Nostr notes by hmichellerose

I'm very optimistic.

2026-10-14T16:35:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…35qv
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I'm very optimistic.

We don’t have a knowledge issue in our world anymore. We have ...

2026-10-14T16:34:46Z

We don’t have a knowledge issue in our world anymore. We have all the world’s knowledge at our finger tips. So now it’s all perspective and maturity issues.

I told Claude that Star Trek was my favorite Sci-Fi universe and ...

2026-10-13T03:40:50Z

I told Claude that Star Trek was my favorite Sci-Fi universe and it responded with... "A post-scarcity federation with no money feels like an interesting pick for someone who spends her days on payments infrastructure"

😑 You wouldn't understand Claude, you wouldn't understand!

wish you could what? and why can't you?

2026-10-12T12:56:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…tzzn
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wish you could what? and why can't you?

My Facebook page as been so over run with execution blood lust ...

2026-10-12T12:55:55Z

My Facebook page as been so over run with execution blood lust and rape apologist bots that it's become nearly unusable.

“A person who views the world the same at 50 as they did at 20 ...

2026-10-11T17:12:13Z

“A person who views the world the same at 50 as they did at 20 has wasted 30 years of their life.” - Muhammad Ali

When people fail to add nuance to their statements/memes ...

2026-10-11T17:05:59Z

When people fail to add nuance to their statements/memes sometimes that is just laziness or ignorance, but more often I think it's intention. They want to make the subtle implications.

Example, when someone makes a meme about Israel and American politicians but says "jews" instead of Netanyahu. Sometimes I want to add that nuance for them, and other times I'm like nah, they meant that.

so ...its okay for a woman to consider a man dangerous by default ...

2026-10-11T16:58:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…hxdk
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so ...its okay for a woman to consider a man dangerous by default and keep her distance from him to avoid SA?

depends who started it and if they were at the same level of ...

2026-10-11T16:57:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…fnh2
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depends who started it and if they were at the same level of intoxication. and having not been there I can't say.

But someone who's too intoxicated to consent is probably also too intoxicated to text the group chat about the "free pussy" upstairs.

not quite sure what you mean. But no one can consent to anything ...

2026-10-11T04:24:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…2n5z
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not quite sure what you mean. But no one can consent to anything when they are heavily intoxicated, male or female. they can't consent to sex, they can't consent to givng you their new iphone, nada. If you encounter a heavily intoxicated person you help them to bed. You give them a sandwich and a cup of tea, you absolutely do not try to have sex with them, you do not try to talk them into giving you their wallet, etc.. male or female. they are too altered. help them, don't try to take from them. It's just basic human decency.

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2026-10-11T04:18:34Z

O it's not all hell. I like green tea, and long walks, and ...

2026-10-11T02:49:36Z

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O it's not all hell. I like green tea, and long walks, and listening to audio books, and chatting with my friends, and date night, and my dogs... On and on.

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2026-10-11T02:46:02Z

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2026-10-11T02:45:39Z

You could argue that until we evolve into something better than ...

2026-10-10T21:38:44Z

You could argue that until we evolve into something better than human, that there will always be some percentage of the population that will rape and murder, etc. and so we have to just accept that and adjust accordingly. And to some extent that is true, but also…

Did you ever hear the story of the neuroscientist who discovered that he was a psychopath? Ya he was conducting a study and scanned his own brain in the process and identified that scan as a psychopathic brain. And yet he was not a rapist or a murderer, he was a decent family guy. He had come from a good household where he was loved and taught well and he did not become a monster. The moral of the story being that even if a certain percentage of the population will have brains that allow them to be monsters, the quality of the civilization they are living in will play a huge role in determining if that potential is reached or not.

