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Bitcoin、人格与发展第四部分—— Bitcoin, 宗教与道德
Bitcoin’s crowning achievement is the reintroduction of economic consequence. Like Old Testament God, it leaves no room for sin, lies or deceit.
这是《非共产主义宣言》一书的作者、 Bitcoin 时 和“与 Svetski 一起醒来播客”的主持人。
JBP 系列第 4 部分第 4 章。
该系列仍在继续。如果您还没有阅读第一章到第三章， 你可以在这里找到他们，当然，请确保您已阅读本章的第一部分、第二部分和第三部分。
以下未注明出处的引述均出自乔丹·B·彼得森 (Jordan B. Peterson) 博士之手。
在前面的部分中，我们探讨了价值、游戏、行动、目标、焦点、注意力、真相和言论。我们揭示了虚无主义的根源，并研究了被称为“国家”的静态机构的“邪恶三位一体”。
We’re going to close this chapter out by reviewing Bitcoin’s relationship to religion, the Bible, and its semblance to Old Testament God through the reintroduction to economic consequence.
Bitcoin 宗教
忍者, whom I have deep respect for, recently said that he’s not seen a space or industry with more of a disparity between understanding and confidence, than Bitcoin.
在很大程度上，我同意。
尽管 Bitcoiners differ in that, I believe it’s actually a positive thing. This kind of disparity will naturally unnerve an engineer or a technician, but for the kind of phenomenon Bitcoin is, the existence of religious-zealot-like acolytes adds to its overall strength.
这是叙事和神话在行动中的力量。
Bitcoin’s core principles representing “the good,” give it an aura of religious fervor that transcends the purely empirical domain of the technician. You have people willing to tie their identities to this thing come hell or high water, and for a phenomenon that must overcome the greatest collective lie of all time, this is the sort of moral, economic and memetic impetus that’s required.
我不确定是否存在更强大的东西——我是作为一个非宗教人士这么说的。
“宗教关注的是价值领域、终极价值。那不是科学领域。这不是经验描述的领域。”
一个宗教的 Bitcoin acolyte is often similar to a religious theistic acolyte in their belief of the discovery of some form of veil-piercing truth.
一开始他们只是盲目地模仿他们在推特上看到或听到的内容： “数字黄金”、“只有21万”、“抗审查”、“价值储存”、“库存流动”等。
They become dogmatically obedient to these ideas, often ignorant to their meaning and in some cases to their own detriment, but over time they have the opportunity to discipline themselves. They learn (via podcasts, articles, books, etc.) and transcend the frame of “dogmatic acolyte” to become the “sovereign Bitcoiner” i.e., the kind of person measuring their wealth in bitcoin, running a full node, CoinJoining, who understands the nuances of a BIP 并能有效地参与颠覆腐败的国家主义范式。
从一般意义上来说，这是一个净积极的结果。我们都必须从某个地方开始，我们必须有一条值得走的路。
Bitcoin is that, and in many ways it’s a religious canvas against which we can paint our individual journeys toward sovereignty and truth.
“因此，宗教具有教义元素是必要且可取的。一个不能提供稳定结构的价值体系有什么好处。”
Bitcoin and the story of Satoshi are poetically religious and mythic.
From the disappearance of the founder, to its stable, inert structure, and the offer of a form of economic salvation against the backdrop of an “evil” enemy, Bitcoin has all the ingredients for a narrative powerful enough for a critical mass of followers to emerge.
