I like to talk about bitcoin and philosophy. https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/products/cryptosovereignty
Erik Cason @erikcason - 16d
Look, it’s pretty simple: If the state can identify you, it can target and kill you. Doesn’t matter why, it just can. There is a reason Satoshi was anonymous and why bitcoin isn’t an LLC. That’s because if you don’t have a physical space or identity to be located, the state can’t physically or economically harm you. With cryptography, you actually have a shot at hiding from the state, and building things that they cannot stop.
Elon is a handmaiden of the deep state, and if you think he’s a freedom fighter for good; I’ve got some BCH to sell you that’s actually real bitcoin.
Erik Cason @erikcason - 17d
This is fake. There’s no way a democrat ad would have a white male front and center.
Erik Cason @erikcason - 19d
It’s the power of the panopticon and what it means to live under constant surveillance.
The more I think about Nostr the more it blows my mind. I can just say whatever crazy shit I want and there’s like no guardrails or mods—it’s just out there, and people will actually see it. No one appreciates just how powerful this is, how important it is, monumental even. It creates a totally new possibility for the social web, which is really something else entirely. It’s the possibility of a new world in which people own their data; their information. No longer to be exploited, or owned, people can really say whatever they want. And that is truly extraordinary.
I like to mega zap when a post is a real banger or someone comment and it really hits me in the feels. Can’t do that on xittxr.
Sadly, some of my older family members are extremely NPC. After a lifetime of MSM brainwashing and the total destruction of thought from it, all they can really do when faced with difficult realities is exclamation, “That’s a conspiracy theory!” And shove their head in the sand, never to look at it again. I use to think I was obligated to have them ‘get it’ but I now realize they’ll never get it, and that’s ok. I’ve met great people throughout my life who do get it and wanna rap deep with me about these topics. They really value getting to share in those conversations, and want to join the party to be a playable character in the world. Not everyone is capable of being a playable character, and that doesn’t make them bad or wrong; it just limits what is possible with them. I now focus on just keeping things with them as ‘normal’ as I can and considering that allows for things be stable and easy for everyone else in the family and that works well.
I’ve been really feeling the extreme emotions of, “WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DECENTRALIZED THE WEB, DEPLOY STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY AND WIN AGAINST THE STATIST!!1!” and the other extreme of, “Fuck it, I just wanna hang with my family, work on projects on my property and be left the fuck alone.” I know a balance of the two is the real answer, but sometime in just really feels like one extreme or the other.
Erik Cason @erikcason - 20d
I love September as it’s the month that I’m so rich in apples and pears that I get to seek out the ripest, juiciest, tastiest fruit that there are.
Fuck these companies tracking my data and trying to sell me shit based off of that. I have such a deep desire to find a way to completely fuck up their data sets and make them useless by feeding them tons of dummy data.
Erik Cason @erikcason - 21d
This happened to me today, it was painful.
A good friend of mine took his own life, and he had another friend who asked to borrow money in the fall out of that. He promised to repay with a few months and it’s now years later. Saw him come up on a social feed and just thought that I was happy he was no longer in my life.
I’m always amazed at how cheap buying off someone crooked is. They’ll scam you for a few days of their wage, and fail to realize how much of a favor they did for you: They proved they are a scammer and have saved you so much time and energy to have figured that out now, rather than later. Now they’ll never find work near any of my social circles and will be known as a scammer. Your reputation is the most priceless asset that takes decades to build. Don’t piss it away for a quick buck or two.
Erik Cason @erikcason - 22d
That’ll be epic. Enjoy brother!
Lmao, as much as I love nostr:npub198auqkkwueclk4u3st9r8v8yrdz4hv0e2e9epg7c7teemm3lyausht0p3g this is actully nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs and John is on here nostr:npub1cqm6dztalp4l6n04f9k20c333xftgangjla337736dr6faz9na0qf2hjec
GM. Gonna be a great day.
Erik Cason @erikcason - 23d
Change clients and see what the difference gives you.
Erik Cason @erikcason - 24d
There is a real lack of understanding in just how fucked up the algos are, and how much power we gain in not being manipulated by them. We could be using the internet to do something extraordinary, and instead it is being used primarily to sell us shit and keep us scared. The whole of humanity is being fed lies and distortions through centralized social media that is designed to keep everyone asleep and unaware of their real power. Now that there is no longer gatekeepers to what can be said to a global audience we have the power to shape a real unadulterated narrative; also known as the truth. The power of censorship to have molded a false global narrative is one of the pillars of the power structure that keep people divided over petty and impractical differences that can now be shown for what they are: manipulation tactics through the algos to keep everyone disempowered. We now have the ability to reclaim our voices in a way that no one can stomp out. What is to come and the changes that are to be ushered in will surprise all of us in the most remarkable of ways.
The PTSD trigger in this is too much…
Autistic Retards
