Proveta is not and has not been the base state of nature and humanity

Exactly. Poverty’s the default; prosperity’s the anomaly. The real flex is figuring out what aligns enough incentives to lift billions out of that base state…and spoiler: it’s not more fiat…

Tradeoffs between metcalfes law and Dunbars number

Define poverty.

Answer: money. I listen to Bitcoin Audible I know all the answers.

What is your basis for saying that poverty is part of human nature? That we come with nothing?

That is the question everyone should keep in the back of their heads: How did poverty suddenly start to decline, long before socialism and other pretend-altruistic philosophies could ruin people's minds? My preliminary answer is the absence of absolute power and competition between small and cultura...

Giving me money specifically.

as far as i can tell, the cause of poverty is not having enough money.

Answer: https://blossom.primal.net/b7a0243552c579c77fd4b08c2e78727810738b09130d1cc55de1f8cd6370147d.jpg

“The question is not what causes poverty. Nothing causes poverty. Poverty is the default state. The real question is what causes prosperity? And the answer to that is: freedom, incentives, and the institutions that allow people to create wealth” -Thomas Sowell

Poverty is not the natural state of nature that is retarded. Name one fucking animal on earth that's not human and struggles to pay rent or buy food? Poverty is totally unnatural, humans are the only animal that experience poverty. If one monkey hoards the bananas and tries to push the other mo...

It has been a rough time this week crypto bros. But honestly I have learned so much and a huge shoutout must go to nostr:nprofile1qqsv2899u5lqfpv9e7fejna6gemq4fyp57sslauvqzpq93y9gu9p0qspzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpypmhxue69uhkvet9v3ejumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtmpwpc976tyv4shxzvap5g - the way she approa...

The answer, according to Thomas Sowell, is something like human's taking action. His books basically address this question again and again.

If we all had to go back to the limits of Dunbars number we might be better off because incentives wouldn’t be perverse anymore. The welfare state is the degradation of society. Force starving people to learn how to produce food and/or value to society and more people would do it.

Decide what poverty is first. Having food, shelter, clothes and steady income. I was told I was poor. Because I lived in an area classified by peers and teachers as 'poor'. Unfortunately even I believed it too. Lucky for me I loved reading. The same with internet today - its like standing in a lib...