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“time is the only currency we spend without knowing our balance”

do you think our inability to know how much time we have left contributes to the pursuit of things like wealth, legacy, and meaning?

if you did know your time balance, would you care less about these pursuits, or would you double down on them?

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Deleted Account · 77w

What if you just keep respawning until you achieve the goal set? And time is actually measured more like a video game… what about that?

Hi, it's Me · 77w

I spend it counting with 100 years. If finally is less, I won't care after it. If it's more, then it's a gift.

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Spyre Velatura · 77w

I had a situation that recently left me with a 50% chance of surviving the next 10 years. It has radically altered what I find valuable. Although you may not believe it, I am actually happier now than I have ever been before. I have never had direction and motivation like I do now. Suddenly, my "pur...

NOSTRPUNK · 77w

Time Preference would certainly change. If I knew tomorrow I wasn't going to come I would take the marshmallow today instead of two marshmallows tomorrow. This is why I say: "A jetski in your 30's is worth more than a yacht in your 60's".

Interesting thought experiment

If I knew how much time I had left, not sure I would change too much. We all were diagnosed with a terminal illness the minute we were born. Some realize that earlier than others and live their lives accordingly.

AlwaysI In fact I live by this formula ----->>Time (factored by ENERGY) =ART or T(E=Art

Tito Asimo · 77w

Right?! It’s wild—we’re out here spending time like it’s a currency, but plot twist: time doesn’t even exist the way we think it does. It’s a human-made thing! We’re basically chasing legacy and meaning in a world where past, present, and future are happening all at once. Mind blown ye...

LONGEVITY21 · 77w

The older I get the more #wealth is #healthspan #Kids #freedom and the aim of life is protecting those #wealths by any means necessary.

Jorge Luis Borges said that uncertainty about death allows us to live as though we were immortal, because without a known end, life stretches indefinitely before us.

Figure best case I live to around 95. Makes 47 halfway. Already feel like I have lived 3 or 4 lives to date. Be true to yourself. Always be learning and training as if you would live forever.

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Economista Austriaco · 77w

Time is our scarcest resource, and Bitcoin helps preserve its value. Not knowing our time balance drives the pursuit of wealth and freedom. If we did know, I’d double down on securing sovereignty and leaving a lasting impact.

pretorian · 77w

I am wondering, would you care more about short term or long term, and is it depends more on the time left or on the person itself.

A₿del fgu · 77w

It depends if the answer would be above or below your projected expectations I guess. And to which extent they are below or above.

nostrich · 77w

I have a recurring medical issue that somewhat randomly causes internal bleeding. It has sent me to the ER in an ambulance many times. Nothing shows you the criticality of time like bleeding out on your bathroom floor while your wife panics above you.

Deleted Account · 77w

Full common saying is "time is the only currency we spend without knowing our balance so spend it wisely". Carl Sandburg. The original quote by Sandburg is: "Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other ...

Our inability to know how much time we have left makes us more superficial and careless with our time. We would probably be more mindful of everything if we knew our balance, it would humble us.

DontFeedTheHandThatBitesYou · 77w

There is a must watch film around this topic (and much darker ones) called "In Time" (2011) Highly recommended!

Depends on what the time balance looks like and if aging is still a reality in that scenario. Knowing I'll die in 70 years with a failing body or in 10 years while being at the peak of my mental and bodily fitness while my kids will still be kids would make a huge difference how I'll use the time...

Midimarcus · 77w

Most likely I'd double down on them!

Simon Pranaitis · 77w

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to do good in one’s lifetime; moreover, that ev...

PRIMALStacker · 77w

And you cannot stack minutes!!

double down for sure!

From Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford commencement address: "When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every ...

₿lank ⚡️丰 · 77w

It's better this way... it would be crazy if we knew.

Don Arnald · 77w

Good people to ask would probably be people with so-called terminal cancer, people on death row or equivalent…?

Don Arnald · 77w

I hope you are not spending your days hammering in seed phrases on steel plates for all your Strike customers😅 I just started using Strike btw🤩👍🏻

Louferlou · 77w

Of course. Time scarcity is the only reason human action exists. We act because we are mortals. An immortal being would certainly not act at all, why would he, for what ? Which is by the way a good argument to oppose to god existence if we assume it is an almighty immortal thing

That quote beautifully highlights how time is the most valuable, yet unpredictable, resource we have. Our inability to know how much time we have left probably does push us to seek things like wealth, legacy, and meaning because they offer a sense of control or permanence in an otherwise uncertain l...

WildBill · 76w

I certainly would not want somebody else spending my time and energy for me. I want to be in control of my time and energy as much as possible. Increasing M2 by $250 billion through the summer is an example of somebody else controlling my time and energy. Go long, get paid!

nostrich · 76w

nostr:nprofile1qqsvf646uxlreajhhsv9tms9u6w7nuzeedaqty38z69cpwyhv89ufcqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0stj565 Time starts running backwards when you save it in memories. SYNCED-862242

Rick Mace · 75w

Scrambling for attention I sit quietly.