A Facebook commenter asked 2 great questions (note: I’m only answering for Bitcoin, not *crypto*. As the saying goes: Bitcoin, not crypto): Question: Can we still use crypto when the private key is lost? Answer: Private Keys are like you owning your own bank and owning the keys to the front door, back door, and…
With Bitcoin you are your own bank and you are responsible for your own Operational Security (OpSec). When I was a child my parents and grandparents taught me the responsibility of locking and unlocking the front and back doors to the house. They also taught me how to lock and unlock the doors on their…
Gerry Rafferty, Right Down the Line This is one of a handful of songs that instantly spells me through a melancholy connection to when I first started to notice music that was outside of my Mom and grandparent’s influence. This style of music, soft rock, would have never been played at my Mom’s or grandparent’s…
Family heirlooms are just a smaller version of The Louvre, The Smithsonian, The MOMA. A touchstone of human experience expressed through your family’s branch on the tree of life.
Them: “I’ve actually gotten very reluctant and a little paranoid about how to comport myself on Instagram because I seem to have offended someone by the way that I was sending things on private message without realizing it. I was just trying to be friendly and keep in touch but they got really mad. So…
You are worthy of showing yourself the same kindness – and importance – that you show other people and other beings. You are worthy of freely and easily bathing yourself with kindness and non-judgement. Being a happier human being is a process of analysis, not self-judgement, self-pity, and self-putdowns. Critical self-analysis is good, while critical…
Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds | Lex Fridman Podcast #198 Sara Imari Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist interested in the origin of life. Ask An Astrobiologist Episode 11, Astrobiology at NASA Physics & the Origin of Life with Dr. Sara Imari Walker. Dr. Walker is a co-founder of…
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Helen Keller was asked is she believed in God. She replied that God had always been there with her. She was deaf, mute, and blind, and had no exposure to religion – no exposure to the sales & marketing of Christianity – before being asked about God. Helen Keller had a direct link to God…
Police cannot seize your Bitcoin* Citizens need not ever be arrested or convicted of a crime for their cash, cars, or even real estate to be taken away permanently by the government. Asset Forfeiture Abuse – American Civil Liberties Union The government and banks cannot freeze your Bitcoin* because of your political protest Canadian authorities…