Ya know what we're really fighting against? Its not fiat money. That's a symptom of the real disease. The real disease is fiat thinking. AKA nihilism. Its saying to yourself, "I can't" - and then you think up some reasons. Most people are nihilists, unfortunately. This is why a bunch of people voting on stuff seems to only turn nice ideas into garbage. What's the opposite of nihilism? Faith. What's that? Its the acceptance of the knowledge that things work. The application of faith can be called 'skill' or expertise or "know-how." Cuz stuff works. That's it. In the spiritual sense, you know that stuff works because you can see the bigger picture. Notice the word, "acceptance," above. Its not knowledge itself, its not belief, its not magic, and it's not horror or disgust or rebellion. You're not at war with the world, you're not at war with God, or science, or yourself. Now, unfortunately, this is more a matter of habit than decision. Seeing it and deciding is certainly one of the steps, but its not going to help unless you habitualize it. This is why cultivating a positive environment, free of mental thorns or pollutants (like swearing and envy) is so important - both for yourself and for anyone you are teaching or want to have a nice relationship with. This is why fiat world, or clown world, is so degrading. It lacks any kind of mechanism for self control. Nihilism is the main input, so its the main output too. Ritual can help, if you can preserve the meaning of it. Anything can be a ritual.. A walk can be purifying. Sorting your mail can be a daily ritual. Small actions combined with a mindfulness, sorting and clearing, accepting that things in the bigger picture will work. Stuff works. Its all copacetic, man. Or it can be. It is absolutely not a coincidence that so many of us found bitcoin at the same time that we found God. We need both for the same reason. In a world of nihilism, the fiat world, we needed hope. 'Hope' is the rescue rope thrown down into the pit of despair, and we grabbed it and climbed up into the light of day - faith. Nihilistic people won't understand this, and they'll say, "but you can have faith in anything!" No, you can't. Faith isn't belief. You can believe anything you want, at least for a while, but faith is knowing that stuff works. Don't trust ; verify. They, the fiat brains, don't trust themselves ; can't verify themselves. Anyways... Just giving myself a little pep talk. #bitcoin #faith #fiat #thinking #peptalk #hope #ritual #optimism #nihilism