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2024-12-25 15:35:45

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Merry Christmas 🎄

2024-11-04 00:27:01

Really enjoyed this one! 🧡
https://fountain.fm/episode/DwCEXFLNpWjUBpIpUJSD
#nevent1q…d7pt

2024-10-31 12:56:26

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Sweet sixteen

2024-10-23 14:11:43

Beautiful speech, @npub13l3…8xc2. Bravo 👏
https://youtu.be/c2Yrsls6Wus

2024-10-23 01:07:46

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2024-09-25 02:12:36

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Beautiful. 🫂
I stumbled on a left ear reveal on one of your website articles... unless this is a mirrored image.🤔 I guess we'll never know for sure!
https://m.primal.net/LBLG.png

2024-09-19 12:56:00

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Lol. Missed the adidas kicks though. 😂

2024-09-03 01:12:41

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

2024-09-03 01:12:06

Received! 🏈 Passing it on...(below)
#note1e3r…ssug

2024-09-03 00:15:40

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Storytelling.
Jokes off the top of your head.
Remembering song lyrics.
Baffled by how some can effortlessly do these.

2024-08-31 14:22:06

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welcome 🫂

2024-08-30 22:56:09

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Mahler’s 2nd Symphony. “Resurrection”

2024-08-22 01:35:29

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2024-08-21 19:37:53

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Congrats! The half-hour time zone shit to India always baffles me. 😂

2024-08-20 20:26:05

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Do your part and spread the love 🧡 🍺

2024-08-20 03:05:59

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#note1s2c…jv2x

2024-08-18 14:08:29

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I’ve been playing some MTG Arena recently over the past few years, after a long hiatus since the mid 90’s. Complexity is a bit disorienting, and tough to keep up with all of the new releases/formats, but still very fun. Would love to sync up and play a few rounds on Arena sometime if you’re up for it!

2024-08-17 16:26:48

Why are the visuals on these kind of charts often so distorted? Yellow to green ratio is way off. Scale bar police is on the case.
https://m.primal.net/KCSa.png

2024-08-17 04:09:46

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The best part was the guy invalidating your data because your logo was embedded on the y charts graphic. Checkmate squared! 😂

2024-08-16 00:47:00

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Same here. Mine are locked in. Music is the best Time Machine technology we have.

2024-08-15 16:01:18

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My stomach (digesting now) agrees. Breakfast of champions.

2024-08-14 20:18:02

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-wants-u-treasury-113000351.html

2024-08-14 20:17:38

Valiant effort, but you may want to proofread your title. $4M?!
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2024-08-13 20:38:18

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https://media1.tenor.com/m/SZajy9cg9lwAAAAC/you-know-the-drill-flint.gif

2024-08-13 14:52:05

Double fisting it today.
Seriously, congrats @npub10af…0xj0 @npub1jdd…4s60 @npub1yez…awc7 https://image.nostr.build/02740f5260170c9bc1986f7c37c60c073dddbc62935cbf159354f7da7f5083a9.jpg

2024-08-13 04:40:25

Let's all take a moment to reflect that without those damn sea lions, we wouldn't be where we are today. Onward.
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#note1djw…c2ny

2024-08-13 04:35:00

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Rudy, you've made my day (again!). Bienvenidos, amigo. 🫂

2024-08-13 04:32:21

Hey @npub1z5u…5lwd, love the work you're doing! Since Cornell faculty member Eswar Prasad recently called out Bitcoin implying it essentially has no useful purpose, maybe it would be great to extend an open hand and invite him to a Bitcoin club meeting sometime this year? Nothing like debating a passionate group of students!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/opinion/crypto-2024-election.html

2024-08-13 04:17:40

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This is amazing. Made my day. 🧡

2024-08-13 03:48:55

In a disturbing kind of way, reading the comments section in NYT Op-eds about Bitcoin is one hell of a way to boost your bullishness.
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2024-08-13 03:12:05

Up and to the right.
Published days after the white paper.
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Source: "The Evolution of the US Financial Industry from 1860 to 2007: Theory and Evidence." T. Philippon, NYU.

2024-08-11 18:45:54

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Logjammin'

2024-08-11 16:10:45

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*bearish 😊

2024-08-11 16:05:25

In other words, why be bearing when you could be bullish? Pure mindset and imagination. #note1eaa…7lyn

2024-08-11 04:15:57

What a run. 🧡
37 shows.
37 sats. @npub1cf3…x7gk
https://youtu.be/I8JzsnZVylY?si=HZiNuSOk8T40wBaA

2024-08-11 04:01:59

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and wEARd!

2024-08-10 22:39:26

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welcome!

2024-08-10 17:57:12

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Great show, guys!

