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Saul Venskutonis

@iam_saulve

Cryptocurrency & DeFi • Explorer of new and time-tested ways to live better • Metacognition & Mental Models • Coder • 4 years of cold showers and meditation

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THREAD: a collection of smart and time-tested ideas I've collected over the years and keep coming back to✨ 1) "You may be smart but you’re not self-made. And at work, most important achievements require a team of people working together."

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I think I pushed ChatGPT to the limit with some of these questions. Projecting potential outcomes is not something ChatGPT does well currently, and it clearly states that in its answers. Still it's impressive to see the wealth of information it managed to provide.

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What would be the effect on US strategic interests if other countries start recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender?

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What would be the advantages and disadvantages of recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender, for the US?

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Do you think it's likely that the US will recognize Bitcoin as legal tender?

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What do you know about US government-owned entities involved in Bitcoin mining?

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Which country currently has the most Bitcoin on its balance sheet?

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How could the US prepare for a scenario where China decides to invade Taiwan and collaborates with BRICS countries to issue an alternative reserve currency backed by Bitcoin to avoid sanctions?

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Returning to the question about Bitcoin accumulation by countries: what would be the likely US policy if a group of countries decided to create their own reserve currency backed by Bitcoin?

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But many governments have started research and development of their own CBDC's. Why is that?

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What about other countries?

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Is the US government secretly accumulating Bitcoin?

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I asked #ChatGPT if the US government is secretly accumulating #Bitcoin Thread 🧵

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Lovely and recommended read

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some lessons I learned in 2022: - The body is fragile, learn to treat it properly and care for it well. We are not immortal. - Connection is rarer than you think. You can like many people and not be able to connect deeply - Maintenance of relationships are *hard* in adulthood

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"The ideal life would be one where you had a hobby that as a byproduct made you money, you had a hobby that as a byproduct kept you healthy, you had a hobby that as a byproduct made you smarter and more creative."

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"Happiness is being satisfied with what you have. Success comes from dis-satisfaction. Choose."

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BREAKING: Russia funneled over $300 million into political parties and candidates around the world — including the US — since 2014, according to a new US intelligence review. Brexit, Trump, Bolsonaro, Orban, Le Pen — there’s a reason for the rising tide of fascism: the Kremlin.

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5 Stoic lessons from Seneca: 1. We suffer more in imagination than in reality 2. Associate only with people who improve you 3. The greatest remedy for anger is delay 4. Value your time more than your possessions 5. Death is not in the distant future. We are dying every day

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"Karma is just you, repeating your patterns, virtues, and flaws until you finally get what you deserve."

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"If the work doesn’t require creativity, delegate it, automate it, or leave it."

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The best apology is changed behavior.

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"You don’t want to spend 90% of your life trying to figure out how to be happy and 10% being happy, you want to be happy right now."

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How to learn from your mistakes, according to Navy SEALs (The AAR Method):

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Psychology says, confused minds focus on problems. Calm minds focus on solutions.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) One of

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"Wealth creation is an evolutionarily recent positive-sum game. Status is an old zero-sum game. Those attacking wealth creation are often just seeking status."

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You don't need more time, you need more focus. As Bruce Lee observed, "The successful warrior is the average man with laser like focus."

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"Old guys don’t understand tech, but young guys don’t understand risk."

Or: everyone has something to teach.

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"Clear thinkers take feedback from reality, not society."

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What if the drastic covid lockdowns in China are designed to further exacerbate inflation and strengthen Russia (through commodity exports), while weakening the US?

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Very very interesting thread.

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0/16 BREAKING: Bitcoin mining can slash methane emissions by 2030. Bitcoin mining can reduce our global emissions by up to 8% by 2030, simply by converting the world’s wasted and dangerous methane emissions into 80x less harmful emissions.

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Behavioral Psychology You Should Know. - Thread -

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10/

's advice for young people: Focus your energy, guard your time, train your mind, train your body, think for yourself, curate your friends, curate your environment, keep your promises, stay cheerful and constructive, and upgrade the world.

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Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; and if it is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach. - Marcus Aurelius

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Since the Bucha massacre was made public, Germany has paid ~$1.5B in gas to Russia Yet 🇩🇪 will still close its nuclear power plants in 2022. Why? I dug up the details. Not pretty. The only conclusion is that 🇩🇪 would rather kill nuclear than fight Putin & defend Ukraine 1/

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Le Pen is a weapon, part of Putin's larger war, a second front in attacking Europe and democracy. I am often critical of Macron's dealings with Russia, but he is an essential bulwark in France today.

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On the first round of the French presidential election, I write this letter to my son from #Ukraine. Why this vote is crucial. With perspective from #Kyiv and #Bucha, what's at stake, with #Putin, for #Europe. My new substack: bhl.substack.com

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The faint hearted should not read this. Yesterday, at our own risk, we left Mariupol under gunfire. We stayed overnight in a field in a gray zone. It was freezing outside, thank God we are alive. We are alive to scream that everyone who stayed in Mariupol needs help!

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Ukraine / Україна

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