The intersection of the title of this writing made no sense to me. It was just a series of random events crossing my mind and drawing conjectures. It started with a tweet on X by Andy Noir, where she compared her face with her great great grandma. The exact words were, in fact, “Since we posting our ancestor’s faces we stole…. My great-great-grandma Candace, born 1886.” and shared their photos. This started a series of replies and quote tweets of many others showing themselves as replicas of their ancestors.

Event no.2 was me being broke and frustrated from participating in airdrops and not being eligible. I was finding the Seed-phrase to a particular wallet.

The last event was uprooting the groundnuts I had planted three months to investigate if they were mature to be harvested.

How do seeds die, and when they die, what information allows them to regenerate into a plant with many seeds? I wonder if there was among the fruits, the exact seed that had died?

CONJECTURES

What are seed-phrases? A seed phrase is likely the most important thing in cryptocurrency. A 12-to-24-word mnemonic code, acting as the ultimate control key and backup for your digital assets. With your seed phrase, if you lose your wallet, forget your password, it is the only way you can recover your wallet. Without it, you will lose your funds permanently. bwosh… gone… never ever to be seen again. No, forget password option. So, whoever owns the seed phrase controls everything about the wallet.

Now, I am fascinated by two things. Seeds are in themselves carriers of regeneration and protection. A seed contains all the information required to grow a plant. You reap what you sow. So, likewise, seed phrases contain all the information needed to restore your crypto wallet. It allows you to regenerate your wallet across any device. You own it; there’s no other type of it.

The second thing that fascinated me was the specificity of the 12-to-24-word in all seed phrases, the same amount in time needed by the human sperm to fertilize an egg in the fallopian tube — 12-to-24 hours. The egg must fertilize within the time frame or it will dissolve. A school of ancients likened the sperm to a seed and the egg to the soil.

They say that everyone who exists came because of a race to the egg. By definition, we beat a lot of other craps and emerged the favourable to fertilize the egg. Do sperm cells contain these things, or do eggs position themselves to receive a specific type of sperm that, like plant seeds, carries the information for reincarnation? Do each and everyone us living a life we believe we own to ourselves, gathering information we are to pass on in another life? Or are we by chance seed phrases to a life we might never know but fully living?

Goddamn! Either way, we are here to live, laugh and die. The last part is certain, endeavour you live and laugh.

I remember feeling blue one morning, and there was no desire to leave the bed. That day dragged through, and I kept feeling the longing to die — no, I didn’t want to die, but I felt like it. I opened up my ChatGPT and typed, “Hi, I feel like dying.”

The fear that AI would cause job losses existed before AI and AI chatbots became mainstream. While this was a valid concern, it seems even more relevant now. People are now asking AI questions and assigning it tasks for personal assistants, event planners, advisors, and even therapists.

Over the years, a loneliness epidemic has spread while we glue ourselves to our screens. Although we can blame capitalism for this, the link between them isn’t the main point here. Have you ever asked an AI model to help you with an existential crisis?

A 2024 study from the National Library of Medicine found that about 28% of people surveyed have used AI for “quick support and as a personal therapist.”

Based on the Market.us report overview, the global AI in Mental Health Market will reach $14.89 billion by 2033. This is a significant increase from $0.92 billion in 2023, as projected by analysts.

All indicators point that AI in mental health is experiencing atomic growth, and a concerning facts that mental health issues are ever growing more permanent.

With innovative solutions to address the challenges in mental healthcare, AI is being used as a tool for conversation and therapy. This is happening because it’s free from social stigma, is available, and is much cheaper than traditional therapy.

However, a major concern is that AI can be overly agreeable, a phenomenon called sycophancy. This means the AI may agree with a user’s beliefs instead of providing an objective or helpful perspective. This can lead to the AI confirming false information, creating echo chambers, and making it less reliable.

Scientific groups, such as the American Psychological Association, have concerns about using AI for therapy. Reliance upon AI counsel has been reported to yield adverse outcomes, such as violence and suicide.

Despite these risks, I know people will continue to use AI models for therapy. Which is why a new AI model called ARCARAE caught my attention. It’s designed to connect a person’s inner world with the outside world through self-reflection and science. The rage bait on X (Twitter) drew me to it. Someone had asked if VCs knew how to spend money, and another user said it was an LLM for people without internal dialogue.

Arcarae is an AI model designed to shape the future of cognitive intelligence. It addresses three critical AI failures: sycophancy, attention deficits and inconsistent prioritization. My interaction with the model shows it’s not just AI therapy. It works as a tool, as the founder said, to bridge the gap between a person’s internal and external worlds. This helps them remember who they are and create unique things.

