I went to #bitcoin because I wished to live deliberately. Host of Bitcoin for Breakfast, #NorthernLightning, #TheBitcoinMeetup.
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Last Notes npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It’s with a heavy heart that I share that neither I nor Lykke will be attending this year’s conference in Prague. I’ve been a proud supporter of @nprofile…py4c since its inception, honored to be among the first speakers, deliver the opening address in the inaugural year, and champion the event enthusiastically ever since. It’s been a joy to witness the conference grow into such a vibrant gathering. Last year, my daughter truly shined—adding value to the privacy panel, conducting insightful interviews, volunteering at side events like Rockamoto, and even running her own cookies-for-sats business. Her energy and passion made me very proud. While I had the privilege of delivering last year’s closing speech, I’ll admit it didn’t go as planned—I stumbled through it and didn’t quite hit the mark 😊 We understand that events evolve, and this year, the organizers have chosen a different direction, as we haven’t been invited to participate. After inquiring about attendance, we were kindly offered a small discount on passes, but we’ve decided to respectfully step back and let others shine. While we're sad to miss it, we genuinely wish @nprofile…x02g, @nprofile…y8hp, and the entire team a fantastic event filled with inspiration and connection. The Prague community always delivers something special, and we’re confident this year will be no exception. Thank you for the memories, and we hope to reconnect with this incredible community in the future. Wishing everyone a wonderful time in Prague! 🧡 Warm regards, Erik and Lykke npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Bitcoiners et al, I need help, urgently! I'm on the highway outside Barcelona with my family (wife, three daughters, dog). We were planning to get a hotel last minute, but it turns out it's all booked out (1100€ for a hostel 😬). We can sleep on/in anything and will be gone by early morning, but we need a roof over our head. If you have/know anything that can help us out, we can offer some sats and our eternal gratitude. Even if you don't, please share this post to reach more eyes (you can undo it in a few hours) 🙏 It's a Hail Mary, but you've never let me down before, so I'm giving it a shot. DMs are open, please reach out 🧡 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale If the EU was a beer. https://m.primal.net/NdEH.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Norwegian PM sits down with Bill Gates to warn against Elon Musk interfering in other countries. You can't make this shit up. https://m.primal.net/NUdc.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Even if you stack 1$ of bitcoin every minute for the rest of your life you'll probably never own one. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The Reformation already proved that experts and institutions can't compete against regular people with access to the source material. But they won't go down without a fight this time either! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale They'll be back! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Precisely. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale National media and politicians need to come to terms with the reality of a global public sphere. Bans and inquisitions will be no more successful than they were against the printing press. So can we please skip that stage this time? 🙏 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale What? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Maybe this isn't my year either. https://m.primal.net/NSqd.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Homemade Chocolate Bit Cookies by Lykke and Lucy are back for the fourth year running, and asked me to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! 🎇 Find them every month at the world's oldest Bitcoin Meetup in Berlin, and hopefully at @npub1rjt…mp8a and @npub167n…zu3r again 🧡 https://m.primal.net/NQDl.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Only 3% of Norwegians want the current PM Jonas Gahr Støre to continue after the 2025 election. That has to be some kind of record? https://m.primal.net/NMWD.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale That warm feeling in your cheeks is your face getting ready to melt. https://m.primal.net/Mxtk.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Do you have a moral obligation to avoid fiat once you know too much? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale #Bitcoin is not generational wealth until you build a family. https://m.primal.net/MqxL.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The distance from here to $100m is the same as from $100 to here. Stay humble and stack sats! 🤝 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Oceanic Cables are the Aqueducts of our Age. While remarkable, they depend too much on stability and security for maintenance, and are too vulnerable to disruption by nature or enemies. That's why Elon has been in such a hurry with Starlink. https://m.primal.net/Mmiq.jpg https://m.primal.net/Mmir.jpg https://m.primal.net/Mmis.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Sure, but "you meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it", right? Bitcoin's resilience to change has been its big strength, which could turn into a fatal weakness. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Super annoying question, but how resilient is #Bitcoin REALLY against quantum computing? 🤔 I have to admit I've dismissed this problem because much smarter people than me rolled their eyes. But Grok doesn't share that overbearing confidence 😬 https://m.primal.net/MluC.png https://m.primal.net/MluE.png https://m.primal.net/MluF.png https://m.primal.net/MluG.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale 🚨 Boaver, the "climate milk" that KILLS MALE FERTILITY 💀 to make the weather better, is already added with NO LABEL REQUIRED, by Arla Foods and others, across ~ALL OF EUROPE 🇪🇺 Australia 🇦🇺 Brasil 🇧🇷 Canada 🇨🇦 Chile 🇨🇱 Mexico 🇲🇽 Pakistan 🇵🇰 Switzerland 🇨🇭 the UK 🇬🇧 and Japan 🇯🇵 https://m.primal.net/MlOD.png https://m.primal.net/MlOF.