And second, what we allow in a culture determines what a predator can get away with. There is a meme going around stating that a woman could walk drunk and naked into a party and the only way she would be rapped is if a rapist is also at that party. True, but it’s a bit more complicated than that. Let’s assume that 100 people are at that party and 5 of them are rapists… just blending into the crowd like normal people. When that naked woman comes stumbling into that party those 5 rapists will never make it to her if the other 95 people at that party have decent values. The only way those 5 rapists manage to get her upstairs and alone is if all 95 of the rest just look the other way and let it happen.

So, ya human’s evolve slowly. We will have this issue for a long time. But we could eliminate SO, SO many of these incidences if we just had a better culture. A culture where people were kind to others, and actively looked out for others, a culture where we didn’t accept rape etc. as just a part of life.

I didn't make this meme but I'm guessing it was inspired ...

2026-10-10T20:31:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…7fjh
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I didn't make this meme but I'm guessing it was inspired by the Cornell 7 story and the 57 men in that group chat that didn't object to those texts.

But shouldn't we be trying to move closer to a world where ...

2026-10-10T20:21:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…qwyu
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But shouldn't we be trying to move closer to a world where this could happen and your daughter would be just fine?

We aren't there now, but we should be.

Even if we assume that one out of 10 people would commit rape, in a busy room, if 9 out of ten people would stop a rape, then your daughter would be totally fine.

We have such a big cultural issue with excusing rape and looking the other way when it happens. That is very fixable and we need to fix it like yesterday.

Things grow and change slowly, bit by bit, and often at the ...

2026-10-10T19:52:59Z

Things grow and change slowly, bit by bit, and often at the edges. This applies to all sorts of things, to neighborhoods, to fungus, and to cultural shifts.

I’m obsessed with the egregore or the Jungian collective unconscious. Are you familiar with these concepts? This is essentially the concept of a shared culture, a shared set of values that are so ingrained that they are unconscious and that combines together to nearly have a life of it’s own. It’s an incredibly powerful force.

But these powerful forces do change and evolve. And it changes bit by bit every day it the tiny things that you and I do. The jokes we laugh at, and the ones we scoff at. The subtle assumptions in the phrases we use. The graphic tee that we did or didn’t wear.

As a collective unconscious is just a shared set of beliefs and assumptions about the world, it changes when the people in that community change. When you or I change our minds and behavior the egregore is slightly altered, and a change can build and build and then tip dramatically.

We like to think that we are going to change the world dramatically by creating some new invention, or starting some new business, or electing some new politician, but we really don’t have much control at all on a large scale. And nearly always, the most effective thing we can do to improve the world is just to make sure our little corner of it has a healthy and moral culture.

may we get there one day 🤞

2026-10-10T19:34:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…kh7c
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may we get there one day 🤞

someone who feels that the world is a safe place for them.

2026-10-10T19:33:19Z

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someone who feels that the world is a safe place for them.

nah, not into the video games.

2026-10-10T19:32:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…je3a
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nah, not into the video games.

And back to my theories on exclusion panic... You know what else ...

2026-10-10T18:21:54Z

And back to my theories on exclusion panic...

You know what else releases stress hormones and lights up the same physical pain brain regions? Social exclusion.

Humans are a social species.

https://youtu.be/TdrL3QxjyVw

2026-10-10T18:19:34Z

https://youtu.be/TdrL3QxjyVw

Did ya know that “heartache” is actually physically painful ...

2026-10-10T18:05:52Z

Did ya know that “heartache” is actually physically painful and measurable? It’s true.

FMRI studies show that heartache activates many of the same brain regions involved in physical pain.

Heartache also produces measurable stress effects, elevated cortisol, increased heart rate and blood pressure, and higher inflammatory markers.

And of course, the heart is effected. Heartache can flood the body with stress hormones that actually weaken the heart muscle to such an extent that it’s measurable on EKG’s, via blood tests, and can even mimic a heart attack.

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2026-10-10T14:36:30Z

Well I asked Maple AI to fact check the meme and it said it was ...

2026-10-10T01:47:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…6aux
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Well I asked Maple AI to fact check the meme and it said it was accurate 🤷🏻‍♀️

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2026-10-09T20:18:18Z

And just cuz I think It’s hilarious, I’m showing you a ...

