Damus

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Wild Burro · 9w
Thanks for sharing, there are a lot of similarities with my experience. Especially the experience of pain, but learning how to really feel again
dergigi.com/blog · 12w
Who knows what it's good for. https://dergigi.com/2026/06/21/sayings/
Ville Kokkomäki profile picture
I've also read the book "Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh" once I got myself entangled not only in Buddha's and Jesus' teachings. It's a great book, and I'm still exploring. It motivates me to write a similar book, because I feel like I could extend his story, given I'm somewhat a "buddhist" and somewhat a "christian".

Thanks for writing the piece Gigi. Be well.
Alex Gleason · 16w
https://simplygaby.substack.com/p/careful-caesar-the-citizens-are-watching
Ville Kokkomäki profile picture
Corruption and privacy... Ehhh. (Sigh.) Suppose a hypothetical ledger is so private and anonymous that no transaction can be deciphered to whom it belongs to. That doesn't mean the parties involved wouldn't be obliged to keep records and be transparents regardless, by law and regulations. The technology itself then is the layer that either allows (standardised) options for all - meaning either all is publicly there or none is or something in between. I choose privacy. The matter is that which the edge cases, in our case, cypherpunks, fight for because "if privacy is outlawed, then only outlaws will have privacy". They fight for our digital rights. That's not going to be optimal if all is public. Again, corruption is a human flaw, not so much a technological bug. (Just some loosely-tied thoughts.)
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Based Truth · 16w
Law requires transparency, but banks like HSBC and JP Morgan launder with impunity, protected by corrupt systems.