Hi Barry!
Glad to see you're doing well!
In spite of the (hopefully brief) misunderstanding between us, I still consider you a hero to the freedom movement. The update to the parts of your story that I knew were unbelievably interesting (you being the first Brazilian to be awarded refugee status), and I hope you make a million dollars on steem! :) If you want to get back in touch and talk politics, I'd love to hear from you. Curious to know if you're following any of the advice from Doug Casey( http://www.caseyresearch.com + http://www.internationalman.com/articles/looking-forward ) or Roger Ver ( https://www.dollarvigilante.com/blog/2015/10/21/tdv-interview-series-roger-ver-bitcoin-revolution-and-expatriation.html ) on expatriation.
FWIW: I definitely found the quality of life in China to be better as an expatriate than as a citizen there. (As per Ben Goertzel.) Glad to see you never stopped moving down the rabbit hole!
The reality TV show producers were clueless, your show would have been amazing. I wonder how much luck you'd have now if you took the entire pitch to Netflix Originals, Hulu, or their online competition? You remain one of my heroes!
Staystrong,
Jake Witmer
jacob.c.witmer@gmail.com