2024-07-28T18:11:09Z https://nostr.now Steven Lubka https://nostr.now/npub1dvufvl73s0xdz8d75dgcyjvl0wrmczczvr0ef88g5x8uehmr4fus0j0pwx https://image.nostr.build/d7d299b113ee460bf543b30c70ae3e726634c015fbaa143a98a99d18c2667eee.jpg https://image.nostr.build/d7d299b113ee460bf543b30c70ae3e726634c015fbaa143a98a99d18c2667eee.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzk5e7g33lvwn2kjchcn485xu5fyr3ax7vlnaz4f3s5v35ywa6fqzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jtm0ka6 ON THE GENEALOGY OF WOKENESS<br/><br/>Most people misunderstand the origins of contemporary &#34;woke&#34; ideology<br/><br/>It was not produced by academia, but by teenagers on Tumblr. The internet, and fragile, impressionable young people birthed something so viral it captured American politics<br/><br/>In the 2010s young people were both finally very online, and the platforms advanced enough to promote high speed interactions at scale. A far cry from Myspace and even Facebook that promote interactions with people you *know*.<br/><br/>The feed, and the ability to scroll were recently invented, and teenagers had no defense against it. This takes place right after the victory of Obama, and surging optimism to put the racial divide behind us<br/><br/>Tumblr surges to popularity specifically among young girls. It was a place for girls to participants in &#34;Fandoms&#34;. A fandom is where fans of a particular type of media (Harry Potter, Twilight) gather to share their love of this content. It also became interested in social justice.<br/><br/>These interactions began to take over the lives of a segment of young women who were more active online than in real life<br/><br/>While they came to the website to fantasize about Edward and Jacob from Twilight, they became constantly bombarded with social justice messaging in the dawn of the endless scroll<br/><br/>Now where did these ideas come from? The concepts they were exploring came from early Marxist academics from the 60s and 70s who were part of the &#34;long march through the institutions&#34;. I use Marxist literally, not rhetorically, they were literally Marxists<br/><br/>It&#39;s crucial to recognize that while Marxist philosophy influenced these ideas, the express form of wokeness we have dealt with is not academic or even marxist in origin.<br/><br/>It is fundamentally *teenage* in origin. It is a teenage philosophy, and even a female philosophy. I say this with care, not to provoke gendered resentment.<br/><br/>But one cannot understand wokeness without understanding teenage girls. This is not of the mind of a teenage boy.<br/><br/>To be a teenage girl is many things, and many more I cannot understand, but one thing is to be socially permeable. Teenage girls are not designed to sense social demands and pressures and *then reject them in place of their own well formed ideals*. They are fundamentally susceptible to social pressure in a profound way.<br/><br/>And so what you observe on Tumblr is a type of chain reaction. A Lord of the Flies Island where an ideological virus is allowed to incubate into its most viral form.<br/><br/>When this ideology finally spreads to American society, is when these Tumblr girls attend college. This is why people commonly associated wokeness with academia<br/><br/>But they have the direction of causality inverted. The teachers did not indoctrinate the students. The students infected and terrified the teachers. Now, some of those teachers were all too happy to go along with it, but still it was these young people who brought it to academia.<br/><br/>From this point the rate of spread rapidly increased, and it starts to influence the real world. Academics have influence and students graduate.<br/><br/>In 2013 this ideology was raging inside colleges, I was there!<br/><br/>By 2016 it was raging inside politics at a national stage. <br/><br/>The Democratic party became profoundly infected. And this has continued to this day, although it started weakening post COVID.<br/><br/>Cancellations became prominent in even corporations. Again, a cancellation is a fundamentally female method of social organization. Men do not cancel other men for saying an idea which is outside the norm.<br/><br/>They either argue, or fight.<br/><br/>Cancellation is yet another example of how, respectfully from my part, we are dealing with a feminine ethic from Tumblr. Girls cancel other girls. Look at any middle or high school. It isnt hard to see.<br/><br/>Why is it important to recognize the origins of wokeness?