他们有。
他们不需要一开始就“了解”一切。事实上，他们不可能知道全部。但他们在某些文章或播客中发现的事实核心足以引起他们的共鸣，因此他们会继续挖掘。
他们已经具备了这一旅程的必要前提，即想要成为一个更好的人的意图，以及对真理或正直的某种形式的吸引力，所以他们的直觉告诉他们这可能是一种方式。
她们最初的服从变成了纪律，随着时间的推移，她们变成了低时间偏好的“乍得”或“传统妻子”，相当于我们这些更有“基础”的人渴望成为的人。
“一个真正的宗教信徒不会试图对世界的客观本质提出准确的想法（尽管他也可能试图这样做）。相反，他正在努力成为一个“好人”。也许对他来说，“好”就意味着“顺从”——甚至是盲目的顺从。因此，经典的西方自由主义启蒙运动反对宗教信仰：服从是不够的。但这至少是一个开始（我们已经忘记了这一点）：如果你完全没有纪律和没有受过训练，你就无法为自己设定任何目标。你不会知道要瞄准什么，也不会直线飞行，即使你以某种方式实现了正确的目标。然后你会得出结论：“没有什么目标。”然后你就会迷路。”
当然，这不会发生在每个人身上。对于其中每一项，都有 1000 名 Vitalik Buterins 和 Sam Bankman-Frieds 对独角兽更感兴趣，他们自己印钞票和煎 Beyond Meat 香肠。
你无法拯救所有人。你也不应该尝试。
Bitcoin is for anyone, but not for everyone.
For those with the necessary makeup, even the not-so-high-IQ of us, Bitcoin represents so much more than just a ticket to get rich quick or a technology. It’s a religion of sorts which if approached in the right way can enhance one’s understanding of self, deepen their relationships to that which matters most and ultimately make them a better person.
这是一件非同寻常的事情。
经济宗教与自我理解
我有一段时间一直在思考的一个想法是，经济学是否只是一种行动的宗教？越真实、越准确，球员、学生、追随者乃至社会的总体结果就越好。
这在经典的想法中听起来是正确的， 不要告诉我你相信什么，让我看看你的银行账户，我会告诉你你相信什么。
彼得森博士在他的书《生活的 4 条规则》的第 12 章中进一步呼应了这一点：
“你只能通过观察你的行为来了解你真正相信的东西（而不是你认为自己相信的东西）。在那之前你根本不知道自己相信什么。你太复杂了，无法理解自己。”
这就是为什么我相信对人类行为的研究不仅重要，而且是基础性的。行动类似于我们最真实的信念，金钱是我们衡量行动的方式，经济学是我们试图理解这一切的方式。
因此我断言它本质上是宗教的。
现在是令人兴奋的部分：
Bitcoin is a new form of religion (and thus chapter in human history) because unlike prior attempts to distill and pass values, ideas and ledgers onward via the written or spoken word, we now have a network which resembles the physical direction of time (forward) as an incorruptible, imprintable medium on which these ideas can be recorded. 其结果是真正的经济反馈推动人们更好地适应社会（道德）。
Bitcoin shows you. It does not just tell you.
This is why I’ve said that a post-Bitcoin world will look very different to a pre-Bitcoin 世界。
“数十万年甚至数十万年来，我们一直在观察自己的行为，反思这种观察，并讲述通过这种反思提炼出来的故事。这是我们个人和集体努力的一部分，旨在发现和阐明我们的信念。由此产生的知识的一部分被封装在我们文化的基本教义中，在古代著作中，例如《道德经》，或前面提到的吠陀经文，或圣经故事。”
虽然 Bitcoin white paper is not explicitly in the same form or category as one of these ancient writings, it has formed the theoretical basis for the practical manifestation of something that orients us implicitly toward heaven.
正如我在前面的章节中所解释的，它通过将生命的形而上学游戏与现实的物理界限融合起来来实现这一点。 或者换句话说，它的激励措施是，你必须采取道德行动，才能在更多的时间尺度上取得进展。
可能性是令人着迷且无穷无尽的；其后果，令人难以置信。
Bitcoin And The Bible
As I see it, like the Bible, Bitcoin has emerged from the depths of the collective human psyche.
Like the Bible, Bitcoin's origins are somewhat shrouded in unknowable detail and both involved multiple otherwise disconnected participants who each brought a key, or a portion of the whole, over time. Their emergence is irreproducible and much like the Bible, it's my belief that we will look back on Bitcoin’s genesis as something that directed the course of broader human society for millenia to come.
