 
 This makes my Frankie 👁️ Smile 😊  
 Dude, stop saying yes and what are you saying yes to what are you saying yes to me you keep saying yes yes what are you saying it to and what about and what are you trying to get me to agree with you? @jack 
 I am much more relaxed here too.  I feel much more like I am selecting things to think about rather than having them pushed into my head. 
 so you only care about bitcoiner stuff? because you won't find a lot of relevant news or newsmakers here. Example : RFK Jr or Vivek or even Tucker. to name a few. Also not many scientists here or people discussing geopolitics  
 They will come. 
It’s still (very) early days here on #nostr. 
 Glad you're here Bro. 👊  
 Sometimes I miss the "news" from X but I think its also to just not give a shit what's going on in the world for a few weeks and just heal up. 
 👊  
 maybe, but in the meantime, are you totally uninformed? 
You can say you don't care, but some level of none Bitcoin/Nostr news seems relevant to me. 
X is still relevant to me. Hard to replace with Nostr only  
 It depends what you mean by “totally uninformed.” 

I still get the info I want to get, and am unencumbered by much nonsense and hype that others consider to be “news.” 
 I know it can be a chicken and egg thing 
 I had the same experience when I left Facebook a few years back. The only entertainment I got there was being wished a happy birthday on the incorrect day. 
 For me
This is what being an 
artist …. Is…

Digging deeper 
Than I know possible

To find the part of myself 
Hidden from everyone 

And choose to feel 
Emotions that I’d rather
Keep carefully hidden

For curation of a life 
Is love and caring of others 

You should be unattractive 
Almost 
Death
————

At first sight I fell for this man
It took us 20 years to get 
Together 
But it’s been amazing 

He just told me 
I force him to 
Expand his 
Vision 
And understanding 
Of the world 
And that’s beautiful 

We have and will
Consistently 
Grow together 
Absolutely 
No matter what 

Always, all ways 💜
———

Back to enemy
Though …
Shirking and shrieking 
Smithing and smirking 
Tighten or loosen 

Same 

Adam and Anthony 
Evil and good
Live and evolve 

Same 

We are all fallen men 
 Strong amongst timelines
 Games of sans don’t seal 
 Destiny and fate

Same thing 

 We are the guards
 Gods
———-

This explains a lot 
Or not
What do you 
Choose 
To Be
You
Who
Are
Oneness 
Divided by ____ sense 
(You will get there) 
Blinded by lights 
You feel are shinier 
Than you 
Or are you 
Exploited 
Again
By Wealth
And hatred 
Sass and grAss
AlphaOva 
Tomato drips of 
Every damn thing 

- cause dam
———

It was never meant 
To become 
the saddest day for each 
It could have been the last said
goodbyes

Perhaps 
There was never a choice 

Each ran back home scared 
self-importance 
Overwrought thoughts 
precious time 

Despite the kindness 
one felt for others 
Madness of selfishness 
Sameness
—————— 
 I’m with you though I do kind of miss the macro insights of Felix Jauvin and Quinn Thompson 
 The trivium can be an anti-virus for mind control.  @DrJeff I genuinely wonder how many people have ever received any formal training in logic and cognitive biases.  These are the tricks they use to use to control the mind.  If the algorithms can learn, so can we. 
 Assuming nostr is just the platform! Which app do you use? Which algorithm you plugged to say which content comes up?