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I'd much rather have a continent filled with sovereign individuals, than a continent dominated by a wealthy sovereign. #note1vn6…x4mj npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Have kids, they said. It'll save Western civilization, they said. https://m.primal.net/MgPN.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale That's the thing. People used to wonder why the Romans didn't make a bigger effort to save their civilization. But now it's becoming obvious. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Europeans don't appreciate just how precarious, and historically speaking, hopeless, our situation is: It's the 350s AD and the rising Eastern Empire (America) is losing all interest in defending or aiding the restoration of the failing Western Empire (Europe). Barbarians have long since moved into our cities and the Huns are coming from the East, just when we are least capable of making a cultural or military stand. Europe's political unity is an empty shell and public finances are at a breaking point, silently but rapidly degrading our infrastructure and disintegrating all institutions. While persistent make-believe once again disguises the inevitable, Europe is at the cusp of the next Dark Ages. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Do you think Grok is right? https://m.primal.net/MdNE.png https://m.primal.net/MdNF.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale For the $MSTR people, help me out with some stupid questions: As I understand it, the $MSTR strategy ends when fiat is worth the same as sea shells and no one will sell their Bitcoin to @npub15dq…lm5m for them anymore. What I'm not clear about is how to convert $MSTR to Bitcoin at that point? Or even leading up to that point? Why would anyone part with their Bitcoin after the strategy is played out? And if those holding $MSTR then can't offload their stock for Bitcoin, yet $MSTR holds vast amounts of Bitcoin it will never sell, will that make $MSTR a currency? Is $MSTR the Amsterdam Wisselbank of Bitcoin? Could it inflate the supply by issuing stock? Is this how Bitcoin becomes the reserve for a new fiat called $MSTR? Perhaps these are moronic questions, but I'd love some serious answers 🙏 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale You shouldn't have manipulated the vote to stop his reelection. You shouldn't have prosecuted him to prevent his return. You de-legitimized the Republic's law and elections for one man. You forced him to break protocol and turn his followers on you. You ended the Republic. What were you thinking, Pompey "the Great"? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Pompey was Biden. Establishment treasure, friend turned enemy. Stripped Caesar of command by subverting elections and prosecuted him to prevent him from returning to Rome. Only to trigger the crossing of the Rubicon and the march on Rome, thus ending the Republic in a populist wave. We're only waiting for Pompey and his followers to flee across the sea to make the analogy complete. Some have fled already. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale To answer with a question: has Elon realized this himself? That a vial of poison in Trump's slushy is already enough to trigger the civil war that makes the Musks our Emperors? That all he needs is a bit more power and borrowed legitimacy before pulling the trigger? Has he known that for a while? If not, Caesar was murdered by the parts of the establishment that had supported his ambitions when they realized he was serious about D.O.G.E. Just sayin' npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Elon may also be the only one with the appeal and resources to reinstate order should a civil war follow Trump's death, whether natural or by assassination, just like Octavian. And yes, he is clearly equally willing to redesign Rome as the younger, adopted heir of the late leader. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Nope, Empires are peak inflation. They require far more resources and coordination than individuals would ever muster voluntarily. The seeds of their certain collapse is already planted when hard money begins to emerge among the people. Only after a long period of feudalism, rising out of a destitute dark age, will the hard money again be concentrated enough to inflate a new civilization. That's what allowed governments to begin confiscating gold, the hard money that brought down Rome, 300-500 years ago, giving rise to us. But for now we are still entering into the golden age of the Empire, so enjoy the bubble before Bitcoin bursts it. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Bitcoin is what will eventually bring down the empire npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It's called a triumvirate, it's normal at the end of a Republic, and it never works out for anyone but the future Emperor. Now, can anyone tell me which one is Octavian AKA Augustus? 🧐 https://m.primal.net/MaST.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The Relays of Alexandria. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It was liked and reposted enough to survive the dark ages 🤷 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale "Now students, we don't know who fucko was, but thanks to SatsMcd's artwork we know he didn't like Socrates. We believe GM was a form of greeting, but evidence suggests it was not universally understood and often went ignored." npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale No surprise Socrates was cancelled. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Me too! I'm working on an insane book where I explore the next 3000 years of human history seen through the lens of the past 3000 years, very much in this manner. Let me know if you'd been keen to give feedback when a draft is ready. You can see some tidbits in my feed, made into posts. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Socrates was even cancelled after offending almost everyone. Fucking legend. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale You jest, but Socrates literally just walked around Athens trolling, which we only know because Plato kept posting his epic takedowns while stealing his memes. