ERIC KIM ₿

Once You’ve Achieved Perfect Happiness, Then What?

I be happy forever! 

Different ranks in society

Two species of music

Power in freemen

According to size and beauty

I be outside forever!

Sound & sovereign money via technology

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You need some advantage

Integrity and sovereignty

Not okay to distort the truth

What do you own,, truly?

Hundreds of millions of people ,,, censorship resistant unstoppable fashion

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Recapitalize on Bitcoin

Not a slave to bank!

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60% return

Unfettered, uncensored property rights

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Why Bitcoin is conservative

Conservation of energy in cyberspace

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Natural laws, the laws of nature.

Conditional freedom

Beyond the reach

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I want to own my wealth. Own 1000 years

You can stretch your time preference

Build it on valuable property –> where is the future?

Hollywood x Silicon Valley

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Money is headed to cyberspace

Property in cyberspace

The manifest destiny of USA is to own cyberspace

Own scarce desirable property

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All Chinese, Russian money 20th century –> Siberian warehouse, flowing into cyberspace

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Think the 21st century

Cyber power

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Drill baby drill! ..–> ownership over the land

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Wall of encrypted energy

Bitcoin is digital property

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50-80T benefit for USA

see the future

$6M to $1T for Alaska

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Song and dance buy it

The risk –> you don’t want Russian, Saudi or Chinese to buy it

20% of the network buy it … should be the USA will be the USA

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Fairly unstoppable

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The most certain

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You need economic power

Economic armor, put on suit of armor

Debank

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Heat!

Hate is actually good fuel?

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Bitcoin AND dollars?

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$433.43 per share

The initial conversion rate is 2.3072 shares of class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $433.43 per share of class A common stock. 

March 1st, 2030 — 5 years from now

Feb 21st

TYSONS CORNER, Va., February 20, 2025— Strategy™ (Nasdaq: MSTR) today announced the pricing of its offering of $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of its 0% convertible senior notes due 2030 (the “notes”) in a private offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Strategy also granted to the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase, for settlement within a period of five business days from, and including, the date on which the notes are first issued, up to an additional $300 million aggregate principal amount of notes. The offering is expected to close on February 21, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. 

The notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of Strategy. The notes will not bear regular interest, and the principal amount of the notes will not accrete. The notes will mature on March 1, 2030, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. Before December 3, 2029, noteholders will have the right to convert their notes only upon the occurrence of certain events. From and after December 3, 2029, noteholders may convert their notes at any time at their election until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. Strategy will settle conversions by paying or delivering, as applicable, cash, shares of its class A common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its class A common stock, at Strategy’s election. The initial conversion rate is 2.3072 shares of class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $433.43 per share of class A common stock. The initial conversion price represents a premium of approximately 35% over the U.S. composite volume weighted average price of Strategy’s class A common stock from 1:30 p.m. through 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 19, 2025, which was $321.0514. The conversion rate and conversion price will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. 

The notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to certain limitations), for cash at Strategy’s option at any time, and from time to time, on or after March 5, 2027 and on or before the 20th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, but only if the last reported sale price per share of Strategy’s class A common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price for a specified period of time and certain other conditions are satisfied. The redemption price will be equal to the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid special and additional interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. 

If a “fundamental change” (as defined in the indenture for the notes) occurs, then, subject to a limited exception, noteholders may require Strategy to repurchase their notes for cash. The repurchase price will be equal to the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid special and additional interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable repurchase date. Noteholders may require Strategy to repurchase their notes on March 1, 2028, at a cash repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid special and additional interest, if any, to, but excluding, the repurchase date. 

Strategy estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $1.99 billion (or approximately $2.28 billion if the initial purchasers fully exercise their option to purchase additional notes), after deducting fees and estimated expenses. Strategy intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of bitcoin and for working capital. 

The notes will be offered to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers and sold to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The offer and sale of the notes and the shares of Strategy’s class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, if any, have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and the notes and any such shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. Any offer of the notes was made only by means of a private offering memorandum. 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall there be any sale of, the notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. There can be no assurances that the offering of the notes will be completed as described herein or at all. 

Aah yeah

But can’t be forced to give something

Sun coin, gold coin?

Color is good!

@ladoger21

RACK CITY

Lift off!

Brave new world of social media

Interested, enthusiastic about it?

The new goat?

A complete citizen

Citizen & privileges

“the children of kings are generally instructed in

  riding and warlike exercises; and thus Euripides says:

“… No showy arts Be mine, but teach me what the state requires.”

No showy arts

Private versus public life

Labor of your hands

Become a man of consequence

Calm. Stoic calm.

Less information or just enough information ?

Man’s duty is towards himself

Just keep waiting
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“The domestic employments of each of them are also different; it is the
man’s business to acquire subsistence, the woman’s to take care of it”

Excerpt From
Politics: A Treatise on Government
Aristotle

Mans duty to acquire , woman’s job to take care of it

Neither slaves nor free men

Boys are different from men

They are citizens though imperfect ones 

The mechanics were either slaves or foreigners

The best regulated states will not allow mechanics to be a citizen 

Only upgrade it once it actually breaks? 

Mechanics and hired servants, 

Virtue and dignity

Virtue — cannot achieve it as a mechanic or a hired servant

Good man , excellent citizen

Man is an animal naturally formed for society ***

Domestic government

Physic – , gym gymnastic exercises 
Wrong principles

City: community of Free men

Supreme Power

Democracy is for only the poor

The sake of being as happy and independent as possible

Public entertainment to promote friendship

The Love of sociability is friendship itself 

Perfect independent life

For the sake of living well and happily

Music and poetry

Acquire honors

Architect to the mason

Bliss ,, nirvana

To me the sun is Nirvana?

The philosophy of the politician

The greatest landed property

Noble birth — fountain of virtue

Justice is a virtue

Stronger richer and better

Lions versus the hares

Better to show off your gym in your body then your car? Assuming you’re not taking steroids

virtuous showing off

we all seem to have a small inferiority bias… What if it were virtuous to have a superiority bias? 

