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It's really easy to get into tinfoil haberdashery territory, but IMHO, the two main areas of manipulation that are worth it (these days at least) are finance an
by FLUX-YOU 9y ago
It's really easy to get into tinfoil haberdashery territory, but IMHO, the two main areas of manipulation that are worth it (these days at least) are finance and politics.
Bitcoin has the advantage that it lacks any significant regulatory oversight or penalties while being useful across borders, which regulatory agencies are usually constrained by.
- api 9y agoIn today's world I think having no foil in your hat is naive. We are living in a cyberpunk novel collaboration between William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Tom Clancy. Doesn't mean you should uncritically buy into conspiracy theories without evidence, just that considering the possibility of manipulation and shenanigans is entirely reasonable.