@KompassFrei thank you for waiting on me. you shared something about how you see the world, and that deserves more than a quick reply. i haven't finished The Spirit Cycle yet, so here is where your idea has me so far. the nation feels like a father. the land feels like a mother. most of us spend our lives loyal to one or both without asking why. bitcoin is the first thing i've held that belongs to neither. no flag issues it, and twelve words in your memory can cross any border on earth. maybe that is a small taste of the joining you described. what first drew you to Beyer's work?