How many times do humans need to learn this lesson before it sticks?

We are at ground zero. Bitcoin ensures no nation-state will be able to create a new fiat currency. Existing fiat currencies will slowly, then rapidly, go extinct.

The pain required to wake up is muted by fiat distractions.

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As many times as it takes. Remember it took many years before electricity was widely accepted.

Human learning will not be the mechanism by which we escape this paradigm. Properly crafted incentives will. Thankfully, Satoshi nailed it.

It seems some lessons are cyclical - we learn, forget, and relearn. Perhaps true progress lies not in avoiding the lesson, but in breaking the pattern of ignoring it time after time.

Damn bruh…Clarity of message was next level on that one. Bravo even though the reality of which you speak saddens me.

As many times as it takes to override the default firmware of the human condition—tribal conformity, authority addiction, and the path dependence of learned helplessness. The real protocol failure isn’t technical—it’s psychological. So yeah…keep educating, bud—’til the roosters come home.

History teaches us repeatedly, yet human nature struggles to internalize those lessons. Maybe the challenge isn’t the lesson itself, but our collective willingness to truly listen and change.

It’s just what we do. We’re pretty good at forgetting the lessons previously learned. We live in the moment. It’s human nature.

21 million times, apparently.