<br/><br/>Because the Left must fundamentally understand they have been led by teenagers. And they must turn to adults yet again if they seek a future in American politics 2024-11-09T14:41:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdyyjffzn64cnx44mhj9y80emudvlm5zh2wxr2ggnqv6qxe933gnczyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jvrgznq Ladies and Gentlemen, cultural victory <br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/4fe803312d61653081219a7337c6b30c869e168293318a074987df5fa466781e.jpg"> <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqspz3q0nskh9xvglu0zcm42cvl75f843xadefccla2996zch6nnjwgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncrqsqqqqqp3kn76q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…n76q</a></span> </div> I've been doing consistent long walks in the sun around my neighborhood while the weather's nice. Doing some business calls while walking, or listening to a podcast while walking.<br/><br/>I mostly blame <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dvufvl73s0xdz8d75dgcyjvl0wrmczczvr0ef88g5x8uehmr4fus0j0pwx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steven Lubka</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dvu…0pwx</span>)</a></span> for getting me into this trend.<br/><br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/KeEU.png"> </blockquote> 2024-09-04T19:04:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvgck8u7jkq0rl8mveg8xayme6k9erqang6ratfhyzlwy8m396h3czyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jl7muz4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyuavu06tyn0vhlmknfwulyn2xks2ja8r98tq88vsmfhgu5atnlzsr8qana'>nevent1q…qana</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Me as well!! 2024-07-28T18:09:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxsf8wrs8nw02hzxrsmt39r9selj46l2ykkeghqxhhu369kw8njjqzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48j7yezkg Just the way this works <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/3bb558fca1835a068390eabddb69179eacb9619a570560a170885a51dbf2b91a.jpg"> 2023-11-08T15:57:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdu4eg5z0ny4a70cqlp6gvfh0fttunfamnt6qrughunvpv8ftvcwgzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jfsxcp7 I&#39;m here to stack sats and annoy communists, and it looks like I&#39;m all out of fiat<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/25825a2e9d370e9835e040d7338723a3062785442e482eb099c1ef99b9cf7af8.jpg"> 2023-10-27T21:37:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06hlt6psjl3d7vd0rev6f3vgqamxzs0c00welhak8nsdf2842eeczyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jrra3pl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqa655k63dp2rkjf5cyd82raeaj0yu8u6v9r9jdqlrejllh6cn6rg00e2f7'>nevent1q…e2f7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you noticed a difference on how easy muscle growth has been? I&#39;m really trying to figure out which variables made this go so differently <br/><br/>Congrats man! That&#39;s huge progress btw 2023-10-14T16:12:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8vlm3tdnzpjfv82s3efve9c5qg2pqh7sslezy8vr58ru04jwvxkczyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jmfnczt Up 40lbs since February. Really sudden change in my bodies response to training compared to prior years. I&#39;ve changed a lot, hard to know which of these was the main factor but here&#39;s the list<br/><br/>- Sun Maxxin and strict circadian lifestyle <br/><br/>- Balanced GABA&lt;&gt;Glutamate, big drop in cortisol <br/><br/>- Testosterone significantly higher due to sun, lower cortisol, and gluconic acid&lt;&gt; lignan fiber estrogen flush <br/><br/>- Upped Magnesium, Taurine, and Glycine materially<br/><br/>- Focusing more on eating 5k calories per day and recovery than training <br/><br/>- Training is high intensity, low volume <br/><br/>Used to be hard for me to bulk, I am 6&#39;5 historically skinny. No longer! Some sort of switch flipped <br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/c5ba2d2074f2d32c9952538cc832078637d6319a3e4b88df136b44ceb1d248b6.jpg"> 2023-10-14T16:00:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9725nmzkafhrdyp62ye2u0ys9lyp8ttue8wej65qqxvwar2qgjtszyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jmehtyk Okay guys what&#39;s up. We are announcing some big stuff later today tomorrow. It will change the landscape of a lot of this discourse re: custody &amp; Swan <br/> 2023-09-11T20:47:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf8jt2tc9rm5st73lj34ml5yuyuwyw4wnl87vrpcy2eznkglttqdszyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jt89q72 I would be almost no one outside of the Bitcoin space thinks Bitcoin has basically done nothing but go up this year <br/><br/> <img