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale All the data centres and storage devices on Earth may one day end up as fragmented and lost as documents and archives from antiquity, leaving some future civilization to label YOU a great historian or poet of our times, because the few bits they find contain your shitposts. https://m.primal.net/MaJP.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale WAIT, isn't that Caesar chilling in the Circus Maximus with his adopted heir Octavian - soon to be the first Emperor after winning the Civil War triggered by Caesar's assassination? https://video.nostr.build/bc40d98ac467f5352e1d3535aba8e6cfe01039df0240c4d30bd5798441489254.mp4 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Yesterday was my birthday. Again. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I am only 21 million, @npub1ac8…657s I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts Why, I feel set in stone, chained to time: Like too much infinity divided by too few coins I need a bull run. A very long bull run. And I don't expect I shall return In fact, I mean not to https://m.primal.net/MXvX.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I REFUSE TO LET US FORGET this woman's incredible courage. So in honor of the brave women of Iran, I translated one of my favorite poems to English. This is 'THE BEST' by Nordahl Grieg: «Death burns like Thor's lightning; Clearer we see than before each life in its white pain: it is the best of us who go. The strong, the pure of heart who wanted and dared the most; calmly they bid us farewell, as one by one journeyed west. The living rules this world; a herd will always remain, the indispensable clever, life's second best (wo)men. The best are murdered in prison, swept away by bullets and sea. The best will never be our future. The best are busy being free. Thus we honor them, with apathy, with all the emptiness we know, but then we betray the best of us, when we bitterly let them go. They don't want our sorrow, but to live with courage and faith. Only in the hearts of the daring the blood of the fallen remains. Is not each one who knew them richer than the dead ever were – for (wo)men have had them as friends and children have had them as parents They raised the life they left. In new (wo)men they haunt us again. On their graves shall be written: The best will ALWAYS remain.» 🕯️ https://m.primal.net/MDtE.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I don't want to change socks, but my wife says $100k is taking too long https://m.primal.net/MCuU.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale 🚨 DON'T WAIT FOR TRUMP! Or for Elon, or anyone else, to make your life better/worse: Simply study #Bitcoin to benefit AND study #Bitcoin to protect yourself. Do it yourself for yourself (and everyone you love). No middle man. HODL! 🏆 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale *THOSE *idiotS npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Edit: Not looking for sympathy, although you're nice. Everyone gets Bitcoin at the price they deserve. I wasn't as deserving as I thought. I'm trying to share a lesson while explaining why I'm not completely delirious with joy. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I don't want to pretend like I'm unreservedly happy right now. I organized Scandinavia's first #Bitcoin conference and fucked up the budget really bad. Got depressed and stupidly found brief comfort in drugs. Having suddenly lost so many hard earned sats I had held for years made it feel like nothing mattered anymore. Before I knew it, I had wasted what little I had left in a self-destructive spiral. I will never be able to earn them back and I still wake up with a panic attack every few nights. My kids keep me going, but also racked with guilt 😔 I'll never stop stackin' though and I'm never spending another sat in my life! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Fun fact #1: monopoly money saw an astonishing rise in fiat value over the past century. Fun fact #2: far more fiat than monopoly money continues to be printed each year. Conclusion: monopoly money was and remains a better store of value than the Euro or the Dollar! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The German economy is tanking, but Berlin remains largely unaffected because: a) No one pays taxes b) Elon's Gigafactory c) We were already poor npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Is it true that people will only remember you for the zaps you sent? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Gonna start saying data instead of data so people respect me more. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Cool! but what does privacy oriented X client even mean? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I love Nostr as much as the next ostrich, but I'm damn glad I didn't leave X right now. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I see the analogy but I think it's a bit more complex when people are actually dying right now and there is no clear path, or even any path, to a Ukrainian victory (defined as return of territories). Should the shopowner keep fighting the shoplifter or let hin go and focus on improving his security for next time? And yes, I understand that you'll say the shoplifter will be encouraged to return, so it won't increase future security, but it might still be the best bet. I haven't personally concluded on this but I'm more pragmatic than you'd probably appreciate. I still appreciate you though 🧡 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale «Our greatest fear is that Trump will make peace», says Norway's former (and probably future) PM Erna Solberg. https://m.primal.net/MAwZ.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I wrote a #Bitcoin song this summer. It didn't get much traction, but maybe this is a better time to share it with you all? 😁 https://video.nostr.build/7951218249082dae81bb7e910d929bab5efa73d7d24b6306c3a94c1a9f53112d.mp4 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale "Did you know there was once a country called Germany that had over 50.000 coins?" "No way, that's impossible!" "I swear! My mom said it was back on Earth in the Dumb Age. It's actually why we call it that." npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Were we really going "$8.2k! $8.3k! $8.4k!" back in the day? Call me at $0.1M 🔔 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Moving this to the living room now that it's gonna be every day. https://image.nostr.build/3ce06e4da90c0d994e1192b4df53ad3efff70032cf43323c4e798799b88cfb3e.