Still no baby! We're on serious watch, but no movement yet. Odds are we'll meet the little guy before I send out another newsletter. Busy today so I will keep this short and sweet. Let's go to the links...


El Salvador To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender: A Milestone In Monetary History

This was by far the biggest news of the week, and unsurprisingly was poorly and under-covered in the news. The Forbes article above is a start, but still doesn't really capture it. By far the coolest part of my week was a Twitter Spaces (their clone of Clubhouse) started by a popular bitcoiner, Nic Carter, while the legislature of El Salvador was passing the law. The President's brother and chief of staff was giving a play by play. At some point, the Present himself came onto the chat and took about an hour to answer live questions from some of the smartest people in the Bitcoin community. The chat grew to about 25k people including Jack Dorsey, Mark Cuban, Eric Weinstein, and who knows who else. It was an amazing glimpse at the future: completely bypassing traditional media, enacting incredible forward-thinking laws to increase sovereignty and lure foreign investment, and answering directly to the people and experts in the space. Major whitepill.


Congratulations Elitists Liberals: Matt Taibbi

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/congratulations-elitists-liberals

Nearly everything Matt writes is great, but this is one of the best summaries of the current political landscape that has been written.


We're More Christian Than We Know

https://eriktorenberg.substack.com/p/were-more-christian-than-we-know

David Foster Wallace gave a famous commencement speech entitled This Is Water (link: a must listen) which is broadly about all of the things around us that are so pervasive we don't even notice them. The article above is a fascinating look at how our basic sensibilities are shaped by Christianity. Many ah-ha! moments ensue.


How to save the world in three easy steps: Brett Weinstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_NNTVJzqtY

Ok this one is LONG but well worth the listen/watch (pro-tip, start listening to things at 1.25 speed, then bump to 1.5 when comfortable, and eventually go to 2x if you can take it. Saves a ton of time!). It is available in all podcast players if you don't need the video. Brett has on two absolute experts in the field to discuss the unspeakable topics of C19 treatments and vaccines. Last week, my father asked me why I take the time and go through the agony of reading all this stuff. This discussion provides a concrete example. We are living through a time of corrupted, dysfunctional, collapsing institutions. The pursuit of truth can literally mean the difference between life and death.