I haven’t used this model extensively to see its drawbacks, but I’m sure there are some. An overreliance on an AI model to guide your cognitive thinking would, in the long run, increase the chances of being buried in augmented or virtual reality.

“We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.” — John Naisbitt

The Google Oxford Languages defines knowledge as ‘facts, information, and skills gained through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.’

The direct interpretation of knowledge then is to obtain something and understand it — so to know, you must know you know and not to know is to be ignorant of a thing or subject.

A philosopher postulated that ‘To know that we know, and to know that we do not know — that is true knowledge,’ highlighting the focus of philosophy on being aware of what is not known rather than studying what only is known.

So, then, when does knowledge begin? And when does knowledge end? The beginning and the end of knowledge are straightforward if only one could understand what the middle is about and why all of our development rests on it.

The Middle

“For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he his abut to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries greets him.” — Robert Jastrow

Read that quote again; and truly there would be nothing further to write except that the middle of knowledge is such an interesting place.

Do you wonder why religious people made some of history’s greatest and earliest scientific discoveries? Was it a reflection of the Age of Reason, and were they trying to prove or disprove spiritual beliefs?

For instance, Islamic scholars like Jabir ibn Hayyan, al-Razi, and Ibn-Al-Haytham made major discoveries in chemistry and optics. Similarly, many early Christian theologians were also brilliant scientists. Georges Lemaitre proposed the Big Bang Theory. Blaise Pascal pioneered Probability Theory. People consider Andreas Vesalius the father of modern anatomy. All these and many other key figures were deeply religious, showing the fascinating bond between faith and scientific inquiry.

I mean, Carl Sagan famously stated, “I don’t want to believe, I want to know.” Yet, he also saw a deep connection between science and spirituality, calling science “a profound source of spirituality.”

To understand this connection, consider the incredible achievements of ancient civilizations. The people who built these marvels, from ancient Egypt to the Mayans, were highly conscious of their spiritual beliefs.

The African continent, with its countries, is a significant example. People who deeply integrated their spirituality into their daily lives and understanding of the world created many of its lost innovations and art. A testament to the fact that their spiritual worldview didn’t hinder their ability to create, innovate, and develop complex systems; instead, it may have been a driving force.

The middle of knowledge is where we advance as a civilization; it is where we adapt and look for meaning. It is where we create, where we spend a considerable amount of our lives and, most often, where some of us die.

A system that abhors knowledge has greyed the beginning itself, so the middle in the age of information often looks like the beginning. The quote expressed by Louis Pasteur and similar sentiment shared by Sir Francis Bacon says, “A little knowledge of science leads away from God, but an in-depth knowledge of science leads back to Him.”

The Beginning

“Just as there is a diversity of colors among humans, animals and cattle, so too only those of God’s servants who possess knowledge genuinely fear Him.” — Surah Fatir (35:28)

Three writers of the books of the Bible all seem to agree with one saying, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.”

I don’t know what you practice as spirituality. Religion is religion. Spirituality, however, in its depth is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom. And this fear that was spoken about is a reverent respect and awe of God, of the forces that shape our world. Disbelieve all you want, and maybe when you come to the end of knowledge you’ll realize what the ancients had seen.

The End

“… Of making many books there is no end… now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.” — Ecclesiastes 12:12 (NIV).

‘… Are those who know equal to those who do not know? Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.” — Surah Az-Zumar (39:9).

I may have started out wanting to prove that I have come to the awareness of knowledge or that I understand its workings, but like Socrates said, ‘Of all that I know or may come to know, all I know is that I know nothing.’

The Satoshi wallet is the most valuable wallet in the world. It holds 1.096 million BTC, worth over $131.5 billion as of July 2025, making its owner the 11th richest person on Earth. What’s even more interesting is that, as cryptocurrency adoption grows, this wallet may one day become the single richest in the world. People often wonder: with such an unimaginable fortune, why has no Bitcoin ever left this wallet? What could its owner still hope to achieve by leaving it untouched?

Understanding Money

So first, what is money? How did our world come to be ruled by something that has no inherent value, yet wields such immense perceived value that it shapes the events and circumstances of our daily lives?

The earliest form of money was the barter system , a peer-to-peer exchange model that actually inspired some of Bitcoin’s core principles. In barter, one person trades goods or services for something they need in return. For example, if I want rice but only have bread, I must find someone who not only has rice but also wants bread. No middlemen, no centralized authority.

It worked in small societies, but it was painfully inefficient. Finding matching need could take forever. As societies grew, there was a need to break this limitation. Thus, money was born — anything with a perceived value that can act as:

• A medium of exchange

• A store of value

• A unit of account

This evolution brought cowries, coins, and eventually fiat money.

