The Inverse Of Clown World”

Bitcoin: The opposite of the clown world Written by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf, LeMniscate Media, 175 pages, $ 25.00.

This is a review of the book from Mining version of Bitcoin Print magazine. Get your copy here.

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There is a similarity through Bitcoin's books published this summer (the last): they are everything about self -improvement and spiritual development. As a society, it seems that we have moved from writing about what money is, what it was, or how it works in the modern world – or the specific methods with Bitcoin.

Instead, we are now writing and thinking about life with Bitcoin. Bitcoin has a culture, its virtues and values ​​pushing its users in certain directions. (Alex) Svetski writes about classic virtues and how they allow us to live well on the Bitcoin standard. Mekhail writes on how to raise children with intention and long -term concentration. in Bitcoin: The opposite of the clown worldKnut svanholm and the owner of the luke de Wolf gives us a “journey of self -improvement and self -improvement” (page 11). This is a “book on you” (page 13); This is not different from how (George) Michael thinks about paternity and motherhood.

It is an incredibly entertaining and powerful book, with a lot of food to think about the madness of our world. Chapter addresses spotThe same seasons can be digestible and Relatable. If there is a scale for the book is the number of times I laugh, or withdraw my discrimination tool, or send quotes continuously to friends, then The opposite of the clown world He receives excellent marks. It is a perfect mix of light reading, relaxation and difficult punch-spray it with a full jar of humor.

attractiveness inverse It is to see that all madness in the world – political science, gender sex, and vast moral, financial and political decline – calls for an explanation. Why does that happen? How did it come to this? It seems clear that it is not related and it is clear that it is stupid.

Svanholm and De Wolf have an answer, “more clear than you think. When money stops working, everything becomes political and farce(Page 51). Distinguished, the main proposal of the book is that the moral and political breakdown is the course of money.

We throw us directly off the deep end, the opening chapter is aviation science – this philosophical basis, for all Austrian economics. Then we venture from the highest levels of academic economics and mathematics to the popular culture interpretations Dark knight, For mutual altruism notes in nature and its counterpart in human affairs. High and low, in fact.

Some dozens of pages in, seem to read a description that resembles textbooks for markets and accommodated economic assumptions known as the prisoner's dilemma. The authors extract important conclusions from the modern discussion about this theoretical exercise: “The results of Axelrod (Economic Robert) emphasized the importance of being friendly and tolerant, but also appropriate revenge.” (Page 19). “The balance between self -interest and cooperative behavior is crucial in the game of life, where decisions constitute future contracts” (page 21).

What is related to the Clown World is somewhat clear, and indeed we must wait for about fifty pages to get what the authors exactly mean. Then again, if you have read svanholm before or listened to Bitcoin infinite offer Absolutely-or, as you know, it was not associated with the cave over the past decade-you have a very good idea.

Many descriptions are wide of stroke, which is understandable when you try to pick up something means “everything stupid”. It is the desire for free lunch meals (page 41). It is the place where “the satisfaction of the bureaucrats is increasingly profitable, while providing as much value as possible for your colleagues in the man becomes increasingly incredible” (page 50). “It makes people focus on completely arbitrary issues” (page 65); In fact, most alleged societal problems are not even problems. World Clown World focuses on equality (page 101). On the contrary, bitcoin is fair, honest and merit. At the end of the book, we learn that “the clown world is a secondary result of people who cannot bear responsibility.” From this definition, this is followed quickly, through the best self -thinking and “mental programs”, that “bearing responsibility for your actions is the only thing that can make the circus a curse all disappears” (page 163):

“Success in the world of bitcoin comes from providing value to your human colleagues, not collective theft or political manipulation. Everything is divided into 21 million equals the opposite of the clown world.”

There is no doubt about my mind that the clown world is already disappearing, as it pulls the most enthusiastic supporters, kicks and bitter beneficiaries in the screaming. Svylehm, Wolf, believes something similar to:

“Things like Bitcoin ATMs will look ridiculous like phone booths in the non -far -long future.

Among the irony of fears of sadness and climate change, we get a lot of advice on scanning and guarding time and mind. We get personal chapters on KNUT running through the rain of Gutenberg, Sweden, as well as incredibly long adventures in space and astronomical physics. Einstein. It was possible to reach out of great importance to the clown world (“Our Pay attention to our facts”, page 113) without this extravagance.

We get reflections on creativity, spirit, and what is the relationship between freedom and responsibility. In fact, “whatever the small step you take to increase the imprint of personal freedom increases the total level of freedom dioxide in the atmosphere” (page 133).

Why should you read this book at all? It is really simple, really: it's Knut, it's funny, and sometimes it is very inspiring.

Selected quotes:

• “When people know enough about Bitcoin to stop worrying about their financial future, they usually care about how others realize their words and actions and more about honesty and integrity” (page 53).
• “In a world where the tasks of conscience are the correct tasks, teenage weather activists, the big game last night, the most recent friend of Taylor Swift, and the most harmful influenza news, it is easy to see that some power tries to avoid our eyes from men behind the curtain” (pages 24-25)
• “Clown political ideas were present as long as the same policy. They come in many ways, shapes and shapes, and it may be difficult to see their mockery when living among them” (page 36)

Final block:

“You are an absolute winner if you have one more than Satoshi more this year than the past. Reduce and be patient. Sell your chairs, slaughter your heroes, and take responsibility for your actions” (page 63).

Slip: The opinions expressed are fully author and do not necessarily reflect the views of BTC Inc or Magazine Bitcoin.