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2024-05-21 07:00:35
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Kontext on Nostr: I haven't synthesized them all into one big thesis as such, especially since I ...

I haven't synthesized them all into one big thesis as such, especially since I haven't delved into some of those subjects (i.e. permaculture and regenerative agriculture) that deeply, yet. But here's something that sort of tries to "bridge the gap" between many of these topics (it is a WIP though and I haven't updated it in over a year):
https://medium.com/@mckontext/unified-creation-energy-theory-ucet-8814041ed94c

On a grander scale, I see the divide between the State and the Individual (or, perhaps, the Tribe) already occurring as per The Sovereign Individual and I do believe it will continue. I also think that these very small city states and/or tribes that may emerge in the near future would perhaps help bring accountability back to governance, as would a Bitcoin standard (which, in and of itself, is largely in tune with the Austrian views on economics).

I see anarcho-capitalism as being a "natural state" of the economy under these circumstances, towards which the system would evolve.

Nuclear energy would probably be a large part of how we could sustain ourselves with little to no negative externalities (but again, I'm not that well-versed on the subject).

Regenerative agriculture and permaculture, would, I hope, be ways of efficiently, healthily and sustainably feeding ourselves and also regaining the spiritual connection with the land, plants, animals.

The game-theoretical problem, i.e. the prisoner's dilemma, as Schmachtenberger puts it, is perhaps my biggest question mark. Can Bitcoin fix this? I'm not entirely sure. But I do think it can make a whole lot of difference in moving us in the right direction, at the very minimum. Fixing the incentives/money is one thing. Secondary effect of fixing the incentives is that people will be able to value what is actually valuable (their friends and family, nature, art, beauty, all of what is REALLY important, literally priceless). Another part of what Bitcoin fixes is that it moves the monetary premium (i.e. prices) that we have assigned to physical objects, land, shares, etc. into the digital realm, thus disincentivizing violence. When violence is no longer profitable (or at least as profitable), co-operation will become more profitable. An honest, public, immutable ledger for monetary transactions will help co-operation to occur in an honest manner.

But IDK. I'm certainly not immune to having biases and/or blindspots, which is why Schmachtenberger would perhaps be a great person to steelman an argument AGAINST Bitcoin. He seems to have a good understanding of the systemic mechanisms behind how the world works.

I reckon I'll have to give this episode another listen sooner or later to fully digest everything he's saying.
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