You are a taker, not a maker. All you’ve done your whole life is take from the makers of the world.
The zero-sum mindset you have is at the root of so much evil. Once you realize that civilization is not zero-sum and that it is about making far more than one consumes, then it becomes obvious that the path to prosperity for all is just let the makers make.
Regarding Tesla, the reality is that I have been given nothing.
However, if I lead Tesla to become the most valuable company in the world by far and it stays that way for 5 years, shareholders voted to award me 12% of what is built. Anyone who wants to come along for the ride can buy Tesla stock.
If Tesla “merely” becomes a $1.999 trillion dollar company, I get nothing. This is a great deal for shareholders, which is why they voted so overwhelmingly to approve this, for which I am immensely grateful.
And they did so by a margin far more than you won your political seat.
The day has come where someone has finally ported Lego Island, the best game of all time to the browser. https://t.co/2w24Jp8XIL What a time to be alive!
John Stuart Mill noted in 1828:
”I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”
Unfortunately, it seems to be cool to be gloomy.
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A worse financial crisis than 2008 will start soon unless the Fed acts quickly to postpone it. However, a far greater U.S. dollar and sovereign debt crisis will occur later if it does. The latter will be far more devastating for the economy and average Americans.
@Breedlove22@impact_theory Interesting, was under the impressions that scholars (and Nietzsche) see the opposite being true and the rise of "individualism" took place in the Renaissance with the "rediscovery" of ancient Greek texts/ideas and a rejection of Christian ideas that brought about the dark ages.
@CapaldiBenedict@nick_degiacomo El Dorado, city of gold..myth? Or the site of an ancient aliens gold mining operation. The evidence suggests a resounding definitive maybe
We released a few updates on this lovely Thanksgiving eve 🦃:
- You can now choose what number you want token IDs to start at
- Smart contracts will now use @thirdweb's ERC721A NFT Drop for more control over claim phases
- Fixed a bug where non-square images got rendered weirdly