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale - Why don't you build something like me, @npub15dq…lm5m? 🤓 - Because you're already building it for me, Elon 😎 Very #few! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Do you ever worry about 'The Spirit of 1914'? 😬 At the outbreak of war, enthusiasm ran high among many young Germans. This would be the adventure of a life time, an opportunity to shape the new century and return home with glory and honor. Their unfettered optimism is easy to understand. There hadn't been a major war engulfing the continent since Napoleon over a century earlier. No one knew how all the technological, economic, military and cultural developments since would play out in an actual conflict. But they were quite excited to find out and certain it would be over by Christmas. Does that sound eerily familiar? Fast forward four years and 40 million people had been killed or maimed in battle. By 1945, as many as 125 million were lost. Without even counting the countless victims of communism. I sometimes see ghosts of that same madness in our current zeitgeist, that same exhilarating acceleration of history leading us into utter darkness. Let's pray that I am wrong, but don't you ever worry? https://m.primal.net/LyjZ.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale My daughter's went to a Montessori kindergarten and we had great results, but they was also down to fantastic staffing. In some sense, all online learning is Montessori, if you provide the right boundaries. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale How do we actually fix education? 🤔 Everyone seems to agree that our current model is hopelessly stuck in the industrial age, where students sit in neat rows completing mundane tasks to make them good factory workers. Yet I haven't seen many real platforms or proposals on what education should be like. Is homeschooling the only way? 🤷 I'm sure there must be other ideas out there. 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Bookmark this. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Most Trump voters are the Lord of the Rings type: they are Hobbits who were quite content to ignore and be ignored by the world of the Big Folk, until it threatened their home and way of life. Now they are on a mission to destroy the ring of power to save all of Middle Earth. But really they just want to go back to the Shire and make babies with Rosie in peace. Some Trump voters are the Harry Potter type: they believe it's their destiny to defeat evil or die trying, so the rules don't apply to them. They go looking for trouble and often attract it, not realizing they're causing most of the wand violence. But they are pure at heart and will happily organize an armed resistance if the Ministry falls. Then you have the Game of Thrones type: https://m.primal.net/Ludj.gif npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It's fair to be a little smug today, but America needs Republicans to be the bigger party. Don't do what Democrats would have done. Seek to reconcile and share the future. #ManifestUnity 🇺🇲 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Imagine how Ross feels right now as they call Pennsylvania for his liberator. Imagine how his mother feels as she realizes Ross is really coming home. NEVER EVER GIVE UP! #FreeRoss https://m.primal.net/LuKz.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Vote for a world where your daughter can become the first female President npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale GM, America. Let's #FreeRoss today. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale In my town, the Left literally built an armed Wall to stop people from sharing their true opinions and learning the truth. Digital walls and watchtowers are less bloody, but just as oppressive. Don't let it happen in America. #Trump2024 https://m.primal.net/LsrP.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale No one in Europe is ready to admit this, but here's the truth: In our heart of hearts, Europeans are terrified of taking responsibility for ourselves again. While we certainly fantasize about a strong, independent Europe, we prefer the comfort of US hegemony - even when it comes at our own expense. This way we don't have to deal with anything, and can blame the Americans for everything. Yet we also all know this can't last forever. We know this bargain involves losing ground year after year, while the US is becoming an ever less reliable hegemon. Sooner or later we'll face a big reckoning. We all know it. But if Kamala wins, things at least stay the same for now. We can postpone dealing with ourselves for another term. Perhaps. So yay Kamala, signed 200 million cowards. https://m.primal.net/LsJL.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale This is aging well, @npub1au2…t53j https://m.primal.net/LpWS.mp4 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Yes, it's cope. But they are quiet and far between after 40, when all they have left is loneliness and regret. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The blueprint is the fall of Rome and you're paving the way to the Dark Ages. There is never a second generation of people who don't have kids and build families. Loneliness may punish her, but it won't save us. Are these women stupid or do they just not give a fuck? https://m.primal.net/Louo.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale My only caveat is that light is excruciatingly slow if you want 10 minute block times. Will force much longer block times or a chain split. The latter seems more likely, in which case each planet may have their own version of #Bitcoin. The value of each version would then depend on planetary productivity and interplanetary convertability. #note1pd7…8e5s https://m.primal.net/LnED.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Whatever your wildest prediction for #Bitcoin, you're wrong. $1M $10M or $100M doesn't matter. The dollar value will continue to trend towards infinity for as long as the dollar continues to inflate, which is for infinity until fiat dies. The purchasing power will trend towards infinity for as long as economic potential grows, which is for infinity until humanity dies. 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