Luke G
@f1ng0lf1n.bsky.social
Lawyer, value analyst, writer, reader
I lament that bitcoin has become an object of speculation, of gambling. The white paper sets it as a currency and it would be well used there. Speculation increases its volatility and generally deters folks from using it as currency. Modernizing regs on BC may help.
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Landmark Crypto Bills Drive 2025 Regulatory Shift as Congress Signals Commitment to Digital Asset Growth
U.S. crypto regulation advanced sharply in 2025 as Congress set stablecoin rules, embraced regulated digital finance and accelerated market structure efforts, marking a broad legislative push that bro...
news.bitcoin.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I lament that bitcoin has become an object of speculation, of gambling. The white paper sets it as a currency and it would be well used there. Speculation increases its volatility and generally deters folks from using it as currency. Modernizing regs on BC may help.
news.bitcoin.com/landmark-cry...
news.bitcoin.com/landmark-cry...
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Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered…
news.mongabay.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
GM,
Tariffs are interesting because many effects are hard to predict and recognize. A republican tariff imposition is odd historically, as it is not a free trade ideal. T. Sowell has written at length on the many oft unrecognized negatives of tariffs on an economy.
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Tariffs are interesting because many effects are hard to predict and recognize. A republican tariff imposition is odd historically, as it is not a free trade ideal. T. Sowell has written at length on the many oft unrecognized negatives of tariffs on an economy.
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
The Unexpected Winner of Rising American Tariffs Is Mexico
The country’s exports to the U.S. have surged since President Trump imposed new import duties on every country this year.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
GM,
Tariffs are interesting because many effects are hard to predict and recognize. A republican tariff imposition is odd historically, as it is not a free trade ideal. T. Sowell has written at length on the many oft unrecognized negatives of tariffs on an economy.
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Tariffs are interesting because many effects are hard to predict and recognize. A republican tariff imposition is odd historically, as it is not a free trade ideal. T. Sowell has written at length on the many oft unrecognized negatives of tariffs on an economy.
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“It produces knowledge, without necessarily deepening human understanding.”
This nicely Hits my chief complaint with AI. The human condition is improved by wisdom and understanding, not by knowing things. AI does not appear to be deepening human wisdom.
apple.news/AJWRRfKvtQuO...
This nicely Hits my chief complaint with AI. The human condition is improved by wisdom and understanding, not by knowing things. AI does not appear to be deepening human wisdom.
apple.news/AJWRRfKvtQuO...
Opinion | Our king, our priest, our feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages — Guardian US
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
apple.news
December 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“It produces knowledge, without necessarily deepening human understanding.”
This nicely Hits my chief complaint with AI. The human condition is improved by wisdom and understanding, not by knowing things. AI does not appear to be deepening human wisdom.
apple.news/AJWRRfKvtQuO...
This nicely Hits my chief complaint with AI. The human condition is improved by wisdom and understanding, not by knowing things. AI does not appear to be deepening human wisdom.
apple.news/AJWRRfKvtQuO...