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Upvoted for your last two sentences. If this is the destiny of humanity, so be it. Either we will get past it, or we won't. That was always the case, bitcoin or
by wskinner 9y ago
Upvoted for your last two sentences. If this is the destiny of humanity, so be it. Either we will get past it, or we won't. That was always the case, bitcoin or not. The fundamental issue is human nature. Technology merely distills and clarifies.
- ace_of_spades 9y agoThis is not really such an obvious consequence as you make it out to be. Technology can channel different aspects of human nature more or less intensively. Bitcoin for example is a design which puts forward more of the „bad“ sides... through its design it channels greed at the expense of sustainability. Interestingly it only works if people participate and accept it, so we actually have a strong lever that we can work against it. Just don’t participate. So to sum up... I think it’s mor appropriate to say the fundamental issue is how we design around human nature to create a world worth living...