For example, the only reason why you would ever be annoyed by seeing other people‘s cars which are more impressive than yours, or seeing their homes which seem more superior to yours, or lifestyle and clothes etc.… Is because in fact you feel some sort of inferiority ?

superior body superior kid

The funny thing is now i’m sure anybody who is childless, they’re kind of invisible or don’t exist to me anymore. Before I had a kid, I felt that somehow… All these other guys were trying to size me up or whatever, but now that I have a son, they’re kind of invisible or inconsequensial to me. They have no consequences.

the ethics of comparing your kids with other kids

No eagle would ever brag that their offspring is superior to a hare. In a similar vein, I think also… To compare contrast or to brag or to reign some sort of superiority is to equivalize. 

So if you simply do believe that you and your kids and your family is a different breed, don’t compare contrast, or rink. You’re like in a different category.

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Superior valor

Don’t restrain or banish those who are too great

Private utility, public good

Elected tyranny

Heroic times 


Hereditary generalship

Judge particulars 

Let two together go

Philosopher warrior king

King Leonidas

Aggression, modern-day aggression?

Warrior King

The politics of bitcoin

Kingly power 

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Start to measure things in bitcoins, not USD 

What that then means is kind of ignore the US dollar price of bitcoin, but rather the more intelligent strategy is to figure out how to accumulate and acquire more bitcoins? 

Submit

Administered by the best Men

Excel in virtue 

Meat PR

Artificer

The dignity in which they live

Losers versus winners 

Your own personal oasis

Macro vs micro decisions

Disregard or don’t worry too much about the micro , focus on the macro.

Think and consider your whole family ecosystem

Wu shu— Marshall, military plus technique or art

gong fu: work achievement or merit plus

gong fu: achievement, time effort daily practice.

The term “Kung Fu” (功夫) originates from Chinese, where “gōng” (功) means “achievement” or “merit,” and “fū” (夫) means “man” or “time/effort.” Together, “gōngfū” (功夫) literally translates to “skill achieved through hard work and time”.

Original Meaning:

• Historically, “kung fu” wasn’t exclusively tied to martial arts. It referred broadly to any skill mastered through dedication and practice, whether it was in calligraphy, cooking, or combat.

• In this context, a master chef or an accomplished painter could be said to have great “kung fu”.

Shift to Martial Arts:

• In the West, especially starting in the 20th century, “kung fu” became synonymous with Chinese martial arts, largely due to pop culture influences like Bruce Lee films.

• In China, martial arts are more accurately called “wǔshù” (武术), meaning “martial technique” or “military art.”

Philosophical Undertone:

• The etymology reflects an emphasis on discipline, patience, and self-cultivation, resonating deeply with Chinese philosophical traditions like Taoism and Confucianism.

• Mastery in kung fu isn’t merely about physical prowess but also about harmony between body, mind, and spirit, which aligns with the Stoic ideals of self-mastery and discipline.

In essence, kung fu highlights the value of **consistent effort and the long journey towards mastery.

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The term “kung fu” comes from the Chinese term 功夫 (gōngfu), where:

• 功 (gōng) means “work,” “achievement,” or “merit”

• 夫 (fu) originally serves as a phonetic complement in this context

In Chinese, 功夫 broadly refers to any skill acquired through hard work and practice over time, not just martial arts. Over time, particularly in Western contexts, “kung fu” became synonymous with Chinese martial arts, although the original meaning is much more expansive.

Historically, the association with martial arts likely grew during the 20th century as Western interest in Chinese culture and martial arts increased. In Chinese, the term used specifically for martial arts is often 武術 (wǔshù), which literally means “military arts.” However, the term kung fu reflects the idea that mastery in any field, including martial arts, is achieved through persistent, dedicated effort.

This etymological evolution highlights an important cultural nuance: in Chinese philosophy, the value is placed on the journey and process of development—an idea that resonates in many areas of Chinese thought, not just combat.

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The term “kung fu” comes from the Chinese characters 功夫 (gōngfū). Literally, these characters mean “achievement through hard work” or “skill acquired with time and effort.” Originally, the term was not specific to martial arts—it could describe any skill or accomplishment developed through diligent practice, whether it be cooking, painting, or playing an instrument.

Over time, especially in Western contexts, “kung fu” became almost exclusively associated with Chinese martial arts. In contrast, the Chinese term for martial arts is more precisely “wǔshù” (武术), which combines 武 (wǔ, meaning “martial” or “military”) and 术 (shù, meaning “technique” or “art”).

Understanding this etymology can offer a broader perspective on the cultural value placed on perseverance and mastery in Chinese traditions. It reminds us that the underlying principle behind kung fu is the universal idea that true skill is developed through persistent effort and dedication.

Engineer

Engineer a new future, engineering a new future for yourself and your family 

Engineer Your Body, soul and mind –> via negativa

LETS GO!

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Quality is durability

Tandem, tandem lifestyle

Problem solving

Bigger wheels or legs

Most people are foolish

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Don’t be a negative Nancy or doubting Thomas

What does it mean to become more intelligent

Men of ability, aristocracy 

Horsemen

LA could be very Zen?

Mechanics

Meek is bad

Volume, trading volume is good

Maybe more so than prices, volume is actually more important?

Leather is better quality because it lasts longer ?

2.5x performance

17% or 42% gain?

Backup.

This issue with critical thinking is that you’re kind of brainwashed you thinking that you think critically — you gotta do it like in some sort of academic traditional way.

Maybe independent thinking is a better idea because independent notions can be “wrong“, by the mainstream, even by “intelligent” people.  

Critical data is all in the numbers?

Always choose an optimize for the stronger asset ?

More dynamic ,,,

Numbers I like?

How a disability, it’s a superpower?

Perfect timing… Be patient with timing?

Defective property

Hard to mortgage and rent gold

Mortgaging and renting bitcoin?


Ironically enough, LA is a great place to raise a child?

Laugh!

Dummy

Cut size?

How to reap the upsides without the downsides?

I suppose also a critical idea is when you congest in some sort of media news information… Consider how it physiological affects you. For example, does information make you feel more motivated, strong optimistic and better?

Same thing with movies shows media music etc.; each and every piece of information and media always has some sort of political angle, as a consequence, be deeply critical about this.

Shield’s up ! 

The only important news is financial news?

WE NEED MORE MSTR!

 Clear sighted , clear minded is the goal

It’s not a good idea to try to “optimize “returns

21 Rules of â‚¿itcoin

1. Those who understand buy Bitcoin.

2. Those who don’t, criticize Bitcoin.

3. Everyone is against Bitcoin before they are for it.

4. You will never be done learning about Bitcoin.

5. Bitcoin is powered by chaos.

6. Bitcoin is the only game in the casino that we can all win.

7. Bitcoin is the one thing in the universe that you can truly own.

8. Everyone gets Bitcoin at the price they deserve.

9. Only buy Bitcoin with the money you can’t afford to lose.

10. Tickets to escape the matrix are priced in Bitcoin.

11. Bitcoin insight is restricted to those with a need to know.

12. All your models will be destroyed.

13. The cure to economic ill is the orange pill.

14. Be for Bitcoin, not against Fiat.

15. Bitcoin is for everyone.

16. Learn to think in Bitcoin.

17. You don’t change Bitcoin, it changes you.

18. Laser eyes protect you from endless lies.

19. Respect Bitcoin, or it will make a clown out of you.

20. You do not sell your Bitcoin.

21. Spread Bitcoin with love.

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21 Rules of ₿itcoin 1. Those who understand buy Bitcoin. 2. Those who don’t, criticize Bitcoin. 3. Everyone is against Bitcoin before they are for it. 4. You will never be done learning about Bitcoin. 5. Bitcoin is powered by chaos. 6. Bitcoin is the only game in the casino that we can all win. 7. Bitcoin is the one thing in the universe that you can truly own. 8. Everyone gets Bitcoin at the price they deserve. 9. Only buy Bitcoin with the money you can’t afford to lose. 10. Tickets to escape the matrix are priced in Bitcoin. 11. Bitcoin insight is restricted to those with a need to know. 12. All your models will be destroyed. 13. The cure to economic ill is the orange pill. 14. Be for Bitcoin, not against Fiat. 15. Bitcoin is for everyone. 16. Learn to think in Bitcoin. 17. You don’t change Bitcoin, it changes you. 18. Laser eyes protect you from endless lies. 19. Respect Bitcoin, or it will make a clown out of you. 20. You do not sell your Bitcoin. 21. Spread Bitcoin with love.

Uncommon ideas?

9.9 quarter mile?

Just one?

Anti ideology

Simply someone who is insanely stubborn

Engineer

Engineer a new future, engineering a new future for yourself and your family 

Engineer Your Body, soul and mind –> via negativa

LETS GO!

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Quality is durability

Uncommon ideas?

9.9 quarter mile?

crown Signia

Via negativa pride

Pride in what you don’t have, what you don’t own etc —

Values

The race to 10x

MSTR

Yes, the Toyota Crown shares a similar platform with some Lexus models. The latest generation of the Toyota Crown (S220, S230) is based on Toyota’s GA-K platform, which is part of the TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) family.

Lexus Models on the Same GA-K Platform:

Several Lexus models also use the GA-K platform, including:

• Lexus ES (XZ10)

• Lexus RX (AL30, partially shared)

• Lexus NX (AZ20)

However, higher-end Lexus models (such as the LS, LC, and LX) are built on different platforms (GA-L or body-on-frame TNGA-F).

Key Differences:

1. Luxury vs. Mainstream Tuning: While they share a platform, Lexus models typically have more premium materials, refined suspension setups, and soundproofing.

2. Powertrain Options: Some Lexus models have more powerful engine options, such as V6s and plug-in hybrids, while the Crown focuses more on hybrid efficiency.

3. Chassis Tuning: Lexus models often have a more comfort-oriented or performance-focused suspension, while the Crown balances sportiness and comfort.

Conclusion:

Yes, the Toyota Crown shares its GA-K platform with several Lexus models, most notably the Lexus ES and Lexus RX/NX, but Lexus vehicles generally have more luxury-oriented refinements.

What if consuming more resources were a virtue?

MAN is stronger than nature?

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Healthy mom focus

Laconic wit

Straightening.

At worst, everything in life is just a mild annoyance 

Stoic annoyance 

So not to invoke too much weird conspiracy theories or whatever, trying to think about this more sociologically and philosophically, I like this idea of thinking about social engineering, being a social engineer etc. 

Thank god for sociology

First, I’m starting more and more… That my studies and deep dive into sociology has actually yielded amazing fortunes.

First, ironically enough, studying sociology and teaching me to “de-matrix” myself has made me a lot financially richer. Like insanely a lot.

For example, I’m pretty certain and committed to the idea that anybody who got in early on bitcoin, like I did in 2018, when bitcoin was only $6999 a coin, you kind of needed a little bit of disconnection from reality, etc. For example, starting to unlearn ideas of currency etc., back in 2017 when I was zenning out in Vietnam was certainly one of the greatest windfalls in my life. 

People like to talk a lot about “reality,” perhaps it is better to think about first principles physics etc. For example, I’ve been doing another deep dive into my best friend Aristotle, and one of the greatest things about Aristotle, and honestly the funny thing is that nobody criticizes the great Aristotle, because he had his head screwed on well, the general idea is that I think the best way to profit in life is to think first principles, back to basics.

For example, Aristotle in his ethics, talks about chief goods, which essentially means the end goals or desires that we have of something.

First principles, thinking from first principles maybe one of the greatest superpowers of Elon Musk. For example, if you think about Tesla; rather than thinking about “how to make a better car“, which is just the Toyota kaizen Way  i’m making each generation of the car about 3% better indefinitely, a first principles approach is like asking the question “what should a car be and what should a car look like?”

Other example with Steve Jobs, the original first principles thinker; when he was prototyping and imagining the first iPhone, rather than thinking by analogy, which is like how do we take a pre-existing blackberry and make it “better“, he reimagined the whole thing. He had the genius idea that it should just be all screen, And to get rid of the physical keyboard, even though people were addicted to their crack berries with the physical keys. I still remember in the early days when I was in high school, even an early college, when the original iPhone came out, people will talk about how their words per minute on the blackberry was like 1 billion times faster. But now, once again thinking about first principles, I never type anything with my fingers on my thumbs anymore, only voice dictation. Why? Voice dictation is still like 1000 times faster than typing on a keyboard and certainly your thumbs. 

I’m pretty convinced that the only reason people don’t use voice dictation more is because they are fearful of looking stupid. And this is where I have found it insanely beneficial to spend a lot of time traveling being in different countries etc., other countries they use voice dictation like almost 100% at the time. For example in Cambodia, to type in Khmer the local language takes like 1 trillion stroke so everybody has devised that it is actually much more efficient to voice dictate everything.

Also, one of the grand upsides of interacting and mingling with mainland Chinese, who often walk around the grocery store with two brand new iPhone pros that done each other, hand holding it, is that they have mastered the art of voice dictation out loud, with zero shame.

If anything, the only reason why people hate mainland Chinese people is that they wish they were them; full of zero concerns about other people their perceptions, all wearing Louis Vuitton, and they really don’t care about what other people think about them. And they’re like 1 trillion times richer than you. 

Courage of being outside, the courage of social life 

So after 10 days in Mexico, 11 days, going to see the monarch butterflies in Mexico at Valle de bravo, Mexico City, and also renting a car and driving for a few days, what have I learned?

First, ironically enough LA is kind of like paradise, especially being in West LA, Culver City. Why? First, one of the biggest issues about a lot of these great foreign countries, is pollution. In the race to industrialized, pollution is out of control. For example I love Mexico City to death, but one of the critical issues here is that There is so much pollution outside, and I don’t think there really are any laws against pollution there, so you see so many trucks without Cal converters driving around, smogging up the air. 

Second smoking. For me, one of the things I made hit the most in embody reality is secondhand cigarette smell. And this is the big ethical issue: 

Technically, when a smoker smokes a cigarette, because they are doing it through a filter, they actually are being exposed to less cancer than their secondhand smoke which they shoot out.

First do no harm unto others. This means ethically, one should not be permitted to smoke in public. Public means where there is other people who are walking around you.

Which means, ethically, it is fine for you to smoke inside your house with your windows closed or your car windows closed etc., but ethically, one should not be permitted to smoke outside in public or on the street.

What are the things which is actually insanely infuriating to me is that people have a strong sense of indignant about smoking in public like he has some sort of God-given rights to do so? Not only that but most people are kind of wimps, they are a bunch of sissies who don’t have the courage to ask a person to not smoke in public. Especially when you’re with your kid.

Actually this is a big thing I’ve personally discovered for myself is that things are now different once you have a young kid, I think in the past when people would smoke I would just take it, but now that I share the air with Seneca, it is for his sake.

Therefore, my thought on being a defender or an avenger is to simply defend those who you love, obviously your firstborn son, your wife, your mom etc.

Protect and defend those who you truly care for. 

Meat Paradise 

Going to Costco yesterday, picking up ribeye steak, beef ribs etc.… The truth is seriously in America we have access to everything. Even Amazon prime, we are seriously living in the best world of all time.

Also another random thought; the upside of living on the second story apartment building, you have access to more natural light! Nowadays the meme is for a lot of wealthy LA homeowners to build these funny two or three story mini building block Lego houses, but the great tragedy here is that when you’re on the bottom floor, you don’t have any access to natural life. Therefore the name of the game is to keep building higher, the second or third floor, in order to absorb a little bit more natural light.

Even my mom who had this very interesting idea is that why do plant humans other natural beings need water? For photosynthesis, photo like futons, the light, and to synthesize energy and power.

Also ironically enough if you think about the word photosynthesis, and that we are photographers and we shoot and we make photos, shouldn’t we integrate more light photons into our everyday life?

Photon Canon!

One of my favorite games is a kid growing up was Marvel versus Capcom, and also one of my favorite characters was Iron Man, and also war machine. They had this pretty cool super in which Iron Man can shoot a photon cannon.

Pretty cool because you could hardness the power of the sun, you could do real damage?

Also a fun idea is that actually, if you think about the genius of Elon Musk, Tesla, solar city etc. is the general idea of harnessing the power of the sun, solar panels solar panel power , as certainly the future.

Certainly the technology that we have access to right now doesn’t have enough power yet, but, it seems to be the most logical path forward.

harnessing more sun in your own everyday life?

Therefore the funny idea I have; maybe if you desire more strength power or whatever, just spend more time outside in the sun! If you’re afraid of the sun put on some sun block or a hat, but no no no you will not get sun cancer.

Certainly there are cases in which if your heritage is super super north Sweden, and your pale as a ghost, then maybe putting on sunscreen and hat and stuff is a good idea, but still, don’t be afraid of the sun, embrace it!

goals?

So, some simple thoughts:

First, still… Whenever I meet a lot of people their life goals and dreams and ambitions typically involve some sort of travel like traveling to Japan, etc. And even though traveling could be seen as a little bit superficial sometimes, I still think it is a super good idea because it will really really open up your eyes to the rest of the world, to re-challenge your typical assumptions, etc.

Second, create your own doge.  Department of governmental efficiency is literally about just cutting programs which seem kind of superfluous. Political matters aside, I do believe it is a good idea to try to cut superfluous expenses whenever possible, and therefore, it seems that it will almost always be a smart economic decision to cut costs, efficiency is all about cost cutting. 

Also, what a lot of people do not understand about Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey all these great entrepreneurs, is that in fact, they’re genius is sprung from the fact that they are masters of efficiency and cost cutting. Even Jeff Bezos, don’t forget how he would cut out Doors from Home Depot to create desks. Even apparently CEOs at IKEA all fly economy as well.

