petar @petar@social.coop

One of the survival traits of human beings is psychological homeostasis, or the tendency to get used to circumstances quickly, both good and bad.

Arthur C. Brooks https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/04/how-increase-happiness-according-research/609619/

Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness. It feels as if you’re muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield. And it might be the dominant emotion of 2021.

Adam Grant https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html

The percentage of illicit transactions in crypto is minimal (less than 1% according to one report from Chainalysis), and falling. In context, estimates of illicit activity conducted through traditional intermediaries range between 2-4 percent of global GDP.

Michael J. Morrell https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2021/04/13/janet-yellen-bitcoin-and-crypto-fearmongers-get-pushback-from-former-cia-director/?sh=3cf24249bb7a

As a global society, we spend an incredible amount of time thinking about who will lead our country and very little time thinking about who will lead our money.

Ric Burton https://ricburton.substack.com/p/open-source-monetary-policy

Got time?

Cartoon by Gone Into Rapture https://goneintorapture.com/post/170042616831

Silk was the one of the first true international currencies, facilitating trade between nations, tribes and kingdoms like never before in history. At other times, salt was so powerful as a form of money that the word ‘salary’ comes from the salt rations given to Roman soldiers known as... https://www.kashev.blog/2021/03/16/silk-was-the.html

All money is a technology of future-making. We only accept a particular money as payment because we think it will be accepted tomorrow by someone else. Every transaction is a prediction, and therefore an affirmation, of a particular future.

Lana Swartz https://www.noemamag.com/bitcoin-as-a-meme-and-a-future/

What social media has turned into.

Is it? https://luke.substack.com/p/i-think-were-getting-to-a-tipping

Imagine navigating the internet alongside your friends. A live, social portal to the web will be a big deal. Instead of surfing the net, dive into it.

Greg Isenberg https://latecheckout.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-spontaneous-internet

An allegorical tale of money and credit https://beyondmoney.net/there-once-was-a-river-an-allegorical-tale/

Darth Resurrection by Travis Durden https://themindcircle.com/star-wars-characters-reimagined-ancient-greek-statues/

'Insiders from #Google, #Twitter, #Facebook, #Instagram, and #YouTube reveal how these platforms are reprogramming civilization by exposing what’s hiding on the other side of your screen.' https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/

Silence is bliss

What has happened in 2020 so far is surreal 😐

Today there's only so much you can do to make sure you have some #privacy on the #internet 🙄

Here's an intriguing but sad (if true) story about the creation of #twitter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8N0xN0ihMA