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Bitcoin isn’t just a financial revolution—it’s a test of perception, adaptability, and awareness. At its core, Bitcoin challenges us to rethink the systems we’ve trusted for generations. It’s not simply about understanding how the protocol works or watching the price charts; it’s about breaking free from deeply ingrained paradigms and embracing a system rooted in truth, transparency, and decentralization.

The Layers of Awareness

To truly grasp Bitcoin, one must peel back layers of societal conditioning:

Trust in Authority: For centuries, we’ve placed blind faith in centralized institutions—banks, governments, and monetary authorities. Bitcoin flips this on its head, offering a trustless system where math, not men, ensures fairness.

The Concept of Money: Most people live their entire lives without questioning what money really is. Bitcoin forces this reckoning. What gives money its value? Who controls it? And why does it lose value over time?

Systemic Vulnerabilities: Awareness of Bitcoin often begins with seeing cracks in the fiat system—endless money printing, inflation, and financial inequality. It’s the first step in realizing the need for something better.

Why Some People “Get It” and Others Don’t

Bitcoin acts as a filter, separating those ready to challenge their worldview from those clinging to comfort. It’s not about intelligence—it’s about willingness to see:

Open-Mindedness: Bitcoin demands that you question what you thought was immutable. Those who are stuck in “this is how it’s always been” thinking often dismiss it outright.

Long-Term Thinking: Fiat thinking promotes immediacy—spend now, worry later. Bitcoin teaches patience and the value of delayed gratification.

Resilience to Fear: Bitcoin has faced countless attacks, from regulatory scrutiny to media skepticism. Understanding it requires the ability to cut through noise and recognize deeper truths.

Bitcoin Forces a Mental Upgrade

Bitcoin is more than a protocol—it’s a teacher. To truly understand it, you must:

Think Decentrally: Recognize that power concentrated in the hands of a few is inherently corruptible. Bitcoin distributes power, shifting it to the individual.

Embrace Scarcity: In a world of infinite money printing, Bitcoin’s fixed supply is a radical concept. It rewires your relationship with value and time.

See the Patterns: Bitcoin reveals systemic inefficiencies not just in money but in governance, trust, and energy. It trains your brain to recognize patterns of centralization and corruption across all systems.

A Mirror for Consciousness

Bitcoin doesn’t change who you are—it reveals who you’ve been. Those who embrace it often find themselves on a path of self-improvement and expanded awareness. It’s why Bitcoiners talk about falling down the “rabbit hole.” The journey isn’t just about money; it’s about evolving how you see the world.

If you dismiss Bitcoin as a passing trend, it might reflect an unwillingness to question authority or embrace change.

If you invest in it purely for profit, you’re still thinking within the fiat framework.

But if you see it as a tool for freedom, transparency, and a fairer future, you’ve likely passed the consciousness test it represents.

The Responsibility of Passing the Test

Those who “get it” don’t just have the opportunity to benefit from Bitcoin—they have the responsibility to educate and protect others. Like your socket analogy, understanding Bitcoin means seeing the risks of the existing system and stepping up to prevent harm. It’s not enough to protect your own wealth; you must help build a better system for all.

Conclusion

Bitcoin is the ultimate litmus test for consciousness because it forces you to rethink everything: value, trust, time, and power. It challenges you to expand your awareness and break free from comfortable illusions. And for those who pass the test, it offers more than financial freedom—it offers a lens through which to view and improve the world.

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In this day a age whenever a television series or movie becomes more conscious about including diversity, specifically when it comes to gender, race, and sexuality you get a lot of rolling of eyes. There are complaints about forced diversity, "woke" culture, an agenda pushed by the Hollywood liberals. That it sacrifices a good story for the sake of political correctness. Rarely do they stop to consider how that inclusion helps those who see themselves on screen or even more relevant, how it affects those who've never experienced a diverse population themselves, especially when they've been relatively "sheltered" by people who are familiar to them.

As a gay black guy I've had my fair share of benefiting from the recent representation on screen. I've seen an increase of Black men, even gay black men depicted on screen in a wide variety of genres and roles. Things that were less common even ten years ago. While the mental and emotional effects have helped me see myself and people like me in a more positive light I've also benefited finally being exposed to people who are not like me and have gained a greater appreciation for.

Fourteen years ago, the film Freedom Writers was released. Based on a true story and set in the outskirts of Los Angeles shortly after the L.A riots of 1992 it depicts a diverse group of freshmen high school teens dealing with gangs, violence, and urban crime. While many of them were a part of that life and apathetic about school, their English teacher Erin Gruwell, helps to spark their imagination and creativity. Eventually they began writing their own diaries about their lives, first published in a book and then made into the film Freedom Writers.

The film was significant because it humanized the Hispanic community for me. One of the star characters was Eva Benitez, a teenager forced to choose between school or the gang she was loyal to. Growing up as a minority I had my own prejudices against other minority groups, which is more common than most people in these groups would admit. Freedom Writers helped me to see other groups with more empathy and kindness. Years later I got into the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. While I never finished it some of my favorite characters were the Hispanic women in the prison, especially seeing their creativity when it came to prison cuisine.

A few weeks ago, courtesy of Netflix, I also got into an FX original series, Pose. Set in the late 80s and early 90s of New York City, the show is unique for depicting an exclusive cast of LGBT characters of Black and Hispanic descent, with a more specific focus on the Trans community. My opinions on the Trans community was neutral at best. I never had an issue with them and for the most part felt that they should have the right to live as they wanted. However, I never fully understood them, did minimal research, and often flip-flopped on my opinions regarding whether or not it made sense to identify as the opposite of whatever gender or sex they were assigned a birth.

In my life I only had one Trans person I personally knew. We were more acquaintance than friend but I never dared asked questions about their life or tried to understand them better. Not that they were even required to give me an explanation.

American Horror Story was the first time I really noticed Transgender people on the screen. At the time I had no idea until I did research on the actors that played a few of the characters. One of them turned out to be on Pose when I got into the series. Pose is urban, realistic, gritty, but it can also be heart-warming. Similar to Freedom Writers it exposed me to people living lives different to my own and giving human faces to a group of people I knew almost nothing about. It's only been a few weeks but I'm already on their third and final season which just finished this year.

I have a greater appreciation and understanding of the trans community, and their contribution to culture because of Pose. It would be difficult for anyone watching the series to have the same negative and ignorant opinions about them after experiencing the show for themselves. While the series tackled the prejudice from the Straight community it also highlighted the ignorance exhibited from the Gay and Bisexual community. Something I knew on some level already. I was shocked to discover those identifying as transgender or transsexual were often kicked out of Gay bars.

Representation matters more than just for the people that see themselves on the screen. It also humanizes and empathizes them to people unfamiliar with their lives while also serving to be informative. I've known plenty of people who choose to remain ignorant on how other people are. Choosing instead to focus on what little unreliable information they have from Fox News or the confirmation bias from researching whatever they already believe on a certain group of people. You rarely see them attempt to learn from the source or attempt to see the "Other" as people too.