The idea that sanctions help bring people to understanding is completely backwards. One of the most meaningful experiences of my life — both as a young person and as an older adult — has been traveling to different countries and encountering different places. Cultural exchange, whether through travel, business, language learning, or simply engaging with […]
There’s a video circulating on X this morning. Someone walking through Tel Aviv, pointing at sex shops as though they were proof — proof that Israel is a fundamentally free country. A Western liberal democracy. And the contrast being drawn, of course, is with Iran, Gaza, and the broader Islamic world. *Look at us. Look […]
Two weeks ago I bought an Umbrel device for about $500. The price of a mid-range home computer. Plugged it into a power outlet and my Wi-Fi router. Opened the interface. Downloaded OpenClaw from the Umbrel app store. Connected it to Claude. And from there I started building. What I built was a coaching bot […]
Three days ago I installed OpenClaw on an Umbrel. My eyes are red from staring at a screen. I’ve done things I thought were impossible. Science fiction stuff. Things I couldn’t have imagined three days ago. I built a bot that has its own Bitcoin wallet. It can send payments. I built a Yoda bot […]
In 1971, the world’s financial system changed. Nixon took the US dollar off the gold standard. Today, the world’s financial system is changing again. Foreign central bank holdings of U.S. Treasuries (U.S. government debt) have fallen from their peak of $7.6 trillion in 2021–22 to about $3.8 trillion in 2025 — almost half. At the […]
People assign value and meaning to it and see different things in Bitcoin. But this is more a reflection of those people and their journey into Bitcoin, rather than an accurate description of Bitcoin itself. That being said, there are some interesting parallels between Bitcoin and my own spiritual foundation, which, as a recovering drug […]
There’s a general election in South Africa today. And whether or not you vote (I would encourage you to do so) the most important thing to remember is that there’s a difference between a soft and a hard mandate. Voting is no different than a sports match. We all want our team to win. On […]
I was 14 years old when I touched alcohol for the first time. I got absolutely wasted, blacked out, and woke up the next morning with both eardrums burst and two black eyes. I was a mess. I’d gotten the shit kicked out of me. That much was obvious. But I had no idea why. […]
Today, 3rd of January 2022, marks the 13th anniversary of the Bitcoin Genesis block. On the 3rd of January 2009, at 20:15 UTC, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, mined the first Bitcoin block, presumably using the CPU on his own personal computer. There are many things that make this momentous occassion significant. Mining […]
Bubbles pop. And while markets may recover, bubbles certainly do not re-inflate themselves again and again. If Bitcoin is a bubble, it’s a magic bubble. Something that exists in an entirely new category unlike any other bubble we’ve ever seen before.
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