While the title says bitcoin, I’m really using that as a catchall, and I intend to address cryptocurrencies and fungible tokens in general. I will not be looking at DAOs, smart contracts, or NFTs here.
I’m fully aware that in the literal sense all cryptocurrencies and fungible tokens are not the same, but the mental scaffolding that underpins the whole of that space very much IS the same, and that’s what I want to dig into.
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How many times in life has someone told you “that’s a waste of time”? How often have you said those words to someone else, or even to yourself?
Here’s the thing: nobody other than you can define what is or isn’t a waste of your time, because it’s YOUR time.
It belongs to you and nobody else. You can and should use it as you see fit.
Frankly, anybody trying to tell you how to use or not use your time is judging your life and your choices according to their programming, their biases, their desires, their world view…and such a judgment is almost certainly worthless because it’s all about them.
When someone says “that’s a waste of time” to someone else, what they really mean is “that’s not how I would spend my time”, or “that’s not how I think you should spend your time”, or maybe even “I think you should be spending more time on/with me”.
Making someone else’s choices all about you…rather selfish, don’t you think?
If they are not you, they are not qualified to judge your path.
I imagine most people have probably heard or read the Robert Frost poem The Road Not Taken, or at least this small piece of it, at some point during their childhood education 😉
You’ve probably also heard phrases like “Thinking Outside the Box” or “Option B”, right?
While shit like this may sound lovely and empowering, in reality it’s just a run of the mill false dichotomy.
To be honest, I am (somewhat ironically) struggling to find the words to do this concept justice 😂
But what the hell, let’s give it a whirl!
Have you ever heard the saying “The pen is mightier than the sword”?
Not only is this statement fundamentally true, but the depth to which it is true is absolutely incredible, and I’d wager it’s something very, very few have thought about at a deep enough level.
Words are tools…but also weapons…and chains.
