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  • Perché la cassa malati continua ad aumentare? Segui il denaro.
    Quando la quantità di moneta cresce più rapidamente della quantità di beni e servizi disponibili, ogni unità monetaria si trova a competere per risorse che rimangono scarse. Questo vale anche per la sanità. Curare una persona richiede medici, infermieri, farmaci, energia, infrastrutture, apparecchiature e materiali: risorse reali che non possono essere create semplicemente aumentando la… Read more: Perché la cassa malati continua ad aumentare? Segui il denaro.
  • Fragments for a Sovereign Life – 1. Reality & Illusion
    You can choose to face reality step by step, preparing yourself day by day, or confront the harsh reality all at once. It’s a matter of responsibility; avoiding reality doesn’t prevent the consequences from knocking at your door. Almost everything you believe is a lie. It works until reality knocks on your door, and suddenly,… Read more: Fragments for a Sovereign Life – 1. Reality & Illusion
  • Words: How Meaning Becomes Power
    How words shape mental models, influence power, and affect our capacity to act—from money and comfort to social media, AI, and first-principles thinking.
  • CHFb: Bitcoin-Native Dividends
    CHFb uses Bitcoin and Tether as its first backing assets while policy-bound agents protect collateral over time and distribute verified surplus to holders.
  • Prophets are students of history
    A rational reading of the Bible as a framework for forecasting recurring cycles in human behavior, leadership, and social change.
  • The Utopian Present of China (Draft v2)
    A structured field report on contemporary China from an investor-technologist lens, covering safety, digital infrastructure, social behavior, and long-term geopolitical implications.
  • The Utopian Present of China
    “Travel can form a vital part of education, if we leave our prejudices at home.”Montaigne Almost three years ago, I spent three months in the United States and witnessed the country’s condition firsthand.I realized the extent of the denial many Westerners live in, and to put things into perspective, I decided to organize a solo… Read more: The Utopian Present of China
  • How to Travel China in 2026: A Practical Guide
    China is vast, efficient, and mesmerizing—a land where ancient history meets hypermodern cities. Traveling there is smoother than most expect, but only if you prepare smartly. 1. Before You Go 2. Getting Around 3. Cities and Routes 4. Food Highlights 5. Survival Tips 6. Mindset You’ll be watched, but you’ll also feel safe, efficient, and… Read more: How to Travel China in 2026: A Practical Guide
  • Self-Sovereign Manifesto
    Build Financial, Physical & Mental Resilience “If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity.” Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth The history of our species is marked by various forms of governance—monarchies, aristocracies, dictatorships, and democracies. In reality, these are just… Read more: Self-Sovereign Manifesto
  • Esc.
    Letter to followers Last year, I wrote about energy and the many ways we can compound it—or at least prevent it from leaking. I described my investments as akin to observing the horizon and seeing what waves the sea presents to us. I spent a month in Hawaii, watching surfers near the pier, trying to… Read more: Esc.
  • Bitcoin Self-Custody
    When it comes to UTXO management, it’s a good idea to start by buying at least 0.1 Bitcoin and moving it straight into a Trezor cold wallet. These wallets provide a secure way to sign transactions outside your computer’s operating system, protecting you from malware and other risks. Your UTXOs can be accessed anywhere in… Read more: Bitcoin Self-Custody
  • Is Bitcoin a religion?
    credits Bitcoin Apex Art | Bitcoin-art The following article is a response to a critic of Bitcoin. The critic compared Bitcoin to a religion and a cult, stating that Bitcoin will never replace traditional currencies and the state. “Could you explain to me how a state is able to do monetary policies with a decentralized… Read more: Is Bitcoin a religion?
