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Why Reading Misir Mahmudov’s Book Will Change Your Life
“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one” — Confucius
What on the surface appears to be a book about Bitcoin is {in my opinion} much more so a book about philosophy (Stoicism), morality, ethics, and life. Misir Mahmudov’s book will, in fact, save you time. It will quickly propel you into the second life from the above Confucius quote — the life in which you understand the finite nature and infinite value of your own time. This, in turn, empowers you to conduct your life accordingly. Because modern society has stripped this understanding entirely from our consciousness, much of the book is devoted to un-winding our fallacies and misconceptions around time. Only near the end of the book, does the topic of Bitcoin receive considerable coverage.
“We live in a society where the value of time is immensely underestimated” — Misir Mahmudov
Misir Mahmudov explains the 9–5 rat race for the absolute trap that it is. Forced to trade our most limited resource (time) for wages, we spend most of our lives pursuing wealth. But this is all backwards because wealth has limited value if one has no time to enjoy…
