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Or it was neither a brilliant nor a hair-brained move and was a reasonably calculated risk which paid off likely due to a mix of luck and prescience? There were
by meowface 9y ago
Or it was neither a brilliant nor a hair-brained move and was a reasonably calculated risk which paid off likely due to a mix of luck and prescience? There were many reasonable, intelligent people out there who weren't blinded by the anarchy/libertarian hype and yet still speculated Bitcoin's price would skyrocket based on rational predictions and bets.
The fact that these guys were partly on the ground floor for the rise of one of the most influential tech companies in the world and very much on the ground floor for one of the (so far) highest ROI assets and biggest technological advances (practical blockchain, consensus, and cryptocurrency tech; not Bitcoin in particular) of the past 50 years shows that at the very least they're probably not bozo meatheads in the way Sorkin and Fincher portrayed them (as entertaining as the movie was).
- NoahWebster 9y agoFolks, the word is spelled harebrained.
- jlgaddis 9y agoI'm impressed that you created a new account to contribute to the conversation with such a substantive, thought-prevoking comment.
- boulos 9y agoAll sorts of things push people over the edge to finally make an account :). While it's true that his comment doesn't add much to the discourse, there probably are lots of folks that never realized that it's referring to a hare. Your comment though is approximately an attack on a person who finally took the time to create an account only to get downvoted. A downvote is discouragement enough; no need to reiterate.
- mayankkaizen 9y agoTo be honest, if not for this comment, I would have learned something wrong today. PS - English isn't my first language.
- FairDune 9y agoIt's "thought-provoking", not "thought-prevoking".
- jlgaddis 9y agoThank you, Merriam-Webster.
- NoahWebster 9y agoThe name's Noah.
- meowface 9y agoThanks. I was so used to seeing hairbrained that I assumed it was the correct spelling.