2024-08-10 15:26:22

The happy-go-lucky theme music in the intro clip while Luke warns “We are at the precipice of a debt spiral in the United States of America” is hilarious 😂
Happy Saturday, everyone.
https://youtu.be/iqTIAU_Njpg?si=y36AG5TLZhVatUkT

2024-08-09 04:32:41

It’s funny how sometimes, when you’re stuck in a rough patch, and nothing is going right, with no help in sight, something comes completely out of left field to surprise you and brighten your day. Today was one of those days.
Goodnight Nostr.

2024-08-07 03:50:44

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You set such an amazing example of this for us all to see. 🧡

2024-08-06 12:38:48

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With you on this! 🙌 “just Zap it to me” has much better ring to it. Lyn wrote about this in her recent Nostr article, too. Reducing payee frictions comes at a onetime upfront cost known as “wtf is Nostr?”

2024-08-03 22:05:26

Last year, @npub1xee…z3mx posted an interesting thesis drawing a connection between the post-2008 money printing and relative enrichment of Dem congressional districts. A clear example of the Cantillon effect in action. Bitcoin's recent emergence in the US political spotlight is initially being embraced by the right and hesitation (or outright hostility) on the left.
If this trend continues and a clear separation becomes entrenched, could this translate into the inverse effect? I suspect over the next decade or two, those on the right would be (on balance) more likely to save in Bitcoin, benefitting from its appreciation and returning wealth to those who adopt it.
Thoughts?
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2024-08-03 02:21:48

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The comments section of the article is pile of drivel, partially amusing but mostly just sad. Fear not...one out of hundreds is one of us, with a nice shout out to Lyn's book 😉
https://m.primal.net/JmTz.png

2024-08-03 02:07:09

Minding my business today... turned the corner, and saw one of these up close driving around the neighborhood today. That was something.
https://m.primal.net/JmTY.png

2024-07-31 15:42:29

I like the coin a bit more every day.

2024-07-30 16:54:33

@npub1a2c…w83a, as usual, you called it.
"The thing I'm most disappointed about - there was not a single person from the other side of the aisle at the conference." - Zach Bradford, CEO of Cleanspark. Bloomberg TV today.
As a bitcoiner, and a shareholder, I'm disappointed by that abject blindspot. We all make mistakes, but those of us closely paying attention and in active leadership roles can do much better. It'd be great if he corrects his misstatement on such a big platform.
#note1fts…4sj5

2024-07-30 05:14:40

Just spent way too long, deep in the bowels of the NYT comments section of Krugman's latest piece that included bitcoin. It's really something to behold, the degree to which that space resembles an overgrown monocrop. Zero diversity of opinion, no balanced views, zero positive or even neutral comments about bitcoin.
Love you all, here on nostr. 🫂
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2024-07-30 03:01:04

It's late July 2024, and Paul Krugman has blessed us with another scintillating piece of analysis:
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The transistor was invented in 1947. I suppose we should have closed up shop on that lost cause by 1962.

2024-07-30 01:40:14

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2024-07-30 01:35:19

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The ally of truth isn't intelligence. It's humility.

2024-07-29 20:50:03

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...and in the sequel, still no mention. Strike two!
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2024-07-29 19:26:21

+1 nostr. Here, this wouldn't even be a debatable point, since you can't delete your posts (notes). nostr ftw. errors immortalized. 💪
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2024-07-29 03:07:40

NYT article covering the DJT and RFK appearances at Bitcoin 2024 conveniently forgets to even mention that Dem representatives Ro Khanna and Wiley Nickel were speakers.
"I'm going to recognize that Bitcoin is for human rights. Bitcoin is about freedom." - Ro Khanna
Too much of an inconvenient truth for the NYT?
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2024-07-28 03:40:33

US-based TV coverage of the Olympics has been circling the drain for the past few decades. It's gone from tolerable to barely tolerable, to outright annoying, with a collage of personal-interest stories and gushing commentary that's so insanely cringe.
Maybe it's just a uniquely American thing to want to manufacture some patriotism through the lens of the individual's story. Instead of letting the competition play out and drama speak for itself, it's turned into a series of commentary, stats, rah-rah cheerleading, and over-the-top personal stories.
Like, can we just watch an minimally processed feed of a competition without cutting in with a personal sob story about someone's family or when they lost their first tooth?
Then they rolled out this feature today... 🤦‍♂️
https://m.primal.net/JgjY.png

2024-07-28 03:16:56

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Having just spent the past few weeks visiting family in Argentina, this phenomenon is clearly visible, with all unified behind the Albiceleste (national soccer team). Plenty of other shit and chaos to go around and argue over, but at least all have that unquestionable unifying element to go along a strong cultural bond. Hard to replicate that degree of unity.

2024-07-27 21:27:07

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🪧👈😂

2024-07-27 20:04:57

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Seven

2024-07-27 19:56:28

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approximately 10

2024-07-27 19:55:56

Six blocks since he was supposed to appear on stage... tick tock...