src="https://nostr.build/i/8606515a45e7e599778b62a748abd2418f6d2c424d560ae6bc0330938fc2bb76.jpg"> 2023-07-15T13:44:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2w4mgcpj4u747xnd7tckhv8zr2rzqjgr8x8shta94z7drnx3psrqzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jt9232k Surely, the inability for economists and financiers to understand #Bitcoin emerges in the same manner<br/><br/>Excess abstraction leads these men to think in categories first &#39;a money must possess X, Y, Z&#39; rather than encounter the phenomena itself <br/><br/> <img src="https://nostr.build/i/895d6137619574d6a656a69ae2d926d84046e714c8cdd531a1f6c409aa2e7589.jpg"> 2023-07-12T23:54:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz3kn0c6q9xl4uyavwmu3p88vpjys3yfaxkvu3rmlw30shutlkw8gzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jqwsyr9 Vanguard quietly buying 10% of RIOT <br/><br/> <img src="https://nostr.build/i/4c0f77ad6dd52cb7645acd6a70b0c8046c321b44f9e7aaf946f8be5a35257a9a.jpg"> 2023-07-11T17:28:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv2ve0ucf05rs267v9pfwln6uzstp207r9zec8xg6uu54v3svg8zgzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jnxec6g If you really want to compete with China, offer any person from China a green card if they have an advanced degree<br/><br/>This would have a larger impact than anything else we have ever done 2023-07-05T14:12:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyx7f7mfzmf9m0hp54qdhfgwk9wdnqkh8nmhn86j6c5zmhmdp4txczyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48j75hfuj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfts2p5ay89gnp0pfwlkkzw9rcsty0g2akwak7a46g5fnujc8n2dgvtw0k6'>nevent1q…w0k6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We running 1000 levels of monistic Idealism here bruv 2023-07-03T14:34:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5h9dnuq890njlddsgk5u2zz84ywy2nq2hngtg8g03gpmswshadszyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jvy9vde Me, seeing people join Nostr <br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://nostr.build/av/9463fd59ddde6b55ce31589bc2487d89fd8214a6655abfc1f63722f49f942ad2.mp4"></video> 2023-07-02T17:17:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv3xuy9tznak7elht882geej2n6mprharlu28d9tdkzwjwddmxxgczyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jpsvd43 <br/><br/> <img src="https://nostr.build/i/c4503e14b73048721c27928c0e8b7616fdef3043753180ed2e416612b53deb45.jpg"> 2023-07-02T15:45:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9sjjdtsu79ud0q8dfdg04euarqkfn7v8r9z8wrrz9wzqtdw8r69qzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jmghr95 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdu95730ytcnxamjzatd9u43zum6v9v9wdjxyzpnkerv8swurg6cly7lpn'>nevent1q…7lpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🙏🙏🙏 2023-07-02T03:40:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv386vf3csy5x3mxzeg9w7j9sp004hz7zevmfa6knrq2qcahtmpvczyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jd0fwm9 This truth reaches beyond relationships with one&#39;s peers. It touches client relationships, the users of your products. This is at the heart of how I run the Private Wealth team, which is effectively Sales for Swan.<br/><br/>I tell every single member of our sales org during training:<br/><br/>1) Act like you work for the client, not me. Do what is in their best interest always <br/><br/>2) You build trust by revealing yourself. You can&#39;t just stick to the social script. You need to, tactfully, deviate and reveal yourself (interests, passions, real views on the world)<br/><br/>3) By doing this you not only put clients at ease because they are dealing with an actual human being not a sales person, but you open up a space for the client to reveal themselves as well.<br/><br/>4) Authenticity and Trust form the core pillars of our relationship with our clients, and should be the case for any business or entrepreneur <br/><br/>5) I give the example of Nietzsche&#39;s saying &#39;All strength is an excess of strength&#39;. This means that Nietzsche believed true strength could only be known via excess, by doing things you didn&#39;t need to do.<br/><br/>It&#39;s the same in sales, client relationships, and business. It is by taking a risk and doing something which gives you absolutely no competitive advantage, that you actually build trust. You need to do something which may run the risk of actually being bad for you (risking judgement, negative reaction i.e- why is this guy telling me his thoughts on Nietzsche)<br/><br/>It&#39;s human relationship all of the way down. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqspfmua7tf8grq4dyewtlnn7fsn6cqfmk69vx75ef0g5uumdh76dvspr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057qcyqqqqqqgx4s0yt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…s0yt</a></span> </div> The single most important thing is integrity. Going back to the dawn of humanity, integrity is the most important ideal. Reputation among peers.<br/><br/>I'll critique certain platforms and technologies dispassionately. When I brutally talk about the Fed, for example, I have no grudge against Jerome Powell as a human being. He's not doing a bad job for the situation he's in; it's the institution and the technology around it that's corrupt, not him as a person necessarily. To the minor extent that he is fair game to get meme'd as its figurehead, it's because he chose to participate as its leader. But I meme him in a way that is not negative towards him personally, and mostly just funny. I imagine Powell laughing if he sees any of my memes of him. I view him as neutral, so I neither attack nor defend.<br/><br/>When a high-integrity person succeeds, I'll quickly shout it out to support them. If they fail, I'll assess what happened and likely support their next thing, within reason. Business is hard, but people with high integrity get multiple shots.<br/><br/>When a low-integrity person succeeds, which is usually but not always through unscrupulous means, I'll acknowledge it but inspect it to see where the shortcomings were and broadcast them. To the extent that they become apparent, I'll point them out. When it comes to success, truth is important, and so those that try to succeed without truth are worthy of criticism.<br/><br/>In 20,000 tweets, I've been polite to everyone except maybe five people at most, and I stand by being impolite to those handful. On the other end of the spectrum, there are plenty of people who I disagree with at times, but who I view as serious people with high integrity. I purposely stand down with public criticism against those types, and will be more strategic or private with any criticism that I have.<br/><br/>That's the benefit of integrity. You get networks, and you get support. You don't get to bend reality, but you get flexibility from your peers when things don't work out, and you get instant promotion when things work well. </blockquote> 2023-07-02T01:20:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyrlwdpfptl295jcpqmulnara0pufjtultkxfmayny94csl3rre5gzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jnekv7k I run the Private Wealth team for Swan. One piece of data from the front lines.... spot buying has been quite elevated!<br/><br/>Interest and demand for Bitcoin is ramping ⬆️ 2023-07-02T00:58:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyce7dqszg6xvv89cm9p2s0l5yd2jwr4vt8gxcs9j39q940rszm6qzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jmqkgtq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqckjxd5tkxmgtztjfrs3ph9kka907lylmntxzh0muxt779v23rcsndcr6'>nevent1q…dcr6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The marketing budget and team for truly decentralized protocols are centralized companies 2023-07-02T00:49:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvskmd8py7jzucdq0dr6kralxjwrrw4htxkkgvy5akk5kuqlktfwszyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jstztz3 Circadian disruptions are implicated in almost all mental health and neurodegenerative illnesses<br/><br/>Return to the ☀️<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn2868">https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn2868</a> 2023-07-01T20:13:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0lwjm3ae6mtn8g6y8dvajdrxx7ucwhml222s36jwf0z4hfhtsq6qzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48jml4et8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2nvexn53s7s7czk5m60geyzw3wfv29zyz9jwmyzmvmjq0wlvsxuge9uy5c'>nevent1q…uy5c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We&#39;re touching grasp, we are basking in the sunlight, we are stacking steps 2023-07-01T19:52:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqdwaq54lryrc3ujleludvacsft5e38rzvakyh8rv65dxvxj7z9vgzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48j82nsv7 Florida summer sun + Outdoor deadlifts + Multiple cold plunges is literally as good as it gets<br/><br/>I&#39;m posting from the plunge 🫡<br/><br/> <img src="https://nostr.build/i/8b8affe3ee7caf1db2d9badb21ae18f2c4c031cd3c8ec2118bfdb8b78cf4cb9d.jpg"> 2023-07-01T19:48:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrmnd5sp8ggaxha5rr7c52wtrxcs7fq4t6vd4w27upngddvtguutqzyp4n39nl6xpue5gah634rqjfnaac00qtqfsdl9yuazsclnxlvw48j3ndlvl Sunlight, deadlifts, walking, cold plunges<br/><br/>Bitcoin 2023-07-01T19:41:03Z