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2026-01-05 02:46:36 CET

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Think marginally.

2025-06-12 14:33:18 CEST

Dr. Hisham Ammous: Life as Clinical Surgery
Sept 1, 1944 - June 6, 2025
Hisham Saifedean Rashid Ammous was born in the village of Atteel in Palestine on September 1, 1944. After finishing high school in nearby Fadiliya school in Tulkarem, he moved to Saudi Arabia to work as a school teacher, then to Kuwait to work in the electric company. Unsatisfied with his career, he decided to become a doctor, and applied for a scholarship from the Jordanian government to the University of Madrid in Spain, through the Spanish embassy in Jordan. He moved to Madrid without speaking a word of Spanish, but graduated as a surgeon with distinction in 1976. After that scholarship, he practically never needed, asked for, or took anything from anyone until his last day.
In his five decades as a surgeon, Dr. Ammous must have performed over 20,000 surgeries across Spain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Palestine, Brazil, Lebanon, and Libya. He relished his work as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. To his profession and mission, he was the most devoutly dedicated man. He lived for surgery. Come rain, shine, snow, checkpoints, military invasions, cranky kids, genocide, or regional war, he found a way to make it to Al Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem almost every day, braving countless Israeli occupation checkpoints and dealing with the young criminals manning them and getting all of their life's meaning from the impunity they have to make the lives of innocent Palestinians hell. He became a regular traveler to wars and refugee camps to perform surgeries. He worked nonstop all day for days on end in warzones. He went to Gaza for surgeries after every Israeli mass slaughter over the years, and was desperate for the current genocide to end so he could return. His favorite 'vacation' was to visit me in Lebanon and perform dozens of free surgeries for destitute refugees.
His discipline was supernatural. He was never late for anything in his life, and was never disorganized. No matter what life threw at him, he relentlessly pursued his mission and was always prepared. His doggedness, determination, focus, and obsession will sound insane to most people, which is why most people will never perform 20,000 surgeries or do anything remotely as important with their lives. In his wake, hundreds of messages have poured in from people remembering how he helped them with his kind generosity, healed them with his skilled hands, and made them laugh with his legendary searing wit. Among the most amazing stories I heard was that he gave his patients’ families the keys to his hospital office so they could sleep in it and not have to drive through hours of checkpoints every day.
His supreme motivation in life, and the thing that gave life meaning for him, was to give his children a life better than the one he had, and he dedicated himself to it until the very end. He never ceased repeating this lesson to me, and he exemplified it every day. All his time, attention, and interests revolved around improving the lives of his children. He understood the whole of our human civilization rests on the foundation of people investing in giving their children a better life, and this was also the most profound lesson I learned from years of studying economics, and the central theme and most important lesson of my third and best book, Principles of Economics. For teaching me this lesson before I could read, that book was dedicated to him.
He is survived by his two sons, Ahmad and me, his daughter Dana, and three loving grandchildren who lit up his last ten years. Nothing can compare with the joy his grandchildren brought him. No money or accomplishment by him or me could have made him happier than my 2 year old making ever more outrageous demands for gifts as she tries to discover if there is anything he won't get her. His joy around her convinced me that the best thing you can do for your parents is to give them grandchildren. It seems offensive that life could be this simple and banal, that mere reproduction is the secret to its satisfaction, but he showed me it was true, and far from banal. We humans are wired to spend our lives seeking reproduction, and having it shape our happiness and satisfaction, because we wouldn't exist otherwise.
In my 44 years of life, I never recall seeing him bedridden with illness, and after five decades of caring for patients and children, he must have dreaded the thought of being on the receiving end of the care of others.
Dr. Ammous passed on the first day of Eid Al Adha, while taking a nap, after having called his friends and family to exchange Eid greetings. He died suddenly and immediately, and almost certainly felt nothing, and never had to suffer any serious illness or confront his impending mortality.
He lived blissfully immersed in his life's mission until its very last second. And he succeeded in it completely and perfectly. He gave his children everything they needed until they needed nothing more from him. The only consolation in his passing is that until his last minute he was strong, cheerful, healthy, sharply-dressed, and eagerly looking forward to seeing his grandchildren in a few days and giving them the many gifts he bought for them, and looking forward to vacationing this summer with his family in his beloved Madrid.
In his passing, he deprived his loving children of the chance to provide him a tiny fraction of the love and care he provided them for decades. This was a man determined to contribute more to this world than take from it, and to give his children everything. And he accomplished his life's mission clinically, like his surgeries.
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2025-06-09 10:43:27 CEST

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If I don't call for the murder of anyone, how am I possibly extreme? Consider the obvious alternative explanation that you are do pathetically and heavily proagandized that you view the idea of Jews and goys being equal under the law as extreme.

