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This isn't education. An analogy would be a sex "education" campaign that teaches everyone they will get pregnant or AIDS the first time they have sex and that

by aianus 9y ago

This isn't education. An analogy would be a sex "education" campaign that teaches everyone they will get pregnant or AIDS the first time they have sex and that the only way to avoid such things is abstinence. Making up lies with the hope that it will influence behