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mjr_: since the stock is denominated in btc
mjr_: but that is still just as good
mjr_: they can make smaller bets
mjr_: i would prefer steady sustainable growth
mjr_: although no spikes from whales, total bets still increasing steadily?
mjr_: i think it is gonna just bumble around 21 for a week
mjr_: i wish i had bought that straddle from bugpowder
mjr_: so i focus on maximizing one, and minimizing the other
mjr_: but i think there will also be innovation, beauty, happiness
mjr_: i agree there will always be poverty, shitty people, crime, violence
mjr_: we just focus on different parts
mjr_: i think we in general agree tbh
mjr_: but i enjoyed the convo
mjr_: the point is not to say the system is good or bad, the point is to say that i can thrive in the system as it is
mjr_: and minimize the abiltiy of others to harm us
mjr_: we can become safer
mjr_: no "deals going bad"
mjr_: how many people got shot because of gun violence on silk road?
mjr_: but i have one question
mjr_: and sure people will be violent...
mjr_: so yes, on the whole, people are bad and good, but in that zone in between, there is room for growth and change, and that can inspire or disappoint
mjr_: its what happens in those other 42 games that really matter
mjr_: most teams will lose 60 games and win 60 games
mjr_: it is like baseball
mjr_: but you can still treat people decently...everyone here has been very nice
mjr_: bad finances equals no army, no police
mjr_: they have to be paid...
mjr_: cuz of armies? police?
mjr_: the one with the force is the one with the most peolpe
mjr_: is that at the end of the day
mjr_: but the way i see it
mjr_: "almost all the time"
mjr_: you proved my point
mjr_: now we cn do it in seconds
mjr_: it used to take years for a caveman to be able to troll another guy on the other side of the country
mjr_: for example HOW we treat others like shit
mjr_: but does the life they live, what they do and how they do it not change?
mjr_: they also did nice things then and now
mjr_: but i think that yes, people will always be people, there will be shitty people, stupid people, evil people, good people, smart people
mjr_: you are welcome to your opinion
mjr_: and those will forever change in ways we can't predict
mjr_: but if you are a rational person...people respond to incentive and disincentive...
mjr_: people will be people
mjr_: and i am saying if you think that you have seen everything that life can possibly throw at you...expect to be surprised
mjr_: so no, not everything is cyclical
mjr_: to say that computers were expected based on history...or that they didn't change the world...is just not possible
mjr_: so that is why we got those computers the cavemen invented AGAIN
mjr_: has there ever been an empire that avoided collapse in response to its treatment of its citizens?
mjr_: my point being that although we can learn from history, to think that it contains all we need to know is obviously false
mjr_: since they are by definition the largest earthquake on record
mjr_: every record setting earthquake could not have been predicted using the past
mjr_: yes, i have never seen a black swan so therefore i never will see one
mjr_: but we have never had a currency like bitcoin
mjr_: take that away and the people have a much stronger footing
mjr_: but seriously, corrupt governments rely on their control of the currency
mjr_: and make sure the aid gets where we meant it to go
mjr_: i think they specifically mean, stop governments from stealing from their people
mjr_: they have different ideas about it than bitcoin, but this is an idea whose time has come
mjr_: because it will help to stop poverty
mjr_: bill and melinda gates foundation's new push is to move towards a cashless society
mjr_: this is why i like bitcoins though, if you are liberal you can appreciate empowering people...if you are conservative you can appreciate good fiscal policy
mjr_: political leanings aside
mjr_: i think there are dumb people all around
mjr_: but i am not stupid
mjr_: oh, sorry we sent that reject, you set your tag 55 to mpex
mjr_: and if anyone has ever tried to use FIX...mpex is a LOT easier
mjr_: and i don't think they had pretty UI on those terminals
mjr_: seriously, 3 to 4 mill to get on NYSE
mjr_: stop extorting me bro
mjr_: i am allowing you tochoose my product or not
mjr_: i have no clue what town we are talking about
mjr_: i mean vs places you have to drice
mjr_: nyc is the best for that reason
mjr_: i suppose...and that is true...but if someone told you you could have a lamborghini for $600 i bet you would find a way
mjr_: btw...if anyone is wondering i'm either mjrIII or therealjoshrossi on reddit