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News Of The Week
Welcome to this week’s issue of the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks again for all of the quality posts. This week I posted the Book Reviews Directory 11/23-3/24. You can find all of the book reviews that have been posted to this territory prior to March 31, 2024. I anticipate that SN will soon permit perpetual edits, so at that point I will keep that post updated with new reviews. I will also categorize the directory by genres as it grows.
Due to the sheer number of quality posts this week, I am sure I missed placing a few original content posts into the index sections of the newsletter. I simply ran out of time. I promise to try my best to catch up this week.
Thanks again to everyone for helping this territory grow into what we want it to be.
I hope everyone has a good week.
Top Five Posts Of The Week
The top post of the week will be forwarded 50% of the zaps earned on this week’s newsletter post. Rankings will be determined using the SN zaprank.
Here are this week’s top posts:
- “Fear Of A Black Flag” Alan Moore’s 2010 Essay On Anarchy by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- Discussing my writing process: Focus and feelings by @plebpoet
- Discuss this Quote- Miguel de Cervantes by @grayruby
- The Opposite Of A Good Idea by @kr
- What Is The Greatest Work Of Art You Have Stood In Front Of? by @CoffeeWithTheClassics
Siggy’s Suggestions
This is a link post from @Roll announcing the release of a new bitcoin book. Like most here, a new bitcoin book always piques my interest. I hope someone does a book review soon so we can learn more about it.
I found this article both informative and sad. I wasn’t aware of a few of the companies listed here. I am very aware of another. My wife’s family has a long tradition of working for one of these companies. It has put food on the table for three generations while building technological marvels and weapons of war.
Releasing Chronicles of the Code Guardians - A Bitcoin journey by @eddieoz
The author announced the publication of his latest book, a science fiction work about bitcoin. I am not much of a science fiction guy myself, but I know there are plenty of stackers here with the chops to give this book a look and post a review. I look forward to reading more about its post publication progress. Welcome, @eddieoz, to SN and to our territory!
This post was timely for me, since I was questioning the usefulness of poll posts recently. @Taft showed us here that they can be useful and engaging- 29 votes and 14 comments on an important topic.
Writing Contests
Stackers’ Blogs
My Bitcoin Journey
Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker’s bitcoin origin stories will be posted for easy reference.
Book Clubs
Books
- The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
- Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- Happy The Hippo, an absolutely wonderful children’s book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
- The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
- Submersible by @johnbnevin
Book Reviews
- Some Thoughts On Re-Reading Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- The Last Policeman, by Ben H. Winters by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- Author Recommendation- Andrew Heaton by @Undisciplined
- The Things We Leave Unfinished, by Rebecca Yarros by @Tef
- Book Reviews Directory 11/23-3/24
Essays
Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
Poetry
- Poetry:unresolved between a thai lad and I by @cryotosensei
- plebpoet’s original poem + discussion by @plebpoet
- Churning Black Matter by @Nuttall
- If A Day Comes... by @Tef
Glad you read and enjoyed it, though I do think nothing replaces the original text. For starters, not getting the insight into the internal thoughts of the characters allows a lot more room for interpretation. It especially allows more interpretation over why MacBeth gave in and how much he resisted.
While there are people who revel at being evil (when you get to Titus Andronicus, you'll meet Aaron, and in Othello there's Iago), flawed heroes (and MacBeth certainly starts the play as one) tend to be more compelling, personally. Even Hamlet's Claudius, one of his more evil villains is shown to be capable of guilt.
As for MacDuff, it's because he really didn't think MacBeth was evil. Usurping the throne is one thing, killing rivals is another, but going after the family was considered out of bounds.
And yeah, the Witches are such an enigma. Were they simply revealing what was destined? If he'd never encountered them, would he have been tempted? Was their second prophecy meant to make him complacent?
Shakespeare doesn't always use the supernatural; it's just a useful tool depending on the story he wants to tell.
If you're a fan of fantasy, though, I do recommend Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters, which starts with a comparable group of witches and a royal plot, but goes in very different directions.
The Fed printing money has essentially no effect on the reduction of purchasing power. Bank reserves are not fiat currency. Bank deposits and cash are fiat currency. Bank deposit fiat currency has been a largely electronic decentralized ledger since the 1950s. Collateral is more important than bank reserves, collateral dealing is more important than all Fed activity combined. Bitcoin is better thought of as a form of disintermediated collateral than as a currency or digital cash.
What do you think about Bitcoin's privacy? Would you recommend L2 solutions like Liquid and Lightning for inexperienced users, especially in totalitarian regimes?
Paxful drank their milk shake!
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LocalBitcoins global volume
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Paxful global volume
Source: https://coin.dance/volume/paxful
We are closer to a secured line of credit if you're looking for comparables. But there's nothing on the market today that uses the amazing properties of bitcoin in this way, as a credit card.
Just hang out with us and help us learn stuff.