2025-05-24 16:51:08 CEST

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Thank you sir

2025-01-01 22:01:11 CET

Bitcoin has now been working and trading for 15 full calendar years. It's time to see how it's doing and run some numbers.
On Jan 1, 2010, there were 1,624,000 bitcoin in circulation trading at around $0.001 each. The total market capitalization of bitcoin was ~$1,624.
On Dec 31, 2024, there were 19.803 million bitcoin trading at around $93,389 each, for a total market capitalization of $1.85 trillion.
In total over the 15 years, the size of bitcoin cash balances has increased by 110,400,000,000,000%, or around 110 billion percent.
If, during the next 15 years, bitcoin grows at only 1 ten millionth of its growth rate over the last 15 years, it grows to a total market cap of around $210 trillion, making it larger than all the world's fiat currencies and government bonds combined.
In such a world, a government may be able to keep its shitcoin alive if it doesn't inflate its supply too much (a big if, and an even bigger may). Whether they do or do not is largely inconsequential, because either way, inflation won't be able to touch the majority of the world's wealth.
Any bitcoin bearish thesis needs to present a coherent explanation for why bitcoin's next 15 years are going to have a growth rate that is significantly lower than a ten millionth of the rate of the past 15 years. Don't expect to hear one from people who get paid from the inflation bitcoin will kill.
Happy 2025!
Fiat is over if you want it!
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2023-07-17 10:51:53 CEST

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I'm not sure honestly. Check with Konsensus Network, they'll probably know.

2023-06-03 13:12:34 CEST

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The Otto Wilde classic is the best in the world, by far and I say this having tried many many grills. I discussed it here and you can get 10% off with the code saifedean

2023-05-31 09:42:32 CEST

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You should have received a tracking link. If you haven't please email info at saifedean dot com

2023-05-31 09:32:11 CEST

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They should have already shipped!

2023-05-30 14:09:01 CEST

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I'm talking to someone this week about hopefully making it happen!! Stay tuned and sign up to my mailing list on my website to stay updated

2023-05-13 11:44:48 CEST

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Thank you so much, really appreciate it 🙏

2023-05-04 10:07:26 CEST

Remember when the dogecoin con artist promised to end spam on Twitter, then declared victory over the spambots, and then all his fanbois pretended the spam went away and the problem was solved?

2023-04-29 22:41:36 CEST

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7.5 years so far. I enjoy & benefit from it so much I don't think I'll go back to plants. See saifedean.com/meat

2023-04-28 23:28:16 CEST

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Wow. I had no idea Nostr was so toxic I'd be accused of running an elaborate shitcoin scam just like that😂

2023-04-27 22:17:11 CEST

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Eating meat only

2023-04-24 16:39:34 CEST

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There are already two Persian translations out there. Pirated! Details in the link.

2023-04-21 23:10:06 CEST

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Tax is theft. If a project is worth pursuing, people will willingly pay to pursue it. If people won't willingly pay for it, then it's not worth pursuing. The examples of government funding long term projects are basically grifts that go nowhere.

2023-04-21 19:10:35 CEST

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If it was wise you and people who agree with you would be paying for it willingly. That you need fiat scam subsidies says you don't really believe it. I don't believe it's worth it either.👍

2023-04-20 20:53:12 CEST

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Exactly zero accomplishment except the amazing feat of getting otherwise intelligent people to treat the obvious waste like it's an accomplishment. The satellite internet thing is a stupid grift we've been over before. The rockets aren't achieving anything except sell pipedreams

2023-04-20 20:51:07 CEST

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The subsidies are the obvious problem, and their presence is why people deal with this insane and obviously pointless stupid waste as if it were some glorious accomplishment. Everything looks good when you don't have to pay for it!