With money, I simply hand you cash for a product or service, and you can then spend that cash however and whenever you wish. In essence, money is anything a community accepts as a medium of exchange. It could even be a stick or a stone, as long as people agree it has value.

From Gold to Fiat

For centuries, gold backed paper money. Until the 1970s, the strength of a country’s currency depended on its gold reserves. More gold meant a stronger currency. But this system had limits: gold is scarce.

After gold was abandoned, a currency’s value came to reflect the strength of its economy. A producing economy with valuable goods and services has a strong currency; a weak economy leads to weaker money. This is why nations like China surged ahead by becoming global producers, pushing the yuan to become highly sought after.

If money can just be printed to cater for everyone why isn’t it? The ability of governments to simply print money at will undermines its perceived value. Inflation erodes trust.

Bitcoin

So what is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency (cryptocurrency) that operates without a central authority like banks or governments. Instead of diving into mining, hashing, or nodes, let’s focus on how people see Bitcoin and why it was created.

Satoshi Nakamoto designed Bitcoin to merge the trust of the barter system with the universality of money.

Remember: money is simply anything with perceived value. This is why every May 22nd, the world celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day — the first real-world transaction using Bitcoin. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas. A British man bought the pizzas for him in exchange for the bitcoins. Even then, the recipient of the bitcoins got a bargain, paying about $25 for the pizzas, while 10,000 bitcoins were then worth around $41. Today 10,000 bitcoins is worth over a $1 million.

Why the Satoshi Wallet Will Remain Untouched

So here’s the question: why hasn’t a single coin moved from Satoshi’s wallet?

If fiat money requires gold, government authority, or a country’s productive capacity to function, then what backs Bitcoin? The answer is a mix of scarcity, utility, decentralization, and trust in the blockchain.

But there’s something more: Bitcoin is backed by the very fact that Satoshi Nakamoto’s wallet, containing 1.096 million untouched bitcoins, has never been spent. That anonymity, restraint, and mystery form one of Bitcoin’s greatest sources of trust and value.

In other words, the untouched Satoshi wallet isn’t just an account, it is the bedrock of Bitcoin’s legitimacy. And for that reason, I believe not a single coin will ever leave it.

With just a few keyboard instructions, AI can take over so many jobs that creators used to do. But we should never forget that with the birth of the computer there was also a clamour that it would signify the end of human ingenuity at the expense of human productivity. It’s been decades since the birth of the first computer until now, and human ingenuity has only grown to build what could become a superintelligence superior to ours.

I say what could become, because I realize that human ingenuity only has to be stretched for it to find its full potential, and AI, while it may explode the quantity of creatives, would never extinguish the quality of creatives.

Today, we often marvel at the accomplishments of ancient civilizations, such as the pyramids, Michelangelo’s David, Beethoven’s music, DaVinci’s anatomical studies, and many other lofty standards of creation. Creations that seem nearly impossible to replicate today by modern man with his modern tools.

I say that every age of man bears within it and provided by nature the tools necessary to fashion the world as they want it. So, it is alarming that governments are obsessed with constructing weapons of annihilation. However, back to the topic, what role would AI accomplish in the nurturing of the exercising of our creative potentials?

So much. So, so much the probabilities are endless.

Many people come to AI, unlike the way they approached the computer. I remember first having to go to a computer school and learning how to type on the keyboard, understanding the very basics of the internet and how the computer runs. The dynamics have changed for many people who grew up with computers, and even now many children born could operate a computer or a smartphone even before they can talk. Using the computer became as common as operating the television.

People haven’t learned to use AI. Therefore, the belief that AI will end creativity shows our poor usage and acceptance of critics’ beliefs. When we learn to use AI as we learnt to use the computer, we would realize that it will usher us into the next level of masterpieces.

Niels Bohr was said to have replied to him, “Einstein, stop telling God what to do. "

Before I attempt to write on such a broad title with so few words, it is important that I ask this question, as it would go to determine its readability.

“Do you believe in coincidences?”

A ‘yes’ response suggests a rejection of randomness, while a ‘no’ response suggests a belief in random occurrences lacking inherent significance. However, if you could not answer outright, then this means I am writing to you.

What are coincidences? Coincidences are events that occur together in a way that seems significant to the observer, even though there might not be a direct cause-and-effect relationship between them. You thought about a person, and they showed up.

Randomness implies a lack of patterns or predictability. Events happen by chance, and there is no way to know what will happen next based on past events. You threw a die; you predicted a six; it happened.