  • Logos
    Develop Your Personal Assistant The future will be a clear dichotomy between, those who exploit AI and those who are exploited by it. Building the first line of defense against the enemies of our minds. Fig. 1 Logos The latest innovations in the field of AI have opened the door to an infinite array of… Read more: Logos
  • AI Self-Sovereignity
    Unlock Your Creative Potential: Cultivating Your Personal Assistant. Join me on a journey to explore and harness these powerful tools, enhancing our lives. Artificial Intelligence: Embarking on the Final Journey to Sovereignity (work in progress): My current endeavor involves creating a Discord chat moderated by a bot script designed to be persistent. This bot will… Read more: AI Self-Sovereignity
  • Optimalism series
    Improve your health The Blog goal is to reorganize my thoughts and understandably propose them, is readable like a book. Mind Map Index: Optimalism series Index: Feel free to comment, share my article with friends and subscribe to my newsletter if you like my content and you want to follow me towards financial freedom. You… Read more: Optimalism series
  • Compound your Energy
    Your most precious asset is your energy,  which can be compounded by the collective human ability to think. #TheTimeMachinePortfolio “Those pieces of paper, which should have been gold, are a token of honor–your claim upon the energy of the men who produce. Your wallet is your statement of hope that somewhere in the world around… Read more: Compound your Energy
  • Chapter III: Digital Marcus Aurelius
    Friendship with the eminent dead Marcus Aurelius “That sounds funny, making friends among the eminent dead, but if you go through life making friends with the eminent dead who had the right ideas, I think it will work better in life and work better in education.” Charlie Munger In the latest article, I resurrected Marcus… Read more: Chapter III: Digital Marcus Aurelius
  • Optimalism, The Mind
    Fig. 1 Optimalist Marcus Aurelius, available on Opensea.io “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. What we are going to learn: Addressing the most sensitive of topics, I feel the weight of responsibility in offering guidance on mental health and well-being. Indeed, I… Read more: Optimalism, The Mind
  • AI and community Consciousness, Chapter Two
    Cracking the Code of the Wise, Lee Kuan Yew. Fig.1 Singapore “A nation is great not by its size alone. It is the will, the cohesion, the stamina, the discipline of its people and the quality of their leaders which ensure it an honorable place in history.” Kuan Yew Lee The last article and experimentation… Read more: AI and community Consciousness, Chapter Two
  • Optimalism, Strengthen your Body
    Optimalist SocratesMy NFT prompt generated is available as a way to invest in my work through Opensea.io. “No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” Socrates… Read more: Optimalism, Strengthen your Body
  • Artificial Intelligence and Collective Consciousness
    Optimize your community wisdom I express my appreciation to Jake and firecat1991 for inspiring the idea, and to the TNS community, Balaji Srinivasan, and the #writers team including MattHarder, Camellia, neodaoist, plaird, grant and simonep, for providing motivation and working tirelessly to better our community.  I aspire to continue following their remarkable capability and dedication.… Read more: Artificial Intelligence and Collective Consciousness
  • Shape mindset through Art
    The warrior stands straight in the middle of the battlefield, he smiles. It is cold, He felt cold every morning when he woke up. There is chaos around him, He is used to it, he is a lifetime learner, bringing order in his mind is natural for him. He is alone,He doesn’t care, it is… Read more: Shape mindset through Art
  • The dystopian present of the United State
    What my experience has taught me about the values of a sound country us.exitartwork by Diben Blog Articles NFTs collection available on OpenSea.ioMy blog doesn’t have ads, investing in my NFTs supports my contents. When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority. tao te ching Disclaimer: It is important to note… Read more: The dystopian present of the United State
  • Bitcoin Diary
    I’m going to update this article as journal, where I will share my thoughts and meditations. “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer Truth is not a theory, truth is an evolutionary process, a method. 04 March 2024… Read more: Bitcoin Diary
  • Optimalism, Starts with Diet and Discipline
    “We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.” Socrates When we think about transhumanism our mind starts going into a pindaric flight around topics like cyber implants, connectors inside the brain, laser eyes. Nothing wrong with that, but what I think is that we already have a wide range of tools and we… Read more: Optimalism, Starts with Diet and Discipline
  • List of Gurus
    “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Isaac Newton Value investors – Benjamin Graham– Warren Buffet– Charlie Munger– Seth Klarmann– Li Lu– David Einhorn– Bruce Greenwald– Guy Spier– Monhish Pabrai– Phil Town– Bill Miller– DSCompounding Investors – Peter Lynch– Marks Howard– Soros George– Druckenmiller Stanley– Joel Greenblatt– Bill… Read more: List of Gurus
  • 18. Intrinsic Value – Discounted Cash Flow