2023-04-20 17:26:07 CEST

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I don't value it enough to take food off my kids'dinner table to pay for it. I believe all the TV viewers who care about it should pay for it themselves, and the fact that they can only do it by robbing me tells me all I need to know

2023-04-15 11:44:57 CEST

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Thank you!!

2023-04-15 11:43:19 CEST

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Electricity is so cheap that you can only get it for 1-2 hours a day. For the rest of the day, you need private generators which are way too expensive for mining

2023-04-13 22:25:32 CEST

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He should be able to get it and doesn't need any background in the topic to enjoy it.

2023-04-13 22:22:40 CEST

1,044 pages in 326,000 blocks!
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2023-04-13 06:34:35 CEST

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Thank you, and don't be too upset, clearly my words were the motivation Messi needed to win the world cup!

2023-04-11 00:56:28 CEST

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Boil it, or fry it in butter, tallow, or ghee. Or do both!

2023-04-10 21:18:56 CEST

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The tastiest part of the animal. And probably the most nutritious too. Very different flavor, almost butter like. It's also absolutely delicious to boil the entire head and make soup and eat it. Best soup you'll ever have

2023-04-10 18:26:12 CEST

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تكرم عينك! كبد ودرن/جبن وقلب
Liver, heart, and thymus😍
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2023-04-10 18:19:27 CEST

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Why??🥲🥲

2023-04-10 06:21:31 CEST

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Chunk of lamb heart

2023-04-09 17:15:48 CEST

If you've never had grilled ribeye with heart and brains, what are you even doing with your life?
#foodstr
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2023-04-09 08:14:53 CEST

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Thank you, delighted to hear that!!

2023-04-09 07:58:53 CEST

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I still think cables are much cheaper. Ultimately with all businesses, theoretical calculations are no match to economic reality. Can the business run profitably without resorting to government subsidies and contracts? All of Musk's scams rely on government subsidies and contracts and nothing about Starlink suggests it's going to be different.

2023-04-09 06:23:31 CEST

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You can get much cheaper redundancy by having ANOTHER CABLE! It's not about what you think is nice to have; it's about what you'll actually pay for. Like Tesla, SiaceX and all this retard's scams, Starlink only works thanks to government contracts --i.e. theft. They don't work because consumers pay for them

2023-04-09 04:02:41 CEST

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It is already here. Most people online are using wired infrastructure

2023-04-08 21:08:09 CEST

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A long cables does the same at approximately one millionth of the price.

2023-04-08 16:37:29 CEST

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Basically 95%+ of people who can afford starlink live in places with infinitely better and cheaper internet. Thinking you can finance thousands of satellites to orbit earth from revenue from people who are too poor to have broadband or proper infrastructure is the equivalent of thinking electric cars or dogecoin are not a retarded idea.

2023-04-08 15:03:00 CEST

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The cost/benefit analysis of launching expensive satellites to deliver internet to the very tiny number of people who live in isolated areas away from cheap great internet seems extremely unworkable, no matter how much you would like it to work. Nobody has created a tropical paradise full of supermodel servants just for you, either, but that doesn't mean that anyone trying it must succeed.

2023-04-07 22:39:44 CEST

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Don't count on it lasting long. Like all his ideas its shell life is attracting investors, not operating sustainably and profitably

2023-04-07 22:05:57 CEST

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His internet satellite thing is also an unworkable scam. All his genius ideas are always on the verge of changing the world, they just need more government support before they do.
Notice when actual inventions are going to change the world, their producers are too busy making them to ask anyone for money. The ICE car, airplane, or iphone did not need decades of subsidies like the electric car or his rockets to nowhere.

2023-04-07 21:29:54 CEST

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The only question is if Twitter will keep this streak going by remaining a money-losing operation, or by getting government subsidies. The only way to make Twitter profitable at this point would be to sell control of its algorithms to a government, likely CCP.
Elon's wish to turn Twitter into WeChat suggests a particularly good product-customer fit: the CCP onboards the world onto its fiatcoin & social credit system & censors as it likes.

2023-04-07 17:06:51 CEST

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Goes without saying... But you can pay in bitcoin, on-chain or lightning ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

2023-04-07 15:40:50 CEST

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#[2]

2023-04-07 15:39:50 CEST

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Astute! I also think they can probably best be read in reverse order... But nobody would listen if I didn't start off with the solution!

2023-04-07 15:29:12 CEST

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Iris and amethyst for now