Marks

https://trymaple.ai

ex- | CEO @MapleAI and @OpenSecret

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2025-06-18 15:05:46

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Claude is the best at the moment. Open source models can do it but are months behind on quality. They are always progressing and will be good long term.

2025-06-18 13:28:12

Describe Claude in three phrases:
1. Bans user
2. Alerts local authorities
3. Doesn’t GAF about text layout
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2025-06-16 17:10:19

China didn’t like that @nprofile…72er encrypts user data away from prying eyes 👀
Maple is banned in China ❌
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2025-06-16 02:17:54

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If you don’t own it, HOW ARE WE SEEING IT??

2025-06-13 18:32:12

🌴Freedom Tech Weekend 11 ☀️ Organic Maps
Discover how to navigate offline and with privacy using map alternatives in our latest episode of Freedom Tech Weekend.
Learn about OpenStreetMap and Organic maps 🗺️🚗🚶‍♀️🐪
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2025-06-11 20:22:59

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🫡

2025-06-11 20:21:31

"Maple AI doesn't insult my intelligence" 💜
Get yourself some @nprofile…uh5t fam
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2025-06-11 20:18:36

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Unleashed Chat was great, I used it a bunch. Haven't tried it out since changing names to dataMachine. @nprofile…x7wj is building solid AI tools.
Main differences that I know from Unleashed days:
Maple is built with secure enclaves in the cloud so users can see the code we are running and verify their data is end-to-end encrypted. This lets Maple synchronize your data across all your devices without having access to your raw data. Maple access fiat and bitcoin as payments. It requires an account, many users have privacy email aliases. Maple doesn't yet have access to live data on the internet, but we are working on it. Maple doesn't yet have file upload but it is coming soon.
Unleashed stores your chat history locally and they can see your chats when they go to the LLM. They promise not to look, but you can't verify the code running on the server. There is very little probability they are reading your data, but we don't know. Unleashed can't sync your data across devices because they don't have a way to store your encrypted data on their servers. Unleashed lets you pay as you go with Bitcoin and an account is not required. Unleashed has access to live data on Nostr. Unleashed has file upload.
Some of this comparison could be wrong, I haven't tried out dataMachine yet.
NVK, you wanna weigh in?

2025-06-11 18:17:38

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please expound. which other ones are important to you?

2025-06-11 18:16:14

Things move quickly at @MapleAI when we’re having fun and vibing.
Yesterday was DeepSeek release. Today we’re testing Gemma release.
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2025-06-10 22:29:50

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Follow the cryptographic attestations. If your threat model can't tolerate that, local AI is the most private.

2025-06-05 21:59:56

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Check out @nprofile…8se5 as well

2025-06-05 17:34:02

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Not yet, still figuring out the best approach while maintaining use privacy. One option we're exploring is to build an OpenAI API and/or MCP interface into the Maple desktop app. It would act as a secure proxy, like a VPN for your AI traffic.

2025-06-05 13:36:15

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Trust encryption not business promises. @nprofile…uh5t can't read your AI chats. https://trymaple.ai
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2025-06-04 20:53:43

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Similar to music? Seems like most people think the music from their teens/20s is the "best music ever".

2025-06-01 04:35:29

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2025-05-30 20:50:10

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Hey there. Are you wanting to add private AI with Maple into Context or are you talking about OpenSecret?

2025-05-30 20:25:02

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Llama 3.3 70B
Coming Soon:
Gemma
DeepSeek
Mistral

2025-05-30 18:44:53

- Tell your government reps you don't like this crap so they can fight against it
- Support projects like @nprofile…uvay and devs like @nprofile…rp63
- Decouple your life from big tech - we help you every Friday on Freedom Tech Weekend https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgwB-Ekpi4Fg6R9aKealk7WMG509ih5Qo
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2025-05-29 11:09:32

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“Meme per note” is a good metric to optimize when curating a follow list. Closer to 1 the better.

2025-05-29 10:29:59

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That’s awesome. I used to have T-Mobile and it was great like that. Had to switch for a really good deal, even accounting for the occasional esim purchase.