    Why a lemon drink and a paradisiac beach?  Because at the end of this journey, we will meet together on an exotic beach as digital nomads, enjoying the dividends of our companies.  Am I joking?  Every great adventure contains a treasure to discover, risks, and a good dose of uncertainty. I cannot tell you the… Read more: 18. Intrinsic Value – Discounted Cash Flow
  • The Mentors: Nomad Letters quotes
    “Investing is a wonderful, thoughtful, adventure but it can also be self-centered, a tendency that can be reinforced by the wealth that can follow. We think it is true that, once past X-amount, real meaning comes with reinvesting in society through charitable giving, which can also be a thoughtful, challenging, wonderful adventure, but with the… Read more: The Mentors: Nomad Letters quotes
  • Metaverse
    Fig. TEDx Talk: The future of an immersive Metaverse | Artur Sychov | TEDxUNYP Metaverse in the context of physical and digital scarcity. Automatization, by its nature, is a deflationary force, the unique force with delocalization of labor able of guaranteeing a profit margin sufficient to maintain profitable a businessin an environment with inflationary force… Read more: Metaverse
  • 17. Cash Flow Statement Analysis
    This is the last chapter of the analysis of the financial statements. In my opinion, the Cash Flow statement is the most important because it describes the amount of cash and cash equivalents entering the company.  What we are going to learn:  As we saw in the first article, the income statement uses the accrual… Read more: 17. Cash Flow Statement Analysis
  • Athenaeum – Library
    Fig 1. Giordano Bruno “Believe that nothing is impossible for you, think yourself immortal and capable of understanding all, all arts, all sciences, the nature of every living being. Mount higher than the highest height; descend lower than the lowest depth.”Giordano Bruno DSCompounding letters to investors Psychology Society Philosophy Value Investing Accounting Management Recessions and… Read more: Athenaeum – Library
  • 16. Balance Sheet Analysis 
    In the first part of our overview, we analyzed the income statement, now we are going to look at the capital structure of our business, namely: the balance sheet. If earnings are our engine, the balance sheet is the frame of our machine. I like using allegory to make the point, in this case a… Read more: 16. Balance Sheet Analysis 
  • 15. Income statement analysis
    Here we go! The first thing to do is recovering the financial statements of the company that we have chosen. A good idea is to choose a company within our circle of competence (10. Circle of competence). What we are going to learn:  The goal is to find the best compounder with a competitive advantage.… Read more: 15. Income statement analysis
  • Stock Market Crash 
    I am taking care to warn my followers about the notion of bubbles and the consequential crash.  What’s a bubble? Occasionally Mr Market (8. Mr Market) tends to become too exuberant about the future of the market or more often one specific sector. The most recent and known bubble was the dotcom bubble. At the… Read more: Stock Market Crash 
  • 14. It’s a war
    “In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats” Warren Buffett Capitalism is like life, it is a war. Our goal is to find the best fortress where to put our capital, ideally a fortress with a wide moat, and a smart and powerful lord.In the course of human history, battlegrounds have changed… Read more: 14. It’s a war
  • 13. 10-K
    “The SEC enforces the securities laws to protect the more than 66 million American households that have turned to the securities markets to invest in their futures—whether it’s starting a family, sending kids to college, saving for retirement, or attaining other financial goals.” sec.gov As explained on the first page of the SEC website, the… Read more: 13. 10-K
  • Cryptocurrencies
    As usual, I want to start with a quote, in this case, Naval Ravikant, a notorious entrepeneur and angel Investor.  For those uninformed about this branch of investing: Angel investors are the first investors in embryonic projects, namely start-ups. Naval is active on Twitter (@Naval) and, if you are interested, I warmly suggest you to… Read more: Cryptocurrencies
  • Case Study 2 – Berkshire Hathaway
    Do you remember when I spoke about how companies reward us? (7. How the companies reward us). I decided to write some case studies in the course of this blog because I think that reinforces the concepts in our minds. Initially, the goal of those studies is to explore events that give us a hint… Read more: Case Study 2 – Berkshire Hathaway
  • 12. Starting point
    Well, let’s start our journey through the numbers. As I said, quantitative analysis isn’t my preferred part. I prefer good stories, but over time, due to some errors, I understood the importance of numbers. Stories sometimes lie (i.e because the CEOs lie, often they are only good salesmen. We will learn how to value a good… Read more: 12. Starting point
  • 11. Stories and numbers
    “Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who’ve been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage.” Peter Lynch Peter Lynch is one of the best investors of all time, he ran the Magellan fund, which earned an annual return of 29.2% from 1977 until 1990. In other words, if… Read more: 11. Stories and numbers
