Oddbean

I've just finished listening to the lodging of wayfaring men narrated beautifully by Max. I highly recommend it to all Bitcoiners as I found it quite instructive & informative. It's centred around private commerce & the effects that this has on governments/society. It's much shorter & quicker than Atlas shrugged but it follows similar themes. I also noticed Max has linked to the Smuggler & XYZ work on second realm & temporary autonomous zones. I listened to this 4 years ago but still think about many of the points they discuss. Thank you nostr:nprofile1qqst0mtgkp3du662ztj3l4fgts0purksu5fgek5n4vgmg9gt2hkn9lqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvshsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshs54zrlx 🙏 nostr:nevent1qqsffgpqpyap22htzgmdefa0vpq0x7mt6p392cx8r4uufrm9engcegqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q3qklkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qxpqqqqqqzcp3jh3

GM ☕ I've been listening to "A lodge for Wayfaring Men," thanks to this note that's linked. nostr:nevent1qqsfekzjczp7w8229nqcmue9g68qy59lyx4eq3dnkrzqs6uq5tgamtcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsfdjrhvhvspvtf7h7a30qeh7tmmrrdzcllg94gn4zuhd72cjxfgvcrqsqqqqqpy7xwcr I just heard an interesting line... It said something like, "intimidated people ask few questions." That might be the thing I needed to orange pill my boomers. My gripe with them was, they never ask questions. I considered it a defect of the boomer generation, some kind of pride. Maybe they're just lost in a sea of techy stuff they don't understand, and nothing I'm saying makes sense because they don't have the first building blocks to understand it. Maybe I'm coming off as intimidating... Okay. Some events are coming up. This time, 'gentle stream,' not 'surf the avalanche.'

It takes several touches before most of us really lean in to discovering Bitcoin. It's far easier to dismiss it than it is to try to understand it. Digital gold is probably the best metaphor for them to initially understand it. Maybe try to get them to trade something of value for a little Bitcoin? If you just give them Bitcoin, they probably won't value it. Orange pill them softly & try to meet them where they're at. At the end of the day it's on them to understand it, not you. There's only so much that you can do.