2025-05-29 07:30:32

#OFF Private AI Conclusions:
- more basic AI tool education for activists
- more document upload
- more two-way audio chats with AI
- more tools for detecting AI generated content
- more offline AI tools that run on mobile phones
- more encryption of sensitive PII of activists and victims
- more vibes
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2025-05-29 07:19:02

Post-mortem: this worked incredibly well! I’m leaving with only a little data left on my plan. This was much cheaper than adding a short term international plan on my regular carrier. And it was easier. And I didn’t have to deal with credit cards at all.
Summary: When traveling internationally, buy esim for data using lightning. Cheapest and easiest ✌️
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2025-05-29 07:10:53

This is gonna sound like a judgmental post, but whatever, here it goes.
Being at Oslo Freedom Forum, speaking with activists who have personally suffered horrible atrocities and discussing freedom tech tools we can build to help…it really puts the “sats vs bitcoins” fight in perspective.
No shade, just reflection of where to direct my energy in the future.

2025-05-29 07:01:44

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You could follow me now that we’ve met irl

2025-05-28 21:12:03

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🫡

2025-05-28 21:10:06

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I get your reasoning but I don’t think it’s a massive coordinated effort to erase Satoshi and change bitcoin. The timing is that Square finally cleared their regulatory hurdles to roll out this feature and they had a discussion about which symbol/word to use. They picked.
The community discussion is still going. No company is bigger than bitcoin. If sats are better, it will win out and Square will change or be the odd one out.
Jack wears a Satoshi shirt everywhere he goes. This wasn’t a play to erase him.

2025-05-28 14:21:00

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Done 🫡

2025-05-28 13:26:35

I saw 30 people scan the @nprofile…4hj4 QR code at #OFF to get on Nostr. Brace yourselves, we about to double our userbase!
I kid, I kid

2025-05-28 12:09:04

The AI and Freedom Tech room is packed at Oslo Freedom Forum! @nprofile…cvuw
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2025-05-26 16:52:18

Got to Oslo without a proper cell phone plan figured out. Paid for one using Bitcoin while waiting at baggage claim. Instant, no KYC needed, magical.

2025-05-23 19:40:45

Headed to Oslo instead of Vegas. @npub17xv…c9as #oslofreedomforum for #ImagineAtOFF
Who wants a hawt new @nprofile…ynnu sticker? 💀 🌳
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2025-05-23 16:47:22

Freedom Tech Weekend 8 - The Tor Network
We demystify the Tor browser, show a full install-and-demo, and share simple steps to surf the web without borders. Catch the episode here👇
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/XJjgcso2mD8
Podcast https://fountain.fm/episode/LHZhJg4wzzSMibHgVoMZ
Zap.stream https://zap.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
Tune in to Freedom Tech Weekend every Friday at 15:30 UTC as we go over one #freedomtech tool you can try out in your free time this weekend

2025-05-23 15:08:49

Today on Freedom Tech Weekend we are diving into @nprofile…9mqc. Come join us live here on X, YT, and Zap Stream. The chat is part of the conversation, so come participate!
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2025-05-21 19:05:24

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Quick, issue new shares of Bitcoin to increase market cap!

2025-05-21 15:40:13

was on the phone did we ath fam?

2025-05-21 13:02:20

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Popular request 😃 still working out how to do it. There isn’t a “nostr oauth provider” like other services. And we don’t want to encourage people to keep pasting their nsec everywhere.

2025-05-21 13:00:55

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Great feature idea that’s on our list. Are you wanting it two-way verbal?

2025-05-21 12:58:10

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Their service works well, though. You can pick your trust level. Maple is open source and provides cryptographic proof of the code running on the servers. Every user can verify that we don’t log the chats elsewhere.

2025-05-21 12:56:34

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Venice doesn’t use enclaves so we can’t see the code running on their servers. It follows a “trust we don’t log your chats” model, similar to VPN servers that ask you to trust they don’t log

2025-05-21 12:54:36

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Yep, allocate according to your trust

2025-05-20 23:00:20

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The enclave attestations include Amazon's AWS credentials. Ultimately the final trust point lies with AWS to honor the encryption for all of their secure enclave users.

2025-05-20 15:25:49

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We currently run Llama 3.3. It's latest data is from 2023, but it's possible that portions of the data set have their own timeliness. We are actively working on getting newer, more powerful models deployed so users can choose from more options.