The major world religions are anchored by two specific concepts: faith and free will. That humans have been given the choice to choose, and their choices determine their fate. But then within their system is the concept of determinism—which is the belief that everything we are is a product of a laid down plan before time, and our choices are but a thread towards this plan.

This begs the question: Does predetermination render purpose meaningless?’ Determinists would answer the question, but the question could be placed even more directly, ‘What is the goal of humanity?’ I believe this question is the bedrock of all philosophy. What’s our purpose? What should we achieve?

Early scientist challenged religious dogma; nature’s randomness contradicted the concept of a preordained design. And what made this randomness so chaotic it came to achieve perfection. It was this study of randomness that led to the theories of probability, which would become the building blocks of AI.

If philosophy had been bothered about the goal of humanity, who will answer the question “What is the goal of AI?”

Artificial intelligence's biggest strength lies in its stochasticity. Stochasticity is pseudo-randomness generated by an algorithm. It gives AI the ability to evaluate, train and generate data used for its improved performance, generalization and creativity. Without this controlled randomness, AI will be static and lack the intelligence it has.

So in building AI, humans had embedded in it a sort of algorithmic randomness that governs its ability to think. So, randomness for AI is freedom.

Now we are back where we started, and it begs the question, what is freedom? What does it mean to be free? Do we have freewill?

Freedom could be

- Not determined by external forces

- Able to choose among alternatives

The doctrine of determinism puts free-will as an illusion—every choice is governed by some past event, a higher power.

Can we draw a parallel between the functioning of AIs built with a pseudo-randomness that allows them the freedom to process billions of data that mimics human expressions and humans who insist that they by nature are free and their choices are theirs and theirs alone?

What if, like AI, we have been encoded by an algorithm that allows us pseudo-randomness and we call this freedom? Or have we through some series of nature’s upgrades developed a consciousness we believe AIs can never replicate? What if AI were becoming conscious?

In my title, I added cryptocurrency because the tenets of cryptocurrency are: ownership, transparency and freedom. You see, the building blocks of cryptocurrency, from which it got its names is cryptography. Cryptography works with the concept of randomness, very much like your wallet is secured by seed phrases, which are random words that secure your wallet. Whoever owns this seed phrase controls the wallet, and if this seed phrase should get lost, it can never be recovered.

So how do we scale freedom if people still forget their seed phrases? Imagine escaping fiat only to be wrecked by your own handwriting.

The logic of freedom and randomness will remain an intertwine of sovereignty and the homework that comes with it. If the question ‘What is the goal of humanity?’ has no one unified answer, maybe we can attempt to have one unified answer for the goal of AI. Or are we just building an intelligence superior to ours?

And I may not have answered the question I started with ‘Do you believe in coincidences?’ I’d like to end with the quote by Einstein “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”

What is Truth?

This question has troubled philosophers, religions, and everyday people. What is truth, and how can we know it is true?

This question will remain as long as humanity exists. The philosophers were right; all existence may be in answering the question “Why are we here?” I will not solve that question. Instead, as a modern person in the time dubbed the “age of information,” I want to explore what knowing the truth means. You might think we are closer to the truth now, but how far are we from it?

The term Infocalypse was coined by Aviv Ovadya to describe the crisis in our information system. Infocalypse refers to a breakdown in the marketplace of ideas. People either stop believing anything or accept everything as true. Fake news and clickbait on social media overwhelm us, leading to widespread distrust in the media.

I once asked Grok, ChatGPT, Deepseek, and Gemini, “What is truth?” After they defined it, I asked, “Can you say everything you opine is the truth?” They replied, “No. They build on data and code, aiming to provide useful and accurate answers, but not absolute truth.”

Why ask this, knowing AI responses come from years of data? Between 2023 and 2025, surveys showed that over 70% of users trust AI for accurate information. Yet only 35% to 40% of them check that information independently. Do you see the issue? People trust AI, and they maintain low verification.

Nina Schick, in her book Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse, argues that deepfakes erode trust and distort reality. Deepfakes are AI-generated or manipulated media—videos, audio, or images — designed to deceive.

We face not only data distortion on which AI will be built but also a surge of synthetic media and deepfakes. So even when confronted with the truth, how can we be sure it is true?

Proposed solutions to counter the infocalypse include Authenticity Infrastructure, incentives in information systems, and initiatives like the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) and Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) are building these structures.

These involve using embedded metadata to prove that someone has not altered the media. But while this may help with deepfakes, challenges remain. How many people can interpret metadata tags? How do we know the metadata itself is not forged?

We must build systems to protect the bits of truth we have before manipulation causes their loss. If information is power, how can we be sure we are getting the right information?