这次的不同之处，以及为什么它会持续下去，也许永远持续下去，是因为语言、道德、价值观和伦理也注入了金钱（行动），如上所述。
Bitcoin as money is the language of value, action and attention. This living, breathing network comprises not just digital nodes in the form of miners and computers, but human nodes in the form of users, thinkers, coders, writers, custodians, and entities of every kind.
这是一个深刻的想法，不适合缺乏想象力的人。
“[圣经]是我们根本无法理解的过程的产物。圣经是一个由许多书籍组成的图书馆，每本书都由许多人撰写和编辑。这是一份真正的新兴文件——一个经过挑选、排序、最终连贯的故事，由任何人和每个人在数千年的时间里写成。 《圣经》是人类集体想象力从深处抛出来的，它本身就是难以想象的力量在深不可测的时间跨度下运作的产物。它仔细、尊重的研究可以向我们揭示我们所相信的东西以及我们如何做和应该采取的行动，而这些几乎是无法通过其他方式发现的。”
这是什么意思？
Of course much that we’ve already explored, so I’ll close out with an analysis on the “consequential” nature of Bitcoin 和上帝。
Bitcoin Is Like The Old Testament God.
While reading Chapter 4 of “12 Rules For Life” the similarity between Bitcoin and Old Testament God, via their relationship to consequence, dawned on me.
旧约中的神是复杂的、多面的。表面上残酷、无情，容易实施严厉的惩罚和愤怒行为，但与此同时，却充满了对世界及其居民的关怀，有能力做出伟大的怜悯和仁慈行为。
大多数人都承认旧约上帝的愤怒和报复性，并将其与新约上帝进行对比，他们认为新约上帝更加宽容，仁慈和慈爱。
大多数人认为 Bitcoin is like New Testament God; some magical panacea to all of our problems and a pathway to a future “Utopia.”
It’s my contention that Bitcoin is far more like the complex, Old Testament God. When you stray from the path, when you disobey the covenants, injunctions and commandments of the natural way of things, then you, your children and your children’s children will suffer.
Old Testament God would bring his wrath upon you through plagues and famines, while Bitcoin will deliver it upon you through poverty and sharp economic consequences. The difference being that the former was a written or spoken warning for sinful behavior, while the latter is a direct result of the actions you take.
Don’t believe me? Go send your Bitcoin to the incorrect address or try calling “support” once you’ve lost your private keys. Or maybe you can try to contact the Bitcoin Central Bank to print more bitcoin to bail you out when you made a poor decision. Good luck with that.
“尽管如此，当他的子民偏离正路时——当他们违背他的禁令、违反他的圣约、违反他的诫命时——麻烦就一定会随之而来。如果你没有按照旧约上帝的要求去做——无论那可能是什么，也不管你如何试图逃避——你和你的孩子以及你孩子的孩子就会陷入可怕、严重的麻烦之中。”
The importance of texts like the Bible will continue to increase in a Bitcoin-dominated world because these lessons and stories are true. Not necessarily in the literal sense, but in the meta sense. They are modes of being, which if understood and integrated into your person, you, your children and children’s children have the opportunity to prosper.
Bitcoin is an economic manifestation of the consequential Old Testament God, and in the same way is a “force of nature.” They say that “Bitcoin just is” for a reason. Approaching it with a malevolent or scheming heart will only lead you to ruin. If you orient yourself as per the implied instruction you receive via direct economic feedback, or take note of the explicit instruction of the wise (i.e., the ancient texts), you may just prosper.
“他们是 wise. He was a Force of Nature. Is a hungry lion reasonable, fair or just? What kind of nonsensical question is that? The Old Testament Israelites and their forebears knew that God was not to be trifled with, and that whatever Hell the angry Deity might allow to be engendered if he was crossed was real.”
这让我想到……
信仰
信仰在于对美好事物的承诺，尽管有证据表明有坏事。
再次， Bitcoin is a manifestation of faith. Something so good has emerged from a social soil so toxic.
It’s done so because the roots of goodness run deep. Faith is what helps it flourish, and Bitcoin is a beautiful example of what’s possible when we take that seriously.