2025-05-20 15:24:21

The LLM is hosted on a secure enclave GPU as well. The code running in the enclave is open-source for anyone to audit. Attestation documents allow the client to know it is talking to the version of server code that is published online.
Lots more detail here: https://blog.opensecret.cloud/opensecret-technicals/
Live attestation proof here: https://trymaple.ai/proof
#nevent1q…wgj8

2025-05-20 15:23:55

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2025-05-20 14:34:05

$MSTR - believe in someone else
$BTC - believe in yourself
Invest your money based on your preference

2025-05-19 13:47:26

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lol ain’t that the truth

2025-05-19 13:46:20

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Yeah. Damus was able to see it 🤷

2025-05-19 13:41:19

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Smart that he didn’t start firing rounds at it

2025-05-19 13:28:57

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My client wouldn’t show me the original message, so I had to change clients. 😆

2025-05-19 13:21:16

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👍

2025-05-19 12:54:27

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Howdy

2025-05-19 11:51:24

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Correct, that’s my entire point. We will say sats. But when billions of people show up, they will hear “bitcoin” and see numbers in their app, and that’ll be it. Sats will be a fringe term.

2025-05-18 22:49:12

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We all love sats. Long term I think it becomes a fun term that all the early folks toss around

2025-05-18 22:47:15

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Hence my original post

2025-05-18 22:33:30

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😆

2025-05-18 22:32:52

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I agree. I’m just saying that given the trend of mainstream’s adoption of technical terms, I think sats fade over time in the lexicon

2025-05-18 21:25:56

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lol

2025-05-18 21:24:07

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fact. still learning from the master

2025-05-18 19:50:01

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Thanks for using the term correctly! Unfortunate 6 billion people won’t see it.

2025-05-18 19:48:43

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😅

2025-05-18 19:47:55

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lol fail on copy/paste

2025-05-18 19:46:50

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More accurate? nevent1qqs2umeg02tf5294p88l9lsm0e3t3fctuugsvq4gfs82tzsys0legegprdmhxue69uhkvet9v3ejumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtmzv4h8xadk2ce

2025-05-18 19:46:32

Here’s an updated meme for all my fellow sats friends out there
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2025-05-18 19:43:44

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It is really simple. Many people will not take the time to understand it and just say bitcoin
We will always have “sats” and use it as a way to find those who were here early.

2025-05-18 19:39:53

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because technically you did send some bitcoin 😀

2025-05-18 19:39:10

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lol
“Sats? I thought you told me all these years that it’s bitcoin only! No other coins! Anyways I’ve gotta run. I’ll try to figure that out later or I’ll just Venmo you.”

2025-05-18 19:36:06

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I don’t think doing that to them will change their behavior

2025-05-18 19:35:12

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Bitcoin dgaf. People will call it whatever they want. Both things can be true.

2025-05-18 19:32:35

How it’s gonna go
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2025-05-18 19:26:19

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Again, I think they will not want to deal with learning a second term because they have other really important things in their life that they’re also trying to learn about.
To use sats, they have to hear Bitcoin. I think for many people, the learning will stop at Bitcoin and sats won’t have a chance to permeate.

2025-05-18 19:24:33

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You seem as if you’d like to have a different discussion.
Think about all the people in your life who use the incorrect technical term for things and roll their eyes when you correct them. It has nothing to do with their level of intelligence, they have other things they focus on.

2025-05-18 19:04:07

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How common are sats among all Brazilians? 0.01%? The mainstream users haven’t arrived yet.

2025-05-18 19:03:13

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Saying the words “fiat” and “Big Tech” doesn’t change human behavior of people who are too busy to care that the bitcoin they received are also called sats. They are intelligent people who have more important or urgent things to deal with.

2025-05-18 19:00:24

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Do you think these billions of people will talk about mempools and other technical parts of the protocol?
You have rice, I want rice, you want bitcoin, I send you bitcoin, we move on with our day. They might still be sats, but most people have other things to worry about.

2025-05-18 18:57:35

When Bitcoin is mainstream, people are more likely to say “small bitcoin” than they are to say “sats”. Even if all of us early adopters call them sats.

