This video is what inspired this post and got me thinking on the topic. I have a teenager and a toddler. It would have been nice for someone to explain this to me when I was younger. Certainly no regrets, though.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UknXb1SaS8M

Young men will read a 300-page book on how to act busy,
act disinterested,
act detached,
act like they don’t care

instead of just getting busy and becoming someone worth being attracted to.

Most of that old dating advice boils down to this:
-Don’t chase.
-Don’t be needy.
-Have your own life.
-Have something else going on.

All good advice for the most part.

Those traits aren’t attractive because they’re performed.

They’re attractive because they’re what naturally emerge when a man is actually working toward something meaningful.

Purpose creates distance.
Work creates busyness.
Competence creates confidence.

No acting required.

Books like those popularized by Tucker Max showed men how to simulate those signals.

And to be fair, they work to a certain extent.

Of course, Tucker himself has since moved on to a very different message and is living his best life with a beautiful family!

What’s interesting now is the shift.

Two very influential, very different men come to mind.

@AlexHormozi
and
@Cobratate
are leading many young men towards a better path in their own ways.

Building.
Creating.
Discipline.
Legacy.
Proof of work.

So the point was never to ignore women or learn tricks.
It was to build something real. The traits people try to fake naturally emerge from real work.

And yes, I’m unapologetically tying this to Bitcoin.

Fiat fakes the signal.
Bitcoin is proof-of-work.

Choose your standard.

I think this marks the first time I refer to someone as a "young adult" being firmly outside that demographic. Next stop, boomer

There are so many young men in the world today focused on signaling value instead of creating it.

The latter is much harder yet infinitely more rewarding.

Bitcoin adoption won’t scale through ideology alone.

It scales when incentives align. When businesses use Bitcoin rewards to grow, they indirectly drive real consumer adoption.

Rewards work because they fit existing behavior.

While it would be amazing if more people paid with Bitcoin (and they will eventually), we don't necessarily need them to right this moment.

Bitcoin can simply be a benefit of shopping at a particular business, not a decision.

I wrote a short piece expanding on this idea, focused on earning Bitcoin through everyday spending instead of buying or spending it directly. At @nprofile1q... we've explored and implemented both, but one is a much simpler path to "adoption"

https://oshi.tech/blog/oshi-featured-in-bitcoin-news-a-rewards-first-path-to-bitcoin-adoption

The first Bitcoin faucets gave Bitcoin away so people could tinker and learn, driven largely by altruism

The next generation of faucets will be businesses offering Bitcoin rewards because it sets them apart, builds loyalty, and drives long-term customer value.

@nevent1qvz...

No but perhaps we will collaborate in the near future 👀

Here’s the stocking stuffer you need for the women in your life. High quality ingredients, no plastics, toxins, or fragrances.

You’re welcome.

Stay humble, stack sats on lip gloss using this link: https://oshi.link/6PU5QS

In 2021, 25% of the replies would have been “buy bitcoin”

For those still trying to understand why Bitcoin ≠ crypto:

Gold ≠ metals

But at least metals are useful enough to have a place on the periodic table of elements for all of eternity.

99.9% of crypto doesn’t have a place at your top shitcoin exchange for more than a year.

Will do!

I don't exactly know what works. I'm not even sure if I know what doesn't work.

But I do know that if I keep building I'll eventually find something that works better than I could have ever imagined.