“信仰不是对魔法的幼稚信仰。这是无知，甚至是故意盲目。相反，它是一种认识，即生活中悲惨的非理性必须通过对存在本质善良的同样非理性的承诺来抵消。”
To believe that Bitcoin can win, is to have faith in the capacity for goodness to prevail. I’m not sure it’s something you can rationally calculate. Bitcoin history is littered with the corpses of those who thought they figured it out; whether on the side of Bitcoin or not. See everyone from Paul Krugman and Peter Schiff on the “against” side, or Plan B’s S2F or Willy Woo’s on-chain analysis, on the “for” side.
A belief in Bitcoin requires something more than empiricism. It’s perhaps why otherwise smart people (e.g., Eric Weinstein) who should be enthralled at its emergence, are instead bitterly engaged in its dissemination.
“你可能会从不思考开始——或者，更准确地说，但不那么尖锐，拒绝让你的信仰屈服于你当前的理性及其狭隘的观点。这并不意味着“让自己变得愚蠢”。意思恰恰相反。相反，它意味着你必须停止操纵、算计、纵容、阴谋、强制、要求、回避、忽视和惩罚。这意味着你必须把旧的策略放在一边。相反，这意味着你必须注意，因为你以前可能从未注意过。”
These people seem to be too cerebrally oriented to experience the holistic, practical perfection that is Bitcoin.
他们没有真正关注，因为他们太忙于“规范理论”并试图将其纳入自己的理性范式。或者他们是像莱克斯·弗里德曼（Lex Fridman）这样没有骨气的骑墙派，拒绝采取道德立场。
不管怎样，他们拒绝相信，因为他们害怕相信自己的本能和直觉。他们缺乏烧船的勇气。
在这样做的过程中，他们不知不觉地作为无人记得的富有的罗马人之一而载入史册，他们的血统随着基督教的出现而消失。
结束语
As you begin to take Bitcoin or Old Testament God seriously, you begin to orient yourself in such a way that goodness flourishes in your life.
As your faith pays off and rewards you for your honest, moral efforts, you find that not only does Bitcoin begin to feel like New Testament God, but that you have begun to embody the virtues so eloquently described throughout the ages, across all of the great scriptures.
你开始体现 善良。
“因此，你不是在扮演暴君，而是在关注。你说的是实话，而不是操纵世界。你是在谈判，而不是扮演烈士或暴君。你不必再嫉妒，因为你不再知道别人真的拥有更好的东西。你不必再感到沮丧，因为你已经学会了放低目标并保持耐心。你正在发现你是谁，你想要什么，以及你愿意做什么。您发现针对您的特定问题的解决方案必须针对您个人且准确地量身定制。你不太关心别人的行为，因为你自己有很多事情要做。”
这让我们回到了整章分析的起源思想。
Bitcoin is self-love.
当您输入 Bitcoin and let it enter you, your life begins to look and sound more meaningful, hopeful and optimistic.
你从小事做起，保持一致，你的目标是积累你能做的事情，你专注于你能做的事情，随着时间的推移，你的轨迹将指向天堂。
这是希望。 Bitcoin 是希望。
“幸福的大部分是希望，无论这个希望是在多么深的地下世界孕育的。”
寻找，你就会找到。
敲一下，它可能就会打开。
带着进入的意愿，你可能会发现一些如此深入和有价值的东西，你会想知道你最初是如何爱上这样一个谜题的，以及为什么你在那里待了这么久。
USB MIDI（XNUMX通道） Bitcoin is a cult, as in, 文化的一个子集。
Bitcoin is a new, emergent culture, founded on a bedrock of core principles; Bitcoin principles, such as truth, integrity, transparency, freedom and responsibility.
这种新兴文化已经很久没有出现了。
Bitcoin may just be what tilts the world back toward a culture of greatness, morality, meaning and excellence — and I’m here for it.
这是一个客户后，由 亚历山大·斯维茨基（Aleks Svetski），“非共产主义宣言,”, 创始人 Bitcoin 时 和主持人 唤醒播客。 所表达的观点完全是他们自己的观点，并不一定反映BTC Inc或 Bitcoin 杂志.
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