2025-05-18 18:25:44

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Grok is assuming that “sats” is already widely used. We could fit the number of people who understand and use the term “sats” into a stadium.

2025-05-18 18:22:32

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Yes

2025-05-18 18:21:02

Apple Intelligence summaries finally got one right lol
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2025-05-18 18:16:58

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That’s the correct term. A mainstream user years from now won’t be bothered to understand that. They just say, “hey I got your bitcoin, thanks”

2025-05-18 18:15:16

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😆

2025-05-18 18:15:10

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No u

2025-05-18 18:14:52

You wanna fight with me as to why “sats” is the correct term. I agree it’s correct. I just don’t want to fight with the billions of people who will say “bitcoin” no matter how many times I give them a super simple explanation.

2025-05-18 18:10:51

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It’s not hard to understand but it’s an extra step that will be evolved away as Bitcoin becomes efficient for daily spending of billions of users.

2025-05-18 18:10:03

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New entrants don’t have to show anything. That’s the point. They want to get paid or pay for something. Someone says “Bitcoin” and the numbers are transferred. Then they go on with their day.

2025-05-18 18:08:16

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We accept Bitcoin and fiat. I don’t know why that’s relevant here.

2025-05-18 18:07:26

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Who’s gonna interrupt their busy day to explain the nuance?

2025-05-18 17:46:49

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Coming over the bridge. One way.

2025-05-18 17:46:19

I spent 800 cents on this flight for a lossy WAN connection so I can tell people I agree with the technical reasoning of “sats” but that billions of people will just use “bitcoin” whether we like it or not.

2025-05-18 17:40:08

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“They will utilize whatever phrasing we use.”
I wish you were right, but I don’t think that’s how it will go.
See 👇
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2025-05-18 17:38:53

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Nope, these people won’t have to comprehend Bitcoin vs bitcoin vs bitcoin. That’s the point. These future people don’t have an anchor to the current units.
They will need to get paid in Bitcoin. Once the number appears on their screen they will move on with their day.

2025-05-18 17:36:31

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Neither do I haha. I’m surprised people are spilling so many bits trying to debate the technicalities. We have so many other things to figure out and do in our day.

2025-05-18 17:35:35

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It’s not hard to understand but it’s an extra step for many future people who just need to get paid in Bitcoin and when they get it will move on with their day.

2025-05-18 17:30:58

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We can use whatever technical term we want on the stack, but it won’t change the behavior of billions of busy people who just need money called bitcoin and don’t have time to learn a second term in that moment.
If I unplug the modem at home, my family asks, “Is the WiFi down?” “Actually, the WAN is down, you’re still connected to WiFi” “yeah whatever. Will you let me know when the WiFi is up again? kthx”. Doesn’t matter that I’ve explained the different many times.

2025-05-18 16:59:01

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that's the point. The billions of people using Bitcoin in the future won't do any of that. They see numbers on a screen related to Bitcoin and the thought will end there. Sats will be relegated to a fun, nickname phrase that gets used by the minority few of us who think its cool.

2025-05-18 16:57:36

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That's more of an explaination than most people will have time for. They'll need money, someone will send it to them, and they'll stop thinking about the interaction. "Send me Bitcoin", number shows up, their mind says, "Bitcoin received".
Sats can be used as a nickname, but most people will simply equate the numbers with the term Bitcoin.

2025-05-18 16:55:14

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for what

2025-05-18 16:54:51

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The technology, sure. Once people know they need Bitcoin, a number will be on their screen, and they will move on with their day. There won't be time to explain, "Achtchually those are sats not Bitcoin. I mean they are Bitcoin, but you see, well, where should I start. I listened to this great podcast that broke down the white paper and spelled it all out."

2025-05-18 16:51:58

Nothing stops this train https://blossom.primal.net/e9fb92dec6e9fe9aaf1256a521ce9948a8a8279c9555055f1f4aa173e648ccbd.jpg

2025-05-18 16:20:24

“Sats” has to be explained. “Bitcoin” does not. People will need Bitcoin and they’ll see numbers on the screen. That’s it.
If you think sats is the word used long term, you haven’t made that connection yet or you have an anchoring bias.