2026-10-09T19:46:05Z

And just cuz I think It’s hilarious, I’m showing you a glamorous photo of me while I tell you a very unglamorous story. I’ve had a bit of a cold and yesterday I sneezed so hard I peed myself. Like I had to go change my pants.

Cuz you know life is all about balance. Dancing in a former palace in Portugal and peeing yourself while sitting on your bed scrolling Instagram. ☯️⚖️✌️😝

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2026-10-09T17:00:50Z

The internet is overrun with bots, bots designed to trigger ...

2026-10-09T16:14:45Z

The internet is overrun with bots, bots designed to trigger fears, cause anger, and sway public opinion.

If you are on here passionately posting away about the latest political hot topic, you have been taken in by this scam.

These bot farms intentionally create division, between men and women, between trans and cis, between Christian and Muslim, on and on.

Don’t get suckered. Do better.

Someone who suffers a traumatic event does not behave ...

2026-10-09T15:39:29Z

Someone who suffers a traumatic event does not behave ‘rationally’ in the aftermath of that event.

Trauma, although quite tragic, is fascinating. Here is how it works…

Anything that overwhelms your brain is “trauma”. So that’s going to be a bit different for every person and every situation but let’s go with a classic, war.

Memories are stored in different parts of your brain. So the timeline of an event is stored in a different part of your brain than the memory of the physical sensations of that event, etc. In normal functioning these different parts of the brain are communicating with each other just fine and the memory is stored in such a way that it can be recalled with some wholeness.

When a traumatic event occurs, such as running for cover as you are being bombed, this causes such a surge in stress hormones, etc. that it interferes with communication between parts of the brain. The whole memory might be stored in the brain, but unlinked, in fragments.

This is what causes the classic PTSD “flash backs”. The memory of the sounds of the bombs exploding is in your brain but unmoored from the time and place of that event. Because of this, something that sounds similar, such as fire works, can trigger that unmoored memory and associated neural pathways such as the sensation of fear.

First, a traumatic event floods a person with stress hormones which takes a real physical toll, and it often takes time for the body to rebalance itself. Also, because trauma essentially warps how the memory is stored, that memory can get pushed away, or be too scrambled to be fully recalled or understood.

A lot of therapies for managing PTSD focus on ‘reintegrating’ memories. For example this is likely why EMDR therapy works. Wow is EMDR fascinating! But that rant is for another day.

There are many great books on this topic, but I highly recommend Trauma and Recovery by Dr Judith Herman.

This applies to any traumatic incident from rape to a car ...

2026-10-09T15:03:41Z

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This applies to any traumatic incident from rape to a car accident to war. And if you want to learn more I recommend Trauma and Recovery by Dr Judith Herman.

A victim of rape does not act ‘rationally’ in the aftermath ...

2026-10-09T15:03:03Z

A victim of rape does not act ‘rationally’ in the aftermath of rape, because rape is trauma.

A traumatic incident alters your brain and warps how the memory is stored. It takes time to let your body calm down and to properly understand what happened.

Hierarchy is social conformity. Or more accurately put, the ...

2026-10-09T14:46:26Z

Hierarchy is social conformity.

Or more accurately put, the instinct for social acceptance, exclusion panic, etc. these things are the fuel that maintains hierarchy.

The bot farms seem to really be out and about swarming posts ...

2026-10-08T23:43:23Z

The bot farms seem to really be out and about swarming posts about this Cornell 7 case. Why? What do you suppose the bot farmers are up to?

Because it hasn't happened to you does not mean that it ...

2026-10-08T21:58:56Z

Because it hasn't happened to you does not mean that it doesn't happen.

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2026-10-08T21:18:52Z

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2026-10-08T21:14:22Z

Why I love dive bars: I went out the other day to a dive bar in ...

