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Live long enough and you’ll discover that most people in this world are idiots.
Most people’s choices are the wrong choices.

In 2021, China launched a nationwide crackdown on and phased out Bitcoin mining.
A friend named “Mynah Talks Crypto” lamented online, saying he had already answered the national call and sold all his coins—so why hadn’t he gotten rich?
——If all you do is answer the national call all day long, it would be a miracle to get rich.

In 2021, China launched a comprehensive crackdown and phase-out of Bitcoin mining.
A friend named “Bage Talks Crypto” lamented online, saying he had already responded to the national call and sold all his coins—why hadn’t he gotten rich yet?
——Responding to the national call all day long—no wonder you’re not getting rich.

The brain is not seeking happiness; it cares more about what is “familiar.”
So the brain would rather keep you in familiar pain than let you move toward unfamiliar happiness.
Because at the most fundamental level of the brain’s logic:
Unfamiliar = uncertain = potentially dangerous.
The brain’s mission has never been to make you better, but to keep you alive.
Maintaining the status quo is what it considers the safest choice.
So when you try to change your life, challenge yourself, or take a path you have never taken before, the brain often immediately jumps in to stop you:
“I can’t do it.”
“The

There are two views on bride price:
The first view holds that bride price is a fine: you, as a man, are too inadequate, so you have to pay a fine before you can marry a wife.
The second view holds that in ancient times, bride price was only required for concubines, and was a one-time buyout fee. Marrying a wife not only did not require bride price, but the wife would also bring a substantial dowry.
This reminds me of payment for sex, which is also a kind of fine, I suppose—a form of compensation.

Bitcoin’s difficulty to understand and accept is precisely where its opportunity lies.
If everyone understood and accepted it, this opportunity would no longer exist.
If it had been understood and accepted by everyone from the very first day of its existence, a 30–50-year bull market would not have been possible.

Recently, I’ve been playing Dou Dizhu.
I suddenly realized that you can be happy even without money.
Just like the joy of playing Dou Dizhu in low-stakes rooms shouldn’t be less than in high-stakes rooms.
Keep a level head and don’t let the numbers blind you.

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I’m done—I’ve been brainwashed by Bitcoin. I think that before Bitcoin rises to $1 million, the only reliable investment strategy is to accumulate Bitcoin.

Everyone has an investment path that suits them. People like me are suited to not spending a cent and freeloading the whole way.
I envy a friend who used to write articles with me. He earned more than 20 bitcoins by submitting articles to Babbitt, while I stubbornly insisted on building my own website and ended up losing money.
Why am I suited to not spending a cent and freeloading the whole way? Because I can’t tolerate even the slightest loss—I can only make money, not lose it. Making money may not necessarily make me happy, but losing money is extremely painful.

What do you ultimately want to leave behind in this lifetime?
At some point in life, you will think about this question.

If someone is exposed to every market risk, their assets will eventually be wiped out. Because zero multiplied by any number equals zero.

# AI Industry Hot Topics Daily Report (September 20, 2026)
# Today's 5 Most Important Developments
## 1. Anthropic considers releasing a new model before its IPO to counter GPT-6 Astra
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