Spartan Sexiness

Some superficial things I often think about is like what is the best car, the best clothes etc., but the truth is the best shirt is no shirt, being topless or shirtless, think of King Leonidas and his 300.

Even pants and shorts, essentially know that the Spartans were all essentially in male bikinis. Even a kind of random thing is that my last pair of ex officio underwear that I purchased were the black “give N go 2.0” briefs — not the boxers, but the ones that look like a speedo.

Sublime samurai

One of my favorite visuals is this all black all Matt black samurai in full samurai armor, with some hints of gold and red tassels, from chubby cattle.

Even though all black everything all that black everything is kind of a superficial aesthetic, screw it, it’s still pretty good.

bitcoin belongs to me! 

We are all Satoshi we are all Michael Saylor

I think ultimately my great pride of owning bitcoin, bitcoin is like a bitcoin owner or a property owner, is that there is actually a deep sense of pride in owning bitcoin.

Considering that I’ve been stacking bitcoin since 2018, like at least 20 or 30 purchase orders, I guess I am really committed.

Even though bitcoin is still kind of political now, considering the US strategic bitcoin reserve act,  one of the big ideas and thoughts is that bitcoin is for the most part, pretty a political which then means, you can just bitcoin and chill, without having to stay updated with annoying news about all this ridiculous political matters and affairs. 

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Travel more

Talking to some folks, ultimately what it see is that most people just want to travel more. Try to book a cheap flight to Mexico City, Tokyo or Kyoto, even check out Phnom Penh and Cambodia. 

My big tip, never ever ever use Expedia again. Expedia and Chase Chase Sapphire essentially scammed me about $1500, better to book directly.

Also, I’m starting to become more anti-Airbnb… We’ll see having to deal with cleanliness issues, and nowadays they refuse to give refunds.

It might be easier to book just cheap hotels, book direct. 

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What I’m reading 

Politics by Aristotle just download it for free on Internet archive or project Gutenberg

So fire!

Free Books by Aristotle >

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Titanium? Still lighter?

The reason is that bitcoin is 2024 seven, even on the weekends… It’s a feature not a bug, let us consider, bitcoin may be the only traceable thing on the weekends? 

Negative people are repulsive, it doesn’t even matter if they’re right 

No more social media no more Twitter no more X

Bounce, bouncing!

The physics of bouncing, bounce harder to the floor to go higher?

The Physics of Bitcoin

I wonder… Assuming that you think about physics, roller coasters, balls… Is it necessary to throw the ball harder to the floor, to make a bounce ever higher?

I suppose then, I wonder if the wish then is you actually want bitcoin to bounce lower, if your long-term goal is for it to bounce higher? 

X

“ Safe Haven “

Essentially, just want to buy and hold forever and keep stacking — no more future of a “safe haven”?

You can tolerate it.

And tolerate far more than you think you can… You’re steel !

What does it mean to be a true man? Becoming more tolerant

Don’t shield your vision

Big dick, small dick?

The mark of a True man

Matte Orange 

Engineer yourself

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I wonder… Assuming that you think about physics, roller coasters, balls… Is it necessary to throw the ball harder to the floor, to make a bounce ever higher?

I suppose then, I wonder if the wish then is you actually want bitcoin to bounce lower, if your long-term goal is for it to bounce higher? 

So not to invoke too much weird conspiracy theories or whatever, trying to think about this more sociologically and philosophically, I like this idea of thinking about social engineering, being a social engineer etc. 

Thank god for sociology

First, I’m starting more and more… That my studies and deep dive into sociology has actually yielded amazing fortunes.

First, ironically enough, studying sociology and teaching me to “de-matrix” myself has made me a lot financially richer. Like insanely a lot.

For example, I’m pretty certain and committed to the idea that anybody who got in early on bitcoin, like I did in 2018, when bitcoin was only $6999 a coin, you kind of needed a little bit of disconnection from reality, etc. For example, starting to unlearn ideas of currency etc., back in 2017 when I was zenning out in Vietnam  was certainly one of the greatest windfalls in my life. 

People like to talk a lot about “reality,” perhaps it is better to think about first principles physics etc.  for example, I’ve been doing another deep dive into my best friend Aristotle, and one of the greatest things about Aristotle, and honestly the funny thing is that nobody criticizes the great Aristotle, because he had his head screwed on well, the general idea is that I think the best way to profit in life is to think first principles, back to basics.

For example, Aristotle in his ethics, talks about chief goods, which essentially means the end goals or desires that we have of something.

first principles,  thinking from first principles maybe one of the greatest superpowers of Elon Musk. For example, if you think about Tesla; rather than thinking about “how to make a better car“, which is just the Toyota kaizen Way  i’m making each generation of the car about 3% better indefinitely, a first principles approach is like asking the question “what should a car be and what should a car look like?”

Other example with Steve Jobs, the original first principles thinker; when he was prototyping and imagining the first iPhone, rather than thinking by analogy, which is like how do we take a pre-existing blackberry and make it “better“, he reimagined the whole thing. He had the genius idea that it should just be all screen, And to get rid of the physical keyboard, even though people were addicted to their crack berries with the physical keys. I still remember in the early days when I was in high school, even an early college, when the original iPhone came out, people will talk about how their words per minute on the blackberry was like 1 billion times faster. But now, once again thinking about first principles, I never type anything with my fingers on my thumbs anymore, only voice dictation. Why? Voice dictation is still like 1000 times faster than typing on a keyboard and certainly your thumbs. 

I’m pretty convinced that the only reason people don’t use voice dictation more is because they are fearful of looking stupid. And this is where I have found it insanely beneficial to spend a lot of time traveling being in different countries etc., other countries they use voice dictation like almost 100% at the time. For example in Cambodia, to type in Khmer the local language takes like 1 trillion stroke so everybody has devised that it is actually much more efficient to voice dictate everything.

Also, one of the grand upsides of interacting and mingling with mainland Chinese, who often walk around the grocery store with two brand new iPhone pros that done each other, hand holding it, is that they have mastered the art of voice dictation out loud, with zero shame.