  • 10. Circle of competence
    “The game of investing is a process of discovering who you are, what you’re interested in, what you’re good at, what you love to do, then magnifying that until you gain a sizable edge over all the other people.” Li Lu – Himalaya Capital Fund. One of the most essential things in investing is to… Read more: 10. Circle of competence
  • Case study 1 – Tesla (TSLA)
    In the eighth article (8. Mr Market), I wrote about Tesla (TSLA) and its high quotation in relation to other carmakers. In my series of articles I haven’t touched the fundamental analysis basis.Anyway, Tesla gives me the chance to highlight some points and concepts. As you can read in the “Mr. Market” article, sometimes the… Read more: Case study 1 – Tesla (TSLA)
  • 9.1 Appendix – Economic Cycles 
    In article 9 I wrote about “Economic Cycles” but I need to clarify some points. Life, economy, business. The economy follows a cyclical pattern, the same is true for human life and business life but we will dig deeper into business life when we will talk about valuation. Economic cycles are mainly defined by the… Read more: 9.1 Appendix – Economic Cycles 
  • 9. Value investing
    I’ve a confession to say: I’m a Value Investor or at least is what I aim to be.I’m sure a lot of you are wondering about what means to be a Value Investor.To be a Value Investor is counterintuitive because it isn’t in the nature of human beings to behave like a Value Investor.It’s precisely… Read more: 9. Value investing
  • 8. Mr Market
    So far I concentrate my contents on the business and the importance of a good management, now we have to speak about the market price.The stock market is auction based. Roughly speaking; agents that compose the market (institutional investors like pension funds or retail investors like us) offer a price for any security exchanged (for… Read more: 8. Mr Market
  • 7. How the companies reward us
    How far and apparently ethereals entities enter in touch with us? As I explained in the preceding chapters, businesses use the stock market to finance their activities.Basically there are two ways that companies use for financing themselves: debt and equity.My blog focuses on equity holders or also called shareholders.As shareholders we own a piece of… Read more: 7. How the companies reward us
  • 6. The eighth marvel of the world
    Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it.” Attributed to Albert Einstein The concept behind the compound interest is very simple.Imagine you have a bank account that earn you an annual interest of 4% (it is an utopias today), if you put 1000USD in… Read more: 6. The eighth marvel of the world
  • 5.1 Appendix – Currency Value
    In the last chapter “Active or passive investing” I spoke about circulating money.I had written about the injection of liquidity by central banks in terms of advantage for investors.New money in the system pushes high people’s spending, earnings of the company and therefore the value of financial assets like stocks.The side effect is that the… Read more: 5.1 Appendix – Currency Value
  • 5. Active or passive investing
    When we are starting to enter in the investing world, we basically have two ways to follow.Passive investing or active investing. What is the difference? Stock market is composed by many companies that produce a broad range of products and services. These companies together make the basement of the country productivity.Because the world follows a… Read more: 5. Active or passive investing
  • 4. What’s the goal?
    “If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.” Seneca The first question we have to ask yourself about investing is“Where do I want to go?”I think that every time we face a new adventure, it’s importante to set the main goal.I start by explaining what my goal… Read more: 4. What’s the goal?
  • 3. Wealth
    For me it is important to understand the importance of investing for our society, because in my opinion it is the right approach to develop the correct mindset.However we invest not only for an altruistic spirit but because we want to see our wealth growing.The most powerful tool I can use to convey you the… Read more: 3. Wealth
  • 2. Trading or investing
    In the first article I introduced the general meaning of investing.Now I want to dig about the difference between trading and investing.We live in a society short term oriented, psichologically we are pushed to reach immediately what we want. We can’t wait for nothing, though it is empirically established that success depends on the willingness… Read more: 2. Trading or investing
  • 1. Why Should I invest
    There are plenty of articles speaking about investing. However I think that the best starting point is questioning yourself about the motivation based on the choice to invest.Personally I think that society give us tools to better interact with reality, it’s our responsibility to acknowledge about this tools and learn how to use it. Investing… Read more: 1. Why Should I invest
  • Be prepared – Index
    “Chance favors the prepared mind.”  Louis Pasteur The Blog goal is to reorganize my thoughts and understandably propose them, is readable like a book. Blog Mind Map index Investing course index: 1. Why should I invest 2. Trading or investing 3. Wealth 4. What’s the goal? 5. Active or passive investing 5.1 Appendix – Inflation… Read more: Be prepared – Index