Bitcoin Tech Talk #358
Interesting Stuff
On Mystery - This post is an analysis of the modern predicament where everything needs a clear and convincing explanation. As the author argues, this is not how reality works and some level of mystery is necessary to understand the world. The example he gives is of love, which is a contemporary fixation and comes from a model of love that’s external, but the point still stands that there is something mysterious in the world that needs to enter our world view for the world to make sense. I suspect that the reason people don’t like the mysterious is because they’re uncomfortable with uncertainty. Indeed, it’s the same discomfort that has led to the explosion of the state in the fiat money era.
Metaphysical as Political - This is an excerpt of an interview which has one amazing insight. The political argument of left vs. right is not political in nature, but metaphysical. The left generally takes a post-modern metaphysic which says that everything is relative and that there are no absolute truths while the right believes there’s a reality that’s common and is not relative. As I’ve argued in the past, the presence of fiat money makes everything political, even metaphysical arguments that belong outside it.
Cancelled Priests - I’m not Catholic, so I don’t know the internal strife that the Catholic church is going through. This article sheds light on the current insurgency within Catholicism. What’s surprising to me is how similar this is to the political insurgencies happening all over the world. The more right-wing/libertarian groups have been gaining strength as the more left-wing/statist groups in power have been angering them with their policies.
What I'm up to
Crowdfund for the New Book! - The book is already out on Amazon and available for pre-order through Bitcoin Magazine if you want to pay in Bitcoin. I will also be launching a crowdfund for the book with special goodies. There will be signed copies of the paperback, hardcover, a book launch dinner and even a meetup appearance available for purchase. I’m using the Zaprite platform to do the crowdfund, and if you’re interested in getting early access, please email me and I’ll send you a link to purchase these things before the general public. I will also have a special edition of this newsletter tomorrow to announce the details.
BitBlockBoom - I will be speaking at the conference this week in Austin, and will be there to sell some books, among other things. Unfortunately, it looks like the new book won’t be available for sale yet, but you will be able to participate in the crowdfund during the conference. My talk is about getting out from under the golden handcuffs of fiat money. Please come say hi if you’re a reader of this newsletter and are attending!
Swan Signal Live - I recorded a podcast with Sam Callahan and Anita Posch about a bunch of topics, mostly about the Bitcoin situation in the developing world. I explained how Bitcoin is decentralized and altcoins are not, the effects of inflation in the countries I’ve visited over the past year and how Bitcoin is a much more just system than the deeply unfair system of fiat money.
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