Oddbean

Here are my notes: Ghosts of Europe: 1. pride - [ ] Belief that laws of economics don’t apply - [ ] Saving is unnecessary - [ ] Politicians can decide all capital allocations - [ ] Lying is ok to maintain order 2. Envy - [ ] Wormtongue - [ ] Ruler take what they want and inflate to pay for it - [ ] People pretend to be weak to get subsidies - [ ] Václav Havel power of powerless applies today; pretense to valor 3. Self loathing - [ ] Gollum - [ ] Shame of past - [ ] Shackled by inflation, wars, beireaucracy - [ ] Shame gone awry into self loathing 4. Demon of despair - [ ] Frodo - [ ] Fear of obliteration war, ai, climate catastrophism, Greta Running from these is what causes war or invites attack External shocks will come to Europe. Exacerbate the above. What to do? Get sober. As cypherpunk heirs, move your value to the new network. Build something. Be humble. Educate and offer bridges to the haters; they need bitcoin too. Climb the mountain of sovereignty and teach others to do the same. Fight the delusion of helplessness. Reconnect to hope by remembering what you fight for. Love. Mithrill-armor imbued with love. Bitcoin is mithril. Tomas: every life is a story. We don’t choose the length, but we get to choose whether it is a beautiful one.