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Open original source ↗Traditional finance says rapid inflation is bad, but deflation is also bad, so slowly losing your wealth via inflation is good.
Bitcoin rejects this.
Traditional medicine says rapid death is bad, but life extension is also bad, so slowly losing your health via aging is good.
Bryan rejects this.
Inflation is slowly losing your wealth.
Bitcoin fixes this.
Aging is slowly losing your health.
Longevity fixes this.
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The first thing @balajis said to me when we met was that we both reject what society passively accepts: inflation and aging. The slow death of currency and life. Inflation is the slow death of money through the loss of purchasing power. Aging is the slow death of biology through the loss of functional power. Current culture treats the body as a consumable. A depreciating asset to be used up. Don't Die treats the body as capital. An appreciating asset for compounding gains.
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