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 This is somewhat embarrassing to admit. I’m the kind of guy who can quote you Shakespeare all day but couldn’t write a line of code with a gun to my head. I’m woefully nontechnical. 

It took me a long time to wrap my humanities brain around the tech of #bitcoin, and almost a half decade later I’m still learning everyday. 

The tech of #nostr, candidly, is even more intimidating to me. But I’m also in awe of it and all the builders working on it.

I’m always thinking man, I wish I could contribute more, but I just don’t have the skills! 

But then I realized, the biggest contribution I can make to Nostr is just to bring my whole, weird, uncensored self to it, to bring my life energy, my thoughts, and my passions to it. And if we all do that, whether we’re technical or not, this is gonna be a wondrously alive place. 

Anyway, Friday night thoughts. 

You’re all great and truly inspiring. Gn. https://image.nostr.build/fefcc47c2259eea323a3fa69a8e89d0f6b41427732f19f11da6583c17f59d89f.jpg  
 We all contribute here one way or another. We are all building a better future. GN 🫡 
 I code in MSWord. 
 Tom Waits isn’t a piano maker neither. 
 💯  I feel the same way. I can also quote some crazy Shakespeare, and often struggle with the technical parts of Bitcoin,  but I've learned so much on this journey so far and I'm still going! 

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 Compelling content requires interesting humans so that's something that code can't substitute. Humans are always a step ahead of language mimicry models. Keep up the good work.