2024-07-23 15:43:31

“All our heroes are retarded” https://image.nostr.build/c6f9fc67d9c397bd6c58319416da06649a960d7de99149d09f3ee859b89162f5.jpg

2024-07-21 04:02:47

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Great article! A balanced overview and very accessible. One thought that came to mind while reading section two was regarding friction. It might be helpful to include a brief discussion about how reducing friction may in some cases not be desirable. After all, friction, much like a tool is neither good or bad, but does greatly affect the way we interact with the world. For example, are there instances where frictionless payments via social graph might not be desired (e.g. political donations, unwanted influence or conflicts of interest, inability to refuse payment, etc.)? Or are these edge cases outweighed by the broader benefits?

2024-07-20 20:36:18

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#note16l2…al48

2024-07-20 18:24:48

NoSTr = Nothing Stops this TRain

2024-07-20 17:38:07

Here in Argentina, the relative soft-hard currency spectrum is regularly on display.
‘Invest with pesos, capitalize yourself in dollars’ https://image.nostr.build/3532d111b61750691c766b50babc9ce25f7ad10bced37094bf78dc613ee07afb.jpg

2024-07-15 05:39:14

Campeónes🇦🇷 https://image.nostr.build/fe2cd65e760767315e55e6ac6e054e19fab02c639d7a7a3c418a30cf4d58476c.jpg

2024-07-15 00:35:25

LATAM fútbol ftw. 😂 🇦🇷🇨🇴⚽️ https://image.nostr.build/c00eee9088345fff9ee472bc6d6bea54274abbe056466c0d06723b82750a278f.jpg

2024-07-08 01:38:28

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The worst part isn’t the daily high, it’s the morning lows. 🥵🌵

2024-07-03 02:53:15

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This is the most epic random/serendipitous field work (market validation) encounter. Classic Lyn. 🧡

2024-06-30 22:21:46

As my wife often reminds me, "the solution to pollution is dilution."
https://m.primal.net/JDmx.png

2024-06-29 00:28:58

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Pictures are worth a thousand permabears.

2024-06-28 18:42:49

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Source: https://youtu.be/_NwdcWYXWPU?t=107

2024-06-28 18:41:57

The conviction in this clip.... 😂
"Sorkin: Have you sold any of your Bitcoin?
Thiel: Uh... I ... I still hold some...
Yeah...I... you know....
There are all these ways...
I....I... didn't buy as much as I should have...
Um....and....uh...
I....I....I...I....
I'm prob-...I...I...I...
I'm not sure.. it's gonna... go up that dramatically from here.
Sorkin: (gleefully) From here? "
https://m.primal.net/JBLo.png
Most bullish thing I've seen all week.
Wall street and venture capital can't wrap their heads around higher bitcoin.
Have a great weekend, everyone.

2024-06-28 18:27:35

Death and the Maiden 💀👧
Happy Friday.
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https://youtu.be/otdayisyIiM?si=KZCY-PdxnWLQuBga

2024-06-26 17:19:55

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Been a while, but as an everyday sauce, this one is hard to beat: https://m.primal.net/Iypy.png

2024-06-23 15:56:55

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Enjoy!

2024-06-14 17:07:51

One of the most genuine private expressions of affection might just be checking the weather where those you care about live or are visiting. Living vicariously, I suppose.
What places are on your weather app?

2024-06-09 23:56:45

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don't forget the ivories... 🎹

2024-06-09 18:05:31

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Welcome Leopoldo!

2024-06-06 01:43:10

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Currently (new-ish): The Accidentals.
All-time remains Radiohead.
https://youtu.be/KB_lytx-i3I?si=VmOWo9a0RqrzD5UF
https://youtu.be/ZL2CkfkJwzI?si=_BjWF5V0mKqHRGum

2024-06-04 05:07:10

Had one of those rare incredible and gratifying days today. If you go into something with no expectations, a good attitude, and give it your best shot, it's amazing what can come out of it.

2024-06-01 03:27:22

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The question is, when will the desert sage come debate us on nostr? 🌵

