Semi-retired, studying for MA in Jungian & Post-Jungian Studies Interested in the similarities between freedom tech and alchemy #photography #blackandwhite Nature rejoices in nature / Nature subdues nature / Nature rules over nature (Ostanes)
Public Key
npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s Profile Code
nprofile1qqst5j3ea6cgwy6jgh3tcgn8mgnjf222qazrw54c3wsvx5eam7d5c6cpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsxltxr0
Author Public Key
npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s Show more details
Published at
2024-05-09T01:03:37+02:00 Event JSON
{
"id": "56c9745a294e2f3cd7bc9e13c823004b2a250499374fcd68b76b54f4d87cdeee" ,
"pubkey": "ba4a39eeb087135245e2bc2267da2724a94a07443752b88ba0c3533ddf9b4c6b" ,
"created_at": 1715209417 ,
"kind": 0 ,
"tags": [],
"content": "{\"display_name\":\"jamesdewhurst\",\"picture\":\"https://m.primal.net/HTmo.jpg\",\"nip05\":\"[email protected] \",\"name\":\"jqw22\",\"about\":\"Semi-retired, studying for MA in Jungian \u0026 Post-Jungian Studies\\nInterested in the similarities between freedom tech and alchemy\\n#photography #blackandwhite\\n\\nNature rejoices in nature / Nature subdues nature / Nature rules over nature (Ostanes)\",\"lud16\":\"[email protected] \",\"website\":\"https://ostanes.zenfoliosite.com/\",\"lud06\":\"\",\"banner\":\"https://m.primal.net/HTmi.jpg\",\"displayName\":\"jamesdewhurst\",\"pubkey\":\"ba4a39eeb087135245e2bc2267da2724a94a07443752b88ba0c3533ddf9b4c6b\",\"npub\":\"npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s\",\"created_at\":1715160649}" ,
"sig": "d775353a20a839f9f310c53e33be6a608ef061812d021a96a55dee93be1a21591086b7862d4247fb1b10d4a512d464de3142eb9c3d1054c1b0a596675596731a"
}
Last Notes npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Airports are the best place to buy stuff you forgot. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Your assumption may be right but it may also be wrong. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Interesting read on yen, USD and bitcoin over the next few months https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/spirited-away npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Good to hear you reflecting on your opinions, keep it up, this is important work. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 If you have come to nostr to replicate your previous experience, what is the point. First step will be to discard what you have already learnt, then you may be ready to learn something new. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 What we think of other people is all projection. What we are really experiencing is an unconscious aspect of ourselves. Your arguments for nostr always have an understanding of the requirements for apps to scale, which I don't hear elsewhere quite the same. Have a good trip. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Conference from this year at Oxford University. People are thinking/working on this for sure. https://m.primal.net/Jzae.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 https://m.primal.net/JzHR.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Female.Male Sister.Brother Mother.Father Light.Dark #photography https://m.primal.net/JxEY.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 https://www.bytetree.com/content/images/2024/03/2024-03-26-tmai-70-2.png npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Larry Bird? Is this an age thing? npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I believe global demand for oil is as high as it's ever been. I'll send chart when I find it. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 self npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 https://m.primal.net/JmrX.png I stumbled across Nostr 9 months ago and would describe myself as interested user. It has been facinating to listen to the original protocol & app builders and Nostr advocates and the experience has encouraged me, together with other reasons, to engage in social media for the first time and for this I acknowledge a debt to developers and entrepreneurs who have made this possible. However, one aspect of the conversations I've followed has always struck a disonant chord, and it's the phrase 'we are winning'. Winning against who? Is this a zero sum game? And aside from the male orientation of the term, will the idea of winning as a motivating force carry any meaning in the long term, where deeper sources of energy will need to be found. Sources which include a feminine aspect. I can accept the phrase as a motivating rallying cry in the first stage of attempting to build a new protocol, but now that has been achieved should 'surviving' be the next focus and is it possible to envisage a future of surviving without winning? Is it worth remembering that revolutions tend to mimic the very things they overthrew before becoming even worse. So is Nostr about revolution or about building a protocol to survive a hundred years? The later takes a very different road to the former, not seeking glory or fame, not seeking to overthrow, but building from the ground up and slowly making a difference in a way which will allow users will experience something more than simply replicating their experience on other apps. Stay humble and build slowly. #note npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 An old farm small holding, now used as a stable only. Sheep still live here. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 A quiet place. #photography https://image.nostr.build/09f63a5a74ac72e8b6667e0c586dd08a006ef5df1c2a6337fdba8f4249b7e3a3.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 How BBC are reporting current stance on Venezuela election Overwhelming evidence Venezuela opposition won election - Blinken https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1d10453zno npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 This is how bbc in UK is reporting your election result. The article suggests a widespread concensus that your election was not an accurate result. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz5rj2mzgevo Stay safe. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Confiscation is already well underway via financial repression. This step is simply a further tightening of screw. History tells us they, our respective Governments, will succeed in this endeavour. Our task is to navigate through storm clinging to whatever we can find that floats. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Still water https://m.primal.net/JbyC.jpg #photography npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 https://m.primal.net/JYpc.png The following passage is taken from Jung’s commentary in ‘The Trickster, A Study in American Indian Mythology’ by Paul Radin, first published in 1954. The passage is located at the mid-point of the commentary and in it Jung connects, for the first time, the myth of the trickster to his theoretical concept of the shadow. Reproduced in C.G. Jung’s, ‘On the Psychology of the Trickster Figure’, in Collected Works, volume 9i, para. 469. ‘Now if the myth were nothing but a historical remnant, one would have to ask why it has not long since vanished into the great rubbish-heap of the past, and why it continues to make its influence felt on the highest level of civilization, even where, on account of its stupidity and grotesque scurrility, the trickster no longer plays the role of the “delight-maker.” In many cultures his figure seems like an old river-bed in which the water still flows. One can see this best of all from the fact that the trickster motif does not crop up only in its mythical form but appears just as naıvely and authentically in the unsuspecting modern man—whenever, in fact, he feels himself at the mercy of annoying “accidents” which thwart his will and his actions with apparently malicious intent. He then speaks of “hoodoos” and “jinxes” or of the “mischievousness of the object.” Here the trickster is represented by counter- tendencies in the unconscious, and in certain cases by a sort of second personality, of a puerile and inferior character, not unlike the personalities who announce themselves at spiritualistic s´eances and cause all those ineffably childish phenomena so typical of poltergeists. I have, I think, found a suitable designation for this character-component when I called it the shadow. On the civilized level, it is regarded as a personal “gaffe,” “slip,” “faux pas,” etc., which are then chalked up as defects of the conscious personality. We are no longer aware that in carnival customs and the like there are remnants of a collective shadow figure which prove that the personal shadow is in part descended from a numinous collective figure. This collective figure gradually breaks up under the impact of civilization, leaving traces in folklore which are difficult to recognize. But the main part of him gets personalized and is made an object of personal responsibility.’ #note npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Lancashire, Northern England. An area with a long mysterious past. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography https://image.nostr.build/da90e852c01cb027b41857d5e80ae680145a89d24bd1d2f2af46c17fd5ec98b8.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Follow is lame for sure. I would like clients to use a more assertive term. Even 'add to feed'. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 And when you've finished with all of that, can you put the kettle on. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Thank you, I will read and consider. However I still believe it's very difficult to compare two different systems over the long term. Also the conditions prior to NZ's change will not necessarily be the same in the UK. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 In time do you envisage a multifactor type solution being integrated into the nostr authentication process? npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Definitely too much to hope for. This is politicans we are talking about. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 It's a system which has lasted a long time. On what basis are you saying it is terrible, everyone in the uk understands the system. There is no perfect system, what suits one country might not suit another. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Thank you for your reply, I will continue to try and learn more. I think your first version product is an incredible concept, well done and I hope you continue to develop it. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 It's a fantastic piece of work. To help me, and potentially others, have you any ideas on where non-tech userrs can learn about notes, events and long posts and what the difference is? npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I mean previously they stepped in to halt jpn selling us treasures. This time they delay taking action. The result is the message. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 No, this is the fed warning Biden he has to quit. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 At some point in time there was an individual in Glasgow who had reason and took the time to make this image on a brick wall down Ashton Lane. That we can project any number of thoughts and feelings onto this mysterious image is equally amazing. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 The advice I was given when I made a similar decision was to have enough funds to last 6 months without an income. Then you don't have to accept the first opportunity that comes along. You could also take a flexible low pay job 1 day a week to cover some expenses and still have 5 days left to develop your network. It's hard work and I wish you well. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I agree but we should also be aware that human innovation can also be occur in a negative, shadow sense; we have created weapons of destruction and the tools of mass manipulation. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I thought John's earlier interview with Patrick Holford was very good. Worth a watch if you are interested in or worried about dementia. Very preventable for most people. https://youtu.be/cXX4iMuwaVQ?si=Qbv3nsKHviXtXs6a npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Recommended reading #note1n9z…g26f npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 That the current system is broken is not in question for the majority of people but I do not hear any recognition of the forces absolutely opposed to bitcoin becoming widespread. History suggests to me that being right or better is simply not enough to change the status quo. Bitcoin will only prevail imo if a body seeking power adopts it as a tool of obtaining power. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I guess some users want moderation and so there is opportunity for some devs to provide it. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 As a non technical person, this is how I presented see it too. Comparing with bitcoin it seems as though relays play a role which could be likened to the role miners play. For a decentralised social network to work they would need to be rewarded the work they do in storing data and responding to requests. A cost which ultimately must be paid for by users. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 The sense of a fundamental cultural dichotomy between a unifying force (centralising) and a dispersing energy (decentralising) is an idea which was first raised in 1930's by a Russian Mikhail Bakhtin. If we assume that we each contain an aspect of both of these forces the challenge is to find a balance which maintains the tension between these opposing forces and avoid veering to either one side or the other. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Agree with sentiment but pack is better than flock imo. Flock relates to sheep who are inherently selfish. Pack to wolves, who work as a team. https://www.epsilontheory.com/sheep-logic/ npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Why? By calling people idiots kind of paints you as a person who is not open to a conversation, which I doubt is an opinion you would want to reflect who you are. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 It's very shit, that's for sure. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Thyanks for the heads up npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Lessons from History. Financial repression. UK 1950 to 1980. https://youtu.be/S5NA0nS2o-8?si=UKiH_7VGNlSDvPzZ npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography #blackandwhite https://m.primal.net/IIAP.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 East Lancashire, UK npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 After WWII, governments contained a % of ex military personnel. Now zero. Unfortunately the West's current cohort of political leaders lack the skills needed to deal with the current challenges. Things will get worse before new leaders appear. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Respect your thoughts and I am inclined to agree with your conclusion, that the west has little appetite for any direct confrontation. But what happens thereafter? This is not necessarily the end, and while we might hope for a peace, it's equally conceivable that our idiot leaders will make things worse. Geography and history can tell us a lot about how these matters might unfold, but I am always cautious about making theories on complex issues. We neither understand the reliablility of what we think we know and don't know what we don't know. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 This would look great printed 3x2 meters npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography #blackandwhite https://m.primal.net/HwPa.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography #b&w https://m.primal.net/HsOZ.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography Cock Clough https://m.primal.net/HlNr.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 This does them justice.👍 npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography https://m.primal.net/HhIG.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 This is quite a profound statement, touching on the infinite nature and creativity of the human psyche which you appear to have captured in the nostr protocol. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I love that image. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Fiat News npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography https://m.primal.net/HdQu.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Are you sure? npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 When I myself am transformed, that is proof of work. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Bottom rhs is mesmerising. Personally I like to see the natural context in which the image was taken, just adds something. thank you. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography https://m.primal.net/HaWV.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography https://m.primal.net/HZVI.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 from 'On the Nature of Psyche' npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Felt like quoting this from #jung today. In a world full of polarisation where many firmly believe they are aware of their individuality, where in truth I think "individuals are equal only in so far as they are in large measure unconscious of their actual differences." The quote implies we each see the world through our own lens but are unconscious that everyone elses lens is different from ours. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography https://m.primal.net/HYBa.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Disney+ supports tyranny not freedom, watch by all means. but watch in moderation. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Wall Street don't need to or want to own bitcoin. They just need to convince the majority of people that they own bitcoin, which is what etf's represent and pretty soon they will control most of the flow, which is all they were ever interested in. They have no interest in fighting, it's not how these people operate, nor in what self custody bitcoiners do on the sidelines. To see this as a fight, is to have already lost. This doesn't stop amazing things from being created in the sidelines, including the tools which will help you and other like minded people to live and survive in a less fiat money world. Staying clear minded is the fight. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Amazing npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Sorry but I think Google are preparing for a war event. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I interpret his tweet to be about protecting against censorship and maintaining access to all, I might be wrong. Agree it's very clumsy and admit I also once paid to hear his views, until it seems his success went to his head. When you realise someone is not for you, don't waste energy, just move away. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Thank you. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Today I confirmed my decision to retire from the business I've part owned with my business partner for the past 10 years, a business I invested 10 years of my life into building. So to feel like I've failed is very strange, but that's how it is right now. In time this feeling will pass and something new will emerge. Onwards. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Interesting read on LLM's https://www.epsilontheory.com/an-ai-in-the-city-of-god/ npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 We/you are already on the list, even if your bitcoin isn't (yet). But the road and task ahead does not change, we are simply more aware. Keep doing what you are doing. Clear eyes, full hearts. (Ben Hunt) npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 #photography https://m.primal.net/HVjz.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 FOSS is the way. Your talk was very real. Thank you npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Indeed, they already have. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Okay not replace all but whatever is built must be resilient and it must survive. My main point is to highlight that monetization, in my humble opinion, increases competition and reduces cooperation. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Nostr/Bitcoin are still at the very very beginning of a long journey. One which will require those people with vision to sacrifice their time and creative energy. To monetize too soon may be detrimental to the overall project if it reduces cooperation, which is still vital while the basic plumbing is still being developed. No one should underestimate the scale of the endeavour, which is in essence to replace a financial system which was built over hundreds of years. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Who constructed such monuments? Very different - my apologies npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I live in UK btw npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Message from Thebes to nostr. Who constructed such a monument? https://m.primal.net/HVQr.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 This years Christmas Present https://m.primal.net/HVQq.jpg npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Decentralisation is the long term advantage but is the short term constraint and consequently nostr will take time to evolve because it will be expanding in all directions at the same time. There will be winners and losers along the way and these will be decided by many factors, including plain old good luck. Patience and perseverance will be key. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 I'm a 'regular' user and now you feel my pain and I welcome your openness to posting about how difficult it is to work nostr out. I hope the community listens. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 That will be my decision, not yours. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Nostr is hard to comprehend full stop. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Another dumb question? So I get that I have a private key, but I don't know how to keep it secure, or at least I'm not confident that I I'll be able to keep it secure because it's not clear to me when it's safe to use it because how do I know if an app I'm inputing it into is genuine. So just like X, but for different reasons, nostr just seems equally unappealing as a place to invest in, because in nostr' case it seems almost inevitable that, at scale, the average user is going to loose control of their private key. I can't square this circle and nostr will not scale imo until it resolves these fundamental usability questions for the 'regular' user. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Dumb question. if I enter my private key into primal.net on another devise, how do I know if this is secure? Does primal now have my private key? npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 There are arguments for caution regarding Starlink because the effects of so much metal junk in low orbit is not fully understood. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Thank you for replying. I'm am on the outside looking in but I'm interested to see how nostr evolves and so see whether the nostr community philosophy manages to a meaningful impact in the real world. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 Maybe wechat is what some people want? npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 What is the compelling reason for people to use nostr? I am feeling it but I'm not seeing it. npub1hf9rnm4ssuf4y30zhs3x0k38yj555p6yxaft3zaqcdfnmhumf34sd8z24s jqw22 What is the point of Ln if I can't buy anything?