A New Way to Support the Content You Love
We’ve all been there: you click on a promising blog post, only to be met with a wall of ads, a popup asking you to subscribe, or a paywall that stops you cold. The internet was built on the promise of free information, but a business model based on ad revenue has created a broken experience for both readers and creators. What if there was a better way? What if you could instantly and effortlessly support the content you loved, without subscriptions or invasive ads?
Welcome to the world of programmable money. This isn’t just about a new type of currency; it’s about a new kind of transaction. Imagine an app on your phone that’s connected to a small digital wallet. When you click on a blog post, this app recognizes a tiny piece of code on the page. In a fraction of a second, it sends a micro-payment—say, a few cents—directly from your wallet to the author’s. The payment is so small that you barely notice it, but for the author, those tiny payments from thousands of readers add up.
This is programmable money in action. It’s digital currency with rules built into it. The rule, in this case, is simple: “If a user reads this blog post, send the author a small, pre-approved payment.” The beauty of this system is that it’s automated and frictionless. There’s no need to manually enter credit card details, sign up for a service, or deal with frustrating popups. The transaction happens instantly and seamlessly in the background, making it as easy to support content as it is to read it.
For readers, this new model could mean an ad-free, clutter-free browsing experience. You get to consume high-quality content without a single interruption. For writers and creators, it offers a direct and sustainable way to monetize their work, freeing them from the whims of advertising algorithms and the pressure to go viral.
This isn’t a future vision; the technology to make this happen exists today. The question is, are we ready to move from an economy of free-but-interrupted content to one of fair-and-effortless support? The next time you see a great article, imagine if reading it could also be an act of direct support, all thanks to the quiet magic of programmable money.
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From Free to Fair
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Digital Divinity: Practicing the Presence of God in a Hyper-Connected World
Introduction: The Unseen Connection in a Notified World
We live in a world of relentless pings, glowing screens, and an endless stream of information. Our pockets buzz with notifications, our inboxes swell, and our social feeds endlessly refresh. We’re more “connected” than ever before, yet beneath the surface of this hyper-connectivity, many of us feel a profound and silent dissatisfaction —a yearning for something deeper, more real, more present. We scroll endlessly, yet often find ourselves feeling disconnected, even from ourselves. This isn’t just a modern phenomenon; it’s a fundamental human longing for presence, for genuine connection with something beyond the immediate, something that grounds us amidst the chaos.
This book isn’t about escaping technology; it’s about transforming our relationship with it. It’s about discovering how to find stillness, sacredness, and true connection amidst the very noise that often pulls us away. And to do that, we’ll turn to an unlikely guide from the 17th century: a humble Carmelite monk named Brother Lawrence.
Brother Lawrence’s enduring wisdom, captured in his classic work “The Practice of the Presence of God,” offers a timeless truth that feels surprisingly fresh in our fragmented age. He wasn’t a philosopher or a theologian; he was a cook and a sandal-maker in his monastery. Yet, through his simple, unceasing practice of communing with the Divine in every mundane task—whether scrubbing pots or mending shoes—he discovered a profound and continuous joy. His secret wasn’t complex rituals or isolated retreats, but a radical integration of his spiritual life with his daily activities.
“Digital Divinity” takes Brother Lawrence’s profound yet simple principles and translates them into a practical roadmap for the 21st century. This isn’t a philosophical treatise, nor is it about abandoning your smartphone for a hermitage. Instead, it offers actionable strategies to weave moments of spiritual awareness into your digital interactions and your daily routines. It’s about transforming the very distractions that overwhelm us into opportunities for devotion.
The promise of this book is simple, yet powerful: by consciously integrating the practice of Divine presence into your hyper-connected life, you can transform moments of digital overwhelm into quietude, fragmented attention into focused awareness, and a vague longing into tangible, continuous connection. You’ll discover how to find stillness in motion, sacredness in screen time, and a profound sense of purpose in even the most mundane tasks. You can be always connected, and always present.Watch for future installments
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What was the last thing you did for play or fun?
Last thing I did for fun or play was to play table tennis with a neighbor and a friend. That could’ve been at least a year ago. Or I could say recently going to a church gathering for Christmas was fun talking to a few people I didn’t know very well.
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What we expect in The Future
Changes. We are expecting to see a lot of changes. In the economy, he monetary system in the job market and hopefully it will be positive many many many positive changes.
What are you most excited about for the future?
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What bores you?
Waiting in line can be boring because it can take up a lot of time that could be better spent doing something else. It can be boring because it often involves waiting passively, not being able to engage in conversation or other activities. Additionally, there is often a feeling of frustration due to the slow progress of the line and the loss of autonomy while you wait.
I’m reminded of prisoners in concentration camps who were educated people and spent time learning from each other, their languages, cultures and skills, and not only that, by recalling all the things that they had ever learned and going over that material mentally. And they would persist in recalling the memory of places where they had been down to very detailed facts. It just shows the resourcefulness of individuals who were under extreme conditions conducive to boredom, putting their minds to work constructively.
The Muse Be Willing 