2024-06-01 03:18:51

Went to get my haircut today. I’ve been close with my hairdresser for at least 4-5 years, gotten to know her pretty well. Every six weeks, like clockwork.
She’s gone through some shit recently, re-evaluating life. Smart, open minded. Bright. Positive. Asked me about bitcoin a few months ago, out of the blue.
Have been back twice since then. Bought her a book. Told her the best thing she can do is read up on it and have an open mind. Maybe buy a little, so you can feel it. But read, educate yourself first above all.
Fast forward to today. Lots more questions. Volatility, energy, what is money anyway?, do you think it’ll drop sharply again? why do home prices only go up?, why are my hair product prices going through the roof? She’s on the path.
Shifted to time preference, energy, what it means for freedom and the 3rd world, those with no financial privilege. Talked about funding wars, petrodollar, hyperinflation in history, etc. Real smorgasbord of topics to dip your toe near the rabbit hole. Kept it light though.
In the end, the most interesting comment came early. Sentiment check. She said of all her clients, bitcoin gets mentioned periodically… nobody takes it seriously. “If it’s so great, why haven’t you accepted it as payment then?…Must be nothing.” It’s all a scam, drug dealers, criminals, etc. etc. Apparently, it turns out, I’m the only one who has even engaged in a rational discussion about it. Early.
For perspective, she probably has several hundred clients, from all walks of life, broad cross section of society. Many are very successful and well educated people. Even someone who works for the monetary authorities. Trust.
We’re in the middle of one of America’s major cities. And not a single one of her clients has said a single positive or serious thing to say about bitcoin. It’s laughed off in passing. I told her, either I’m crazy, or this is the best proof you’re gonna get that this once in a lifetime technological shift is not priced in or understood yet. But it could very well be the most important technologies of our lifetimes, hiding in plain open source sight. There is so much room to run to change the world.
All it takes is an open mind, perhaps some circumstance, curiosity and being humble.
What a time to be alive.
Relax, nothing is under control. 🧡

2024-05-25 23:53:18

“This is an assured source of financing,” Yellen told reporters. https://image.nostr.build/0b0e0195b7df76c5a24d692d85c26d14e9299150a8bd0436050662b8d991c8da.jpg

2024-05-24 02:40:49

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Otherwise stated: "The yield is the friends we make along the way."
@npub1sfh…ymqt
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2024-05-23 04:48:00

Happy 🍕 day. https://image.nostr.build/cd71868500b25caee5bb2598cfec7cac870fafbe80bbbe0ad7f92ffa8637584c.jpg

2024-05-16 00:22:20

If you've never seen a live performance of Mahler's Second Symphony, do yourselves a favor and just go. Even if you're not 'into' classical music, this 90 minute experience will change you.
Was entstanden ist, das muß vergehen!
Was vergangen, auferstehen!
Hör' auf zu beben!
Bereite dich zu leben!
What was created must perish,
What has perished must rise again.
Tremble no more!
Prepare yourself to live!
“People often ask what it feels like to conduct. It is very hard to describe...at the end of it you feel that you have arrived in heaven having gone through hell.” -Semyon Bychkov about Mahler's 2nd.
For those of you in either New York or Chicago, you're in luck! There are some performances coming up in the next few weeks. Just go, you won't regret it.
https://bachtrack.com/search-concerts/work=symphony-no-2-in-c-minor-resurrection-mahler
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2024-05-02 21:54:25

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Can't wait to see what the profits from the youtube channel go toward. 🧡 🫂

2024-05-02 21:28:56

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Sorry for messing up your algo game. Couldn't keep it bottled up. Nostr for the win. 😊

2024-05-02 19:39:11

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2024-05-02 14:03:34

Quietly released over the past few days, @npub1a2c…w83a has a new narrated animation video summarizing her book, Broken Money. It’s beautifully done, and a great start to her new YouTube channel, Lyn Alden Media. Thank you for all you do. Your work is having a positive impact on people around the world.
https://youtu.be/jk_HWmmwiAs?si=VmbFLCXGcHkbSTUi

2024-05-01 01:18:10

Why is taking advantage of something generally considered ‘good’ while taking advantage of someone is ‘bad’?

2024-04-17 03:02:05

Getting ready for Friday’s halving day BBQ… https://image.nostr.build/3b569081a6feb32cdaf533e71b452c04c0fb78a2d86847ac232d506859ac7293.jpg

2024-04-13 13:35:54

Good morning
and relax, nothing is under control.
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2024-04-11 18:54:54

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Natalie, you're a blessing and while many of your peers are mostly speaking to those already sucked deep into the rabbit hole / black hole, you genuinely thrive by consistently focusing on the event horizon. It's a tough balancing act, but it's where your impact is greatest. Know your audience. I think you've nailed it, and keep it up. Humbled by you and your work. 👏 🧡

2024-04-11 18:03:39

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2024-04-08 21:56:28

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Lower your expectations. Or, better yet, don't have any. Generally works out for the better and leads to pleasant surprises.

2024-04-07 18:24:17

The 5-year GME and ETHBTC charts have some remarkable similarities.
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2024-04-07 16:36:45

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"People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words. These, too, seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand things better than words. The thoughts which are expressed to me by music that I love are not too indefinite to be put into words, but on the contrary, too definite."
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2024-04-07 16:26:39

Good morning.
Reminder: a sixteen year-old composed this.
Get to work.
https://youtu.be/OgfeVaK0yeM?si=sZqZt7WEyb3nHXH7