If anything, the only reason why people hate mainland Chinese people is that they wish they were them; full of zero concerns about other people their perceptions, all wearing Louis Vuitton, and they really don’t care about what other people think about them. And they’re like 1 trillion times richer than you. 

Courage of being outside, the courage of social life 

So after 10 days in Mexico, 11 days, going to see the monarch butterflies in Mexico at Valle de bravo, Mexico City, and also renting a car and driving for a few days, what have I learned?

First, ironically enough LA is kind of like paradise, especially being in West LA, Culver City. Why? First, one of the biggest issues about a lot of these great foreign countries, is pollution. In the race to industrialized, pollution is out of control. For example I love Mexico City to death, but one of the critical issues here is that There is so much pollution outside, and I don’t think there really are any laws against pollution there, so you see so many trucks without Cal converters driving around, smogging up the air. 

Second smoking. For me, one of the things I made hit the most in embody reality is secondhand cigarette smell. And this is the big ethical issue: 

Technically, when a smoker smokes a cigarette, because they are doing it through a filter, they actually are being exposed to less cancer than their secondhand smoke which they shoot out.

First do no harm unto others. This means ethically, one should not be permitted to smoke in public. Public means where there is other people who are walking around you.

Which means, ethically, it is fine for you to smoke inside your house with your windows closed or your car windows closed etc., but ethically, one should not be permitted to smoke outside in public or on the street.

What are the things which is actually insanely infuriating to me is that people have a strong sense of indignant about smoking in public like he has some sort of God-given rights to do so? Not only that but most people are kind of wimps, they are a bunch of sissies who don’t have the courage to ask a person to not smoke in public. Especially when you’re with your kid.

Actually this is a big thing I’ve personally discovered for myself is that things are now different once you have a young kid, I think in the past when people would smoke I would just take it, but now that I share the air with Seneca, it is for his sake.

Therefore, my thought on being a defender or an avenger is to simply defend those who you love, obviously your firstborn son, your wife, your mom etc.

Protect and defend those who you truly care for. 

Meat Paradise 

Going to Costco yesterday, picking up ribeye steak, beef ribs etc.… The truth is seriously in America we have access to everything. Even Amazon prime, we are seriously living in the best world of all time.

Also another random thought; the upside of living on the second story apartment building, you have access to more natural light! Nowadays the meme is for a lot of wealthy LA homeowners to build these funny two or three story mini building block Lego houses, but the great tragedy here is that when you’re on the bottom floor, you don’t have any access to natural life. Therefore the name of the game is to keep building higher, the second or third floor, in order to absorb a little bit more natural light.

Even my mom who had this very interesting idea is that why do plant humans other natural beings need water? For photosynthesis, photo like futons, the light, and to synthesize energy and power.

Also ironically enough if you think about the word photosynthesis, and that we are photographers and we shoot and we make photos, shouldn’t we integrate more light photons into our everyday life?

Photon Canon!

One of my favorite games is a kid growing up was Marvel versus Capcom, and also one of my favorite characters was Iron Man, and also war machine. They had this pretty cool super in which Iron Man can shoot a photon cannon.

Pretty cool because you could hardness the power of the sun, you could do real damage?

Also a fun idea is that actually, if you think about the genius of Elon Musk, Tesla, solar city etc. is the general idea of harnessing the power of the sun, solar panels solar panel power , as certainly the future.

Certainly the technology that we have access to right now doesn’t have enough power yet, but, it seems to be the most logical path forward.

harnessing more sun in your own everyday life?

Therefore the funny idea I have; maybe if you desire more strength power or whatever, just spend more time outside in the sun! If you’re afraid of the sun put on some sun block or a hat, but no no no you will not get sun cancer.

Certainly there are cases in which if your heritage is super super north Sweden, and your pale as a ghost, then maybe putting on sunscreen and hat and stuff is a good idea, but still, don’t be afraid of the sun, embrace it!

goals?

So, some simple thoughts:

First, still… Whenever I meet a lot of people their life goals and dreams and ambitions typically involve some sort of travel like traveling to Japan, etc. And even though traveling could be seen as a little bit superficial sometimes, I still think it is a super good idea because it will really really open up your eyes to the rest of the world, to re-challenge your typical assumptions, etc.

Second, create your own doge.  Department of governmental efficiency is literally about just cutting programs which seem kind of superfluous. Political matters aside, I do believe it is a good idea to try to cut superfluous expenses whenever possible, and therefore, it seems that it will almost always be a smart economic decision to cut costs, efficiency is all about cost cutting. 

Also, what a lot of people do not understand about Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey all these great entrepreneurs, is that in fact, they’re genius is sprung from the fact that they are masters of efficiency and cost cutting. Even Jeff Bezos, don’t forget how he would cut out Doors from Home Depot to create desks. Even apparently CEOs at IKEA all fly economy as well.

Spartan Sexiness

Some superficial things I often think about is like what is the best car, the best clothes etc., but the truth is the best shirt is no shirt, being topless or shirtless, think of King Leonidas and his 300.

Even pants and shorts, essentially know that the Spartans were all essentially in male bikinis. Even a kind of random thing is that my last pair of ex officio underwear that I purchased were the black “give N go 2.0” briefs — not the boxers, but the ones that look like a speedo.

Sublime samurai

One of my favorite visuals is this all black all Matt black samurai in full samurai armor, with some hints of gold and red tassels, from chubby cattle.

Even though all black everything all that black everything is kind of a superficial aesthetic, screw it, it’s still pretty good.

bitcoin belongs to me! 

We are all Satoshi we are all Michael Saylor

I think ultimately my great pride of owning bitcoin, bitcoin is like a bitcoin owner or a property owner, is that there is actually a deep sense of pride in owning bitcoin.

Considering that I’ve been stacking bitcoin since 2018, like at least 20 or 30 purchase orders, I guess I am really committed.

Even though bitcoin is still kind of political now, considering the US strategic bitcoin reserve act,  one of the big ideas and thoughts is that bitcoin is for the most part, pretty a political which then means, you can just bitcoin and chill, without having to stay updated with annoying news about all this ridiculous political matters and affairs. 

