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Vitalik Buterin

People for whom this quote strongly resonates: What are some specific things in your life (or our lives) that are a good fit for the metaphor of being prison walls? https://twitter.com/tferriss/status/1765068944963166530

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Venkatesh Rao ☀️

Doesn’t resonate too much, but: passports and visas, drug prescriptions, rental leases I’m mostly a conformist. I just try to avoid getting arrested and sent to prisons where that becomes a problem. Eg: being financially precarious enough you’re forced to get a regular job is a kind of “going to prison”

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central banking, legal tender laws, government-granted monopolies

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Lately been applying the ideas of language & literacy, or lack of them, as prison walls. e.g. "Since I don't speak english and older, I just have to be an Uber driver" (this is translated from spanish & paraphrased a bit). I'd venture to say families can be prison walls to some. Hopefully this fits.

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i love the @vitalik.eth on farcaster arc

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the constant pursuit to acquire capital

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web2 surveillance capitalist platforms, see related: https://warpcast.com/bias/0x9c9c36b8

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Man, big resonance. I would say conforming to a stereotypical office job or societal pressure to work for a co. you do not align with for $. I had the pleasure of meetng Tim Ferris some 10+ years ago. Helped me make the conscious choice to start my life as a bicycle courier, outdoors. free. liberation from those walls.

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✨l a n g u a g e✨ is my prison and my escape

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Financial maximization. The belief that we have to help others build things, many of which are to our own detriment, in order to be "successful". Productivity.

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@aaronrferguson.eth

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Unexamined beliefs are the worst prison walls.

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If you take the Buddhist lens: any desire, habit, belief, or self-identity not knowingly opted into.

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I like this, but I think it isn't always a prison; more often, you can exit without tearing down walls. However, few opt for the door for fear of what they'll find on the other side.

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Big "tracks" like career paths, going to college, work/life dynamics, etc. that tend to encourage security and reduce optionality.

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Passports & visas are a huge one. It’s such a horrible feeling (that the west takes for granted), not being able to go anywhere I want, despite having the money to. https://warpcast.com/vgr/0x354e8d80

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Loneliness It’s as simple as inviting people to do things with you. Especially your neighbors.

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deeply embedded patriarchal structures esp. when it comes to women in tech and VC

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Because we force each other to earn a living, we are competing against everyone else for the land, the resources, the clients, the job etc. We are all in a death match against EVERYONE else, quite literally. This means we cannot take our foot off the breaks of compassion, generosity and collaboration. https://youtu.b

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https://warpcast.com/grin/0xe2607ec9

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