Animals
Daily Ramble
Ever been called an animal? It’s always a derogatory term when leveled at fellow humans but used affectionately when fawning over cute critters in fields. I don’t get it. Why? Because we are animals. Ok, we’ve got some characteristics that, when taken together, make us a bit unique: opposable thumbs, pre-frontal cortexes, ability to visualize future and past events, emotional intelligence, storytelling, etc… But why do we think of ourselves as separate from the rest of the animal kingdom?
The separation is useful to allow us to do some godawful things to the rest of the animal kingdom, that’s absolutely true. But is there more to it than that? Do we really think we’re above the laws of pooping, peeing, bleeding, fornicating, and fighting like the rest of the mammals in the animal kingdom? There was a time when I thought so, but the more I embrace that I’m an animal, the more in tune with the rest of the world I find myself.
One of the first ways I was woken up to being an animal was when I was staying with my Dad’s childhood friend, John, while working at an internship, the summer after my sophomore year of college. He gave me two pieces of advice about food that I’d never heard, but use to this day.
After eating something, wait 20 minutes and see how you feel. Feel good? Eat more of that. Feel bad? Eat less of that.
Use your nose to smell your food. If you start salivating, you should eat it. If you feel disgusted, put it down.
I don’t know how to get much more animal than that, but despite the fact that we’ve evolved this wonderful proboscis on the front of our faces, it’s a rare occurrence when I see anyone use it.
What I find particularly charming is the fascination with “mindfulness”. Don’t get me wrong, I use it and find it extremely useful too, but at its core, it’s just about listening to your animal body. Heart rate elevated? Take some deep breaths. Mind racing? Watch your thoughts until your mind slows. Tightness in your chest? You’re afraid, take some breaths and relax. I’m pretty sure mindfulness would go out the window if we could just be with ourselves as animals instead of in our heads as balloons floating over meat suits.
So the next time someone calls you an animal, try saying “yeah….so?” instead of taking offense.
Favorite Thing on the Interwebs Today
This was a sit-up-in-my-chair-and-blink tweet that reminded me it’s best not to take anything for granted.
Bitcoin Price Prediction
Yesterday: $36.6k - $42k
Today: $35k - $40.2k
Tomorrow: $34k - $40.2k
Looks like I got out over my skis yesterday with my prediction of launching to new heights. We haven’t. Instead, that potential pivot I warned about happened, and the price has been retreating since. It’s not a particularly bearish sign, just that the market is not quite as bullish as I anticipated. That means we’re likely to range a bit longer in the $30.3k - $42k range. For the time being, I don’t see us breaking lower than $34k but also not higher than our local high of $40.2k in the next day.
Bitcoin Ed Bite
I don’t have $36k to purchase one Bitcoin. What can I do?
Bitcoin is not like a share of stock in the equities market. Bitcoin can be subdivided into eight decimal places, which means that 1 BTC = 1.00000000 BTC. If we break that down further, at $36k per Bitcoin, the smallest unit of Bitcoin is worth $.00036. Or conversely $1 = .00002778 BTC.
TL;DR: you can buy as much or as little Bitcoin as you like.
Thanks for reading,
Kent
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