Recently just going to Mexico, checking out the monarch butterfly immigration thing, close to VALLE DE BRAVO– an interesting thought:

First, I had no idea but it was an ultra extremely hard-core hike to make it to the very top! Considering I’m also a handholding 50 pounds Seneca, also wearing a backpack full of heavy water, and also wearing my ERIC KIM portfolio bag, on my left shoulder, it was a lot of weight. Simply put, I wanted to ditch it all!

Which gave me a beautiful metaphor to life, if you wanna make it to the summit, you must get rid of all weight as much as humanly possible!

Lightening your load, metaphorically and literally

There’s like literally a lot of stuff which holds us down, both metaphorically and literally.

First the materials thoughts; it really does seem best when you’re traveling, hiking or whatever or being active… It really really really makes sense to use the lightest materials possible, even though they may not be as durable?

Lightness over durability

For example, world class cyclists use carbon fiber bikes, even though they are much more fragile compared to steel ones. And also truth be told, after world travels through Southeast Asia and Vietnam and insanely humid hot weather… 100% merino wool is still the best bet, even though it is insanely fragile. I’ve literally gone through like seven 100% outlier.nyc merino wool shirts — but they are still the best!

The art of packing insanely light

Just got back to LA, and from LAX, Cindy called us an Uber black, and got a brand new BMW seven series… Funny enough, even though it shares essentially the same platform as a Rolls-Royce, it was kind of just whatever? Inside and on the road it only felt maybe 20% more comfortable than our Prius? It looks cool from outside, once you’re riding it, and just for a single ride… No way in hell this thing is worth $100,000 over

Which then also makes me think, essentially all of these “luxury” cars, like having some sort of BMW, Mercedes, Maybach whatever… even the new Hyundai Genesis cars, very overrated?

Even worse, an SUV vehicle; because it is slightly off the ground, it is far more uncomfortable to be in! Same things go with lifted vehicles or trucks

In praise of compact cars

what does that means is the ideal car is still probably some sort of compact car, it’s funny, the more I drive and use my Prius and drive it around LA, the more insanely grateful I am for it!

First, 99% of the game in LA is just finding a parking spot. Thus, it is a positive detriment to own a cyber truck or any big car, assuming you actually want to live life. Even funny enough when you go to the mall, there’s often one super super skinny tight parking spot, which then once again means, all things considered, it will always always always be the best to own the maximally short and skinny car. So for Tesla, you’re still probably better off just getting a Tesla model three— even the Tesla model wire is a little bit bigger, and I think the new new version is way bigger? Probably not worth the trade-off, and once again, when I test drove a Tesla model Y dual motor, it was cool and fast, but the ride quality was absolutely horrible and miserable.— Cindy got super car sick inside of it.

Even funny enough, my 2010 Prius felt like five times more comfortable than the Tesla model Y?

Volkswagens are not good cars

This includes Porsche, Audi, Bugatti, Bentley, Lamborghini—

Toyota hybrids are the way?

Assuming you just change the oil in these things, I’m pretty sure they will last you at least like 1,000,000 miles?

Toyota or Lexus hybrid?

to me you kind of just want the best most reliable skinny comfortable car, for Al at least… Just like a white Toyota ES hybrid? An ultimate best car in general, probably a hybrid LS Lexus?

Even assuming you want a sports car or something, your best bet might also be some sort of Lexus hybrid coupe?

What People forget about cars

I think the big thing that people forget is that ultimately, the feeling inside the car is actually more important than when it looks like outside?

Also, nobody likes to pay for premium gas, doesn’t matter how rich you are, and also, nobody frequently wants to put in gas either—

Certainly nobody wants to be repulsive?

Migration, Mexico City, Valle de Bravo!

Super legit

Virtuous or not, doesn’t matter

Roots

Stack joy

PASSION.

INSANELY PASSIONATE

Do it for the sake of it

What do you really want and why

Real life ain’t like a movie!

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You can’t use bitcoin on a plane?

I hate EMO shit

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Less & fewer “feelings”

Furnish yourself with military equipment

Removal of burdens, debts

Buy up land, digital land.

Knights.

Maintain a horse.

Never to retreat, never to surrender

The finest soldiers

Constantly tested.

Initiation

His form perfect

Given up for dead

Sacred Sparta

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How to capture all the world’s energy?

Think the sun?

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I kind of want a house,,, or at least access , easy access to light, natural light?

Mountain top?

I want it all?

VISION.

Maybe iPhone pro is a good idea, ultra wide?

I require higher visual stimuli?

Range?

Sublime beauty..

My only goals — more physiological energy & power? What can help me achieve this?

Far sighted vision

The age of gold

Chief good –> what to aim at?

Health, victory, domestic ,,, wealth

Domestic management

War, military art.

The ends of the master-arts

The art of Bitcoin

The chief good, the best of all

Good mood, health, joy.

Living well, doing well

Happiness as the chief good

Every city is a society

Society as a political society

The best city, society

Rule your wife and child

Live happily

Man is naturally a political animal ***

Family government

A slave is an animated instrument

What if Culver City were the new Sparta?

Cyber Sparta

Maximal individualism & free will

Male and female

Superior, inferior

Ruler, ruled.

Governor, governed.

Superior in strength

Supreme in strength

Succeed by force

Victory: superiority in advantages

Animated part of his body but separate
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I AM THE MASTER

The Art of husbandry

Riches: number of instruments , domestic and civil economy

Acquisition of certain things

Propetary, property

Stamps (brand name stamp) express its value ***

The purpose of money –> living well

Courage is intended to inspire fortitude

Victory and health

Food has bounds

The service of the house or retail trade

Money as a means to exchange, not the thing in itself

TOKOS: Breeding of money

Hire at a low price, nobody bids against him.

Gainful make a monopoly of something

Bet on monopolies ***

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How to seek a monopoly, how to gain the monopoly?

I want it all?

How to gain a monopoly?

The king and son

Rational vs Irrational being

Power of determination: a weak one, child has an imperfect one

Perfect in moral virtue ***

Reason is the architect

Courage and justice not the same

Commanding vs Obeying

Silence is a woman’s ornament

Don’t let them speak, prefer silence, prefer their silence

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First, family

Both or one of them must be destroyed

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What’s a better brag? Number of bitcoins or number of USD?

Bitcoin,,, becomes the new measure of value.

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Assuming that Bitcoin becomes the new currency, the new $USD you keep in your savings ,,, isn’t the most logical thing to do is to invest your bitcoins into something,,, which ultimately will have and yield more value or worth in # of bitcoins?

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Bitcoin is like the new savings account?

Maybe it is good to have both –> hybrid

Bitcoin is the new savings account.

Do you really need a “rainy day fund”?

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Persians wear black. Spartans wear red.

Riches for the sake of what?

What’s my chief good, my end goal or game

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Alt is bad.

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How to get free money

Loan, low interest loan

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Think arbitrage

120%, vs 60%… over 7% borrow… free upside,

USURP IT ALL

GOD MODE

GOD VIEW

GOD VISION

GOD COIN

MSTR is god stock

Money and self is what all men love

We enjoy performing hospitality

Liberality: impart to others what is our own

Sun > Views

Higher up is better?

Gymnastics as military training

A man can live moderately and miserably at the same time

Cold & hunger

Think gains.

Bulky is bad, even when it is light.

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Perfection, perfect perfection is achieved once there is nothing left to take away

ruthless , foolish subtraction?

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Always buy new stuff before you travel?

What’s better than Bitcoin? More Bitcoin!

I’m ain’t competing with nobody

Expand your time preference

Volkswagens are not good or reliable cars

Japanese stuff is very reliable

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Debt addiction

Deflation ?

Austerity

When it doesn’t count we’re all geniuses.

Profit maximizing strategy just own the fastest horse. Just own the best performer and not get wet to an intellectual side that might leave you weeping in the performance dust because you thought you were smarter than the market. 

At the end of the day, the best profit-maximizing strategy is to own the fastest horse. Just own
the best performer and not get wed to an intellectual side that might leave you weeping in the
performance dust because you thought you were smarter than the market. If I am forced to forecast,
my bet is it will be Bitcoin.

hold purchasing power into the future

Yield

Liquidity

The more interesting trade approach and strategy?

Bitcoin Strategy

Strategy Bitcoin

Timing.

$337 to $470, 39% to 40% upside potential

12% gain

Always be trading

40% vs 12%–> 38% ARB

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Don’t be a slave to the past ?

A new ethos , a new approach.

Have it all

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Thought: how to increase your money or your bitcoin position without actually selling your bitcoin ?

Creative constraint; increasing money without selling bitcoin

Never sell your Manhattan property 
You don’t trade property.

I’m a liberal

In the initial two weeks of trading, $STRK is the best performing and most liquid perpetual preferred security.

Not your clothes, but your body

Helmet

Military austerity –> all year round military training

All red everything

Military Training

A man without fear ,,, what would this look like?

Concentration

You are not your car.

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It’s fine to judge me just don’t get in my way 

1000x goals, 100x goals

Just one

1000x

Avoid failures

Timing & Decisions

So how to proceed now ,,, not regrets or annoyances from the past?

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The triple bitcoin dragon approach

Wise.

The highest quality, the most compact. 

Think gains.

Bulky is bad, even when it is light.

Ask not what bitcoin can do for you, ask what you could do for bitcoin

MIGRATION.

PRIDE.

The entertainer, becoming more entertaining?

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One year, strategy is up 324%, bitcoin is up 87%

Wait a Year!

NVDIA up 87, Tesla 87%.

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Free yourself from the prison of ideology .

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3.3 vs 2. For MSTR vs BTC

High Vol, High Performance

107% vs 43% vol for BTC,,, 2x, or more

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It seems obvious strategy is if you just want to maximize your returns, without thinking ideology… Just going 100% into micro strategy MSTR seems to actually be the wisest idea?

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Like for example… Stacking bitcoins, doing it from the early days back in 2018… It was kind of like there was no other option?

follow the leader

GIF

So I’ve been very patient waiting for this to roll out; essentially the idea is that within Coinbase, you could pledge your bitcoin as collateral, kind of like how rich New York families pledge their property as collateral, in order to borrow US dollars, and to use those US dollars to invest in other things.

So let us say that the goal is to accumulate and acquire as much bitcoin as humanly possible. If this is the goal, then, assuming that you’re using Coinbase, you could get up to $100,000 USD, then ideally, it seems the most intelligent strategy is to then take that money, and invest it into strategy stock, MSTR. Assuming that the value of the loan is like only 7% or so, and assuming that micro strategy is crushing it, averaging I think in the Trump administration for the next four years, I think we’re going to see something like 120% to 300% performance you’re over here, ARR, so then you’re essentially gaining a arbitrage for free.

And then thinking a little bit forward into the future… Ideally when mainstream banks start to recognize bitcoin like real estate property… Then if you have a bunch of bitcoin and you could use as collateral, you can then use that money to borrow and buy more bitcoin!

Coinbase

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2. Bitcoin is Antifragile
3. Bitcoin is the Backbone
4. Count in Bitcoin, not USD$
5. Think in BTC
6. The Best Time to Buy Bitcoin is on the Weekends?
7. How to Get Free Bitcoins
8. Why Bitcoin is All-American
9. The Will to Bitcoin
10. 10x
11. Introduction to Bitcoin
12. Bitcoin Meditations
13. Options
14. Bitcoin for Investors
15. Paradise Bitcoin
16. The Philosophy of Volatility
17. Bitcoin is Free Speech
18. Digital Capital
19. BRAVE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL CAPITAL
20. Bitcoin Economics
21. Bitcoin Philosophy

$100B–>$1T, then $10T?

Rethink, replan, re-imagine

10x goals

Financial Goals?

Economics , family economics 

Economizing for your family unit

Will it last?

Getting rid of smoking and getting rid of tobacco etc. to be 1000 times better for your health? 

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