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The reason things are set in stone is simple: if they are not, then cliques form, factions gather, and the system bends to the will of whoever can shout the loudest or scheme the best.
Call it democracy, call it consensus, call it whatever polite name you like—it becomes rule by gangs. The promise of something new, something free of permission, collapses into the same tired game of power.
A system that can be changed at will is not decentralized. It may have the appearance of distribution, but at its core there will always be a table where decisions are made, and there will always be those excluded from it.
The very possibility of alteration demands gatekeepers, and gatekeepers are the seed of control. You can pretend otherwise, but the result is inevitable: the minority crushed, the individual silenced, the faction enthroned.
If the rules are immutable, then no clique can rise above another. No boat of insiders can chart the waters differently for themselves while forcing everyone else to follow. People are free to build, to innovate, to use, to ignore. But they are not free to tamper with the bedrock. That is the only way to achieve what people mouth as “decentralization” without understanding it: not in endless votes, not in squabbling committees, but in rules that are beyond anyone’s reach.
Without that permanence, the promise of permissionlessness is a fraud. With it, the factions may rage, the cliques may complain, but they cannot impose.
Think about that.
This is Nicolai Tangen.
He’s the CEO managing Norway’s $1.7 TRILLION oil fund.
In a rare interview with David Rubenstein, he revealed shocking truths about global investing that 99% of people wouldn't know.
Here are my top 8 takeaways: 🧵
(No. 5 will blow your mind)
“The faith of the Church is not a syncretistic religion composed of elements from different traditions. Jesus is not one religious leader among others. He is the Son of God, made man. In him all the religions of the world find their definitive goal.”
—Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions
MIND-BENDING 🧬
The most brilliant scientist you've never heard of:
In 1931, she talked to corn cells.
And they responded.
The scientific community called her insane.
But, 30 years later?
She won the Nobel Prize.
What she discovered about consciousness will shock you:🧵
To go kayaking at my place, you need to be willing to get your feet wet. There’s no pristine dock, no delicate, hand-held boarding process. You take the black steps down to where stone meets sea, you feel the grit and salt underfoot, and you step into the world as it is — untamed, honest, a little rough. The kayaks wait there, half in the water, half in the air, covered against the salt spray but ready to be unwrapped at a moment’s decision. It’s not a place for those who want life served up neatly; it’s a place for those who know that real beginnings are a little messy, a little cold, and always worth it.
Let’s see if you’ve truly walked the streets of Rome in spirit or in person.
Score 6 or more out of 10 to pass.
Miss the mark? Time to book a flight or crack open a history book.
1. Where is the Sistine Chapel located?
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When you’re a child, Christmas feels like the best holiday because of all the presents.
In your teens and twenties, Halloween takes over because it’s all about the parties.
But in your thirties, God willing, you begin to understand just how important and truly powerful Easter is.
The Son of God defied an empire, walked out of a tomb guarded by the state, and most importantly, offered Himself as the ultimate sacrifice so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
He is risen. Happy Easter.
Bitcoin belongs to the mother in Lagos, to the merchant in Caracas, to the child in Manila saving sat by sat. It belongs to the builder, the breaker, the thinker, and the dreamer. It belongs to the quiet man with no followers and to the defiant woman who says no more. It does not discriminate. It does not bend. It does not yield to those who say, “But what if we just…” No. There are no accommodations for elite discomfort. No safeties for the consensus class.
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