Stay Focused

Recorded: Jan. 12, 2023 Duration: 0:29:51

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I just had some time, figured out, do a quick live. I say quick. We'll see how long it goes.
Just give some practice and definitely need to keep practicing my speaking. I'm going to be upping my content quality, hiring content, management team, editors, all that stuff.
taking this more seriously.
So a question that's been floating around, a lot of people are asking, they're saying, most of this industry has centralized. 99% of the infrastructure, everything around us has centralized. We're losing Satoshi's vision, the ideal decentralization.
And this really comes down to...
a few basic things that I see. Obviously, there's going to be a lot more centralization because there's money in that.
Decentralization takes work. It's hard. It's not sexy.
I've been getting on this mic speaking for years. Sometimes no one even listens. You know, I have money. I can retire. I don't have to get up here on this soapbox and try to convince people of anything.
However, if no one speaks up, if no one talks about the 1% the unsexy part, the part you can't exploit, the part that you can't monetize,
Then it's just gonna fall on deaf ears. It's a tree falling in the forest with knowing around and I don't know a part of me just pisses it pisses me off When I go and I'm looking through Twitter and I'm seeing all these people saying oh well a theory will be the infrastructure Bitcoin will be what you build apps on and
And the lightning network will be the payment rails.
And it's just as backwards, none of them can really debate their claims why they say this.
This isn't going to be a technical talk, right? I do that a lot. It's very easy to just go down the road and talk why these things aren't going to work, why they can't scale, and why they're set up for centralization. And more talk about just the mentality of where we're at.
Life will give you exactly what you put up with.
If you will put up with it, it's like water to the cracks. That's exactly what you're going to get. And too many people compromise for what they think is safety, what they think is an easy route and easy win. They look at the short term, not the long term.
being so desperate that they don't have the confidence to endure for the longer reward, the longer road always leads to a greater reward, regardless of what you're doing in life. Short cuts, thinking of now, temporary pleasures, don't build blocks. They dig holes.
And we're just obviously in a society now, in a culture now, of weak men, weak people. We've had good times for a long time in terms of
Just where we're at as a society. Now you can see the infrastructure of all these things has cracked, no one can really trust anybody that's in the authority power. Nobody has trust in the institutions like they have. There's been division.
There are monopolies that are running rampant, censoring the debate.
focusing and parameter during the narrative.
And if you just take a step back, you see there's a lot of noise.
And I think we could just take a collective deep breath, have some self-confidence.
do some critical thinking.
I don't know, man. People treat life like it's so fragile and you don't want to break it. It's like you get a new car, but you're too afraid to drive it out the parking lot. I remember when I was a kid, grew up real poor.
I knew pair of shoes. Usually get new pair of shoes until I outgroom, until like my toes were literally busted out the front. And I remember I walked real funny with flat feet because I didn't want to crease them. I didn't want to crease them, right? Because they were new.
That's how a lot of people live life. They don't want to crease. They don't want to break it in. They don't want to rock the boat.
and since we live as a collective.

FAQ on Stay Focused | Twitter Space Recording

What is the speaker practicing in this live session?
The speaker is practicing his speaking and content quality.
Why is there a lot of centralization in the industry?
There is a lot of centralization in the industry because it is profitable and decentralization is hard work.
What does the speaker think is missing in the industry?
The speaker believes that the industry is missing Satoshi's vision of decentralization.
Why does the speaker feel the need to speak up and voice his opinions?
The speaker feels that if no one speaks up, no one will hear the unsexy, unmonetizable parts of the discussion.
What does the speaker believe about people who compromise for the short term?
The speaker believes that people who compromise for the short term don't build blocks, they dig holes.
What is the culture of the society the speaker describes?
The speaker describes a culture of weak people and institutions that cannot be trusted.
What does the speaker encourage people to do?
The speaker encourages people to have self-confidence, think critically, and take action.
How does the speaker describe the way people live their lives?
The speaker compares people to a new car that is too afraid to be driven out of the parking lot, and shoe that is not creased to avoid damage.
What does the speaker think about temporary pleasures?
The speaker believes that temporary pleasures do not lead to long term rewards.
What is the speaker's opinion about the current infrastructure and monopolies?
The speaker believes that the current infrastructure is centralized due to monopolies running rampant and censoring the debate.