2026-10-08T13:28:42Z

Why I love dive bars:

I went out the other day to a dive bar in Chicago. I sat at the bar with the friend that I was there with, but it happened that there was another dude sitting a few seats away. He was very friendly. He chimed in on the conversation. He was very likely a bit autistic and told me all about the sports he likes. At some point in the evening he bought me a drink. We debated what to put on the jukebox and sang and danced along to Destiny's Child and N sync.

When it came my time to go I said good night and thanked him for the drink. He said "thanks for your existence" and gave me a hug. And here is the thing, I think he meant that. I don't think he was trying to get laid, or trying to close a business deal, or trying to be in the right place at the right time to climb up some social status hierarchy. I think he was just genuinely happy to have shared a slice of life with another creature.

How often do you encounter a person who tells you "thanks for your existence" and means it??

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2026-10-07T23:57:09Z

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2026-10-07T21:49:40Z

Economic and tax policy has a dramatic effect on a place and ...

2026-10-07T17:00:25Z

Economic and tax policy has a dramatic effect on a place and often that’s a hidden effect, but other times it makes for some entertaining visuals such as the unfinished look of La Paz Bolivia or the Mansard roofs of Paris.

In La Paz the municipal property tax is calculated on the property's declared/fiscal value however an unfinished building (exposed brick, no plaster/paint, etc) is considered "under construction" and assessed at a much lower value, so it pays far less tax.

In Paris a law from 1783 capped building heights at 20 meters but measured only up to the cornice line. Everything inside the roof was exempt, so building with a mansard roof gave you extra storeys without breaching the height limit.

I’ve read a lot of things on Economics, I have a whole degree ...

2026-10-07T16:29:47Z

I’ve read a lot of things on Economics, I have a whole degree in Economics! But the below are the ones that I think about the most. Which econ books/writings are your favorites and why?

Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell – I love this book for it’s ability to explain topics in such a simple and easy to digest fashion.

The Mystery of Banking by Murray Rothbard – taught me more monetary theory than my whole university degree.

The Use of Knowledge in Society by Friedrich Hayek – Far too dense to share with normies, but it does such an amazing job of explaining that prices are how we crowd source info on the needs and wants of a society.

Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson – I think about this book nearly everyday. There are so many theories out there as to what makes a country “great” and this book destroyed my ability to take nearly any of them seriously.

O it's complex. But ya know most predators were themselves ...

2026-10-06T14:00:45Z

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O it's complex. But ya know most predators were themselves victims. Assault can leave someone pretty messed up and if you manage that trauma by leaning into anger(misplaced anger) and by trying to prove it won't happen again by dominating before you can be dominated... then you become a predator.

Rape is caused by patriarchy and hierarchy.

2026-10-06T13:31:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…fwwq
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Rape is caused by patriarchy and hierarchy.

“Women don’t need respect” “Women want to be dominated” ...

2026-10-06T13:31:01Z

“Women don’t need respect” “Women want to be dominated” “Women find it stressful to make their own decisions”

Copium for rapists.

Men are perfectly capable of being both horny and respectful. ...

2026-10-06T13:30:33Z

Men are perfectly capable of being both horny and respectful. Rape is not caused by testosterone. Rape is caused by poor moral values.

Rape happens when there is horniness mixed with the concept that it’s appropriate to dominate/denigrate/control others.

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2026-10-05T21:11:28Z

But you can't teach people to be decent, can you? If you have ...

2026-10-05T13:56:56Z

But you can't teach people to be decent, can you?

If you have to explain to someone why coercing someone into sex is a bad thing to do, then really you just need to stay away from that person.

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2026-10-05T01:05:22Z

a teat?

2026-10-03T17:09:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…2pjc
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a teat?

The guys that go around saying that social conformity is a female ...

2026-10-03T16:13:00Z

The guys that go around saying that social conformity is a female issue are the same guys that are terrified of painting their nails... cuz what would the other men think of them??

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2026-10-03T04:37:33Z

A lot more men than you'd think and nearly all women have ...

2026-10-02T13:54:51Z

A lot more men than you'd think and nearly all women have been sexually assaulted.

Our culture is pretty fucked up that way. We really need to fix it.

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2026-10-02T13:42:21Z

Be careful trying to talk someone out of a religious belief. ...

2026-10-02T13:34:21Z

Be careful trying to talk someone out of a religious belief.

It’s pretty cruel to try to take away from someone what makes life bearable for them.

I do however try to talk people into having more humane religious beliefs.

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2026-10-01T16:19:27Z

"Promising young men" don't rape people.

Sometimes it's important to set standards for the people ...

2026-09-30T22:07:56Z

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Sometimes it's important to set standards for the people watching.

Sometimes I genuinely am socially clueless and completely miss ...

2026-09-30T21:24:53Z

Sometimes I genuinely am socially clueless and completely miss the context.

Sometimes I play dumb and ask people clarifying questions just to put them on the spot when they've said something gross.

People certainly do consent to and enjoy group sex. Totally a ...

2026-09-29T18:27:39Z

People certainly do consent to and enjoy group sex. Totally a thing that happens.

The Cornell 7 text messages are absolutely not how people discuss consensual sex that respects all participants. Those texts are truly disgusting.

Are they proof of rape? Not by themselves, no. But they are certainly evidence of something gone terribly wrong.

If you think those messages are just fine, you are caught in rape culture and you need to stay far, far away from me.

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2026-09-22T16:02:39Z

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2026-09-22T13:49:19Z

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2026-09-20T18:39:54Z

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2026-09-18T20:32:54Z

I've spent too much time on LinkedIn... I'm now going to ...

2026-09-17T22:30:10Z

I've spent too much time on LinkedIn... I'm now going to refer to myself as a dynamic leader 💅

...a dynamic leader who will now collaborate with key stakeholders while being an international keynote speaker.

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2026-09-17T17:57:38Z

So many cowardly misogynists in my comments lately. If I post ...

2026-09-17T16:17:45Z

So many cowardly misogynists in my comments lately.

If I post anything supporting women not being abused in the world they will show up to try to find some flaw in what I said. If I post anything critical of patriarchy they will find some reason to lay into me and accusing me of being hateful. And when I finally just ask them if they support patriarchy… poof, they disappear. Until the next post of course.

Utter fucking cowards.

Just come out and say you want the world to be a straight male dominated hierarchy! And yes I am certainly going to tell you to fuck off and block you. But geez dude, it’s just social media. Have the courage of your convictions.

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2026-09-16T22:39:34Z

Excuse me while I sound like a hideous bitch for a moment. I was ...

2026-09-16T19:36:57Z

Excuse me while I sound like a hideous bitch for a moment. I was born with a good amount of intelligence. I don’t deserve credit for that, it just happened. But also over the years I’ve developed quite a lot of knowledge, and perspective, and emotional regulation and maturity. That I do deserve credit for.

When I feel like it, when I’m in the mood, I just run circles around people. And generally it’s not that I’m smarter, although I often am, it’s more that I’m aware of what I’m thinking and feeling and I know how to listen to those signals. I notice when I’m falling into a silly trap. I know when I’m full of shit and I can stop myself from saying dumb indefensible things. And I’m capable of at least feigning being cool and collected.

So, sometimes, I just calmly hit people with facts and perspectives that I know will bug them. And I back them into corners, etc. until they work themselves up into a little ball of anger and call me names or stomp off. And that amuses me.

So look I’m not a sociopath, I’m just sometimes a bit of a bitch and I’m trying to tell you, intelligence is great, but if you are unregulated, if you are a jumble of unprocessed emotions, then you are vulnerable to having people run circles around you. You are vulnerable to being yanked around for other people’s amusement. And note that repressed emotions are not regulated emotions. The repressed people are like little bombs and they are the easiest to set off.

you think repression is a good thing?

2026-09-09T15:45:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…74uz
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you think repression is a good thing?

A lot has changed logistically and legally, but we still have ...

2026-09-09T04:19:04Z

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A lot has changed logistically and legally, but we still have this cultural hangover.

Men are still getting shoved into their "masculine" box.

In some ways men are far more socially repressed than women are. ...

2026-09-09T01:01:17Z

In some ways men are far more socially repressed than women are. ...they can't even paint their nails without massive social shame. Yikes.

and you are suggesting installing locks that don't work. why ...

2026-08-09T20:57:01Z

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and you are suggesting installing locks that don't work. why would you do that?

Bitcoin isn't your house. It's not my house. You and I ...

2026-08-09T17:26:07Z

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Bitcoin isn't your house. It's not my house. You and I don't have to the right to decide what does and does not have access to block space.

Pretty much every Bitcoiner I know has a story about losing ...

2026-08-03T14:46:43Z

Pretty much every Bitcoiner I know has a story about losing funds. I’m unaffected by this latest disaster, but I’ve lost funds in other mishaps. We all have.

If this one affects you, I want to tell you that money really isn’t all that important. Which may sound insane when you’re staring at a zero balance with that pit in your stomach. And it’s also a strange thing for a Bitcoiner, with a degree in economics, to say. But, more accurately, I want to tell you that the accumulation of personal wealth is not very relevant to living a good or happy life.

Now how money functions, the type of money that the world uses, that is very impactful. I don’t work in Bitcoin to stack sats, or build a citadel, or to drive a lambo, I do this work to separate money from state, to remove a giant concentration of power from the world. And having meaningful work in my life does make me a happier person.

Where you spend your time and energy is wildly important, but wealth, the accumulation of stuff, is a different beast entirely. If this one affects you, I want to shake you and yell at you… WEALTH DOES NOT MAKE YOU A BETTER OR HAPPIER PERSON. Please believe me, I checked! ...a few times.

I’ve been lucky enough to have seen this issue from many different angles. I grew up in a household that had some wild swings in income. One year a trailer in Florida, one year a month long vacation in Europe. I’ve lived in a roach filled studio apartment on the wrong side of town, and in a house so big you might get lost. I’ve lived among the poors and partied with the super wealthy. One time my ex won the lottery and then fell into a depression. True story. I’ve got some experience with this one!

So many of us grew up with the belief that money is how you measure personal value and worth. That understanding is deep in our bones. I believed that for a long time and I fought really hard to ‘get into the room’, and then hated it there. Getting out of poverty will make you happy, but from there the more you climb that ladder, the more you find yourself in rooms filled with people absolutely desperate to prove themselves via money. People who have lost their soul. That is not winning.

The accumulation of wealth is not an interesting or valuable goal in life. You can’t take the money with you. You can’t take the Twitter follower count with you. You can’t take the perfectly decorated giant house with you.

You do take your story with you. And your story just got a wild new chapter. Welcome to the club.

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2026-07-07T23:30:52Z

Pondering the early Bitcoin meetups, I have a question for anyone ...

2026-01-06T18:35:49Z

Pondering the early Bitcoin meetups, I have a question for anyone who was around then, ~2015-2018. My experience of Bitcoin and Crypto meetups now is dramatically different than in the past in very specific ways, and I’m not sure if the events changed or if I did.

Did we always talk so much about social issues?

Now when I go to Bitcoin events (that are not my own) I try to discuss tech, but always wind up in discussions of social issues. I am particularly sensitive to this at the moment as in the past ~5 years I’ve been bombarded by people literally following me around trying to give me their asinine gender studies treatise 🤦🏻‍♀️

At the past few events I’ve been to I didn’t get too many insane lectures on why I should go home and have more babies etc, but it was just uncomfortable for me as I wanted to discuss tech and I was seemingly the only one who did.

Was it always like this and I was just less sensitive to it back in the day? Did we discuss a lot of social issues at BOB meetups? Or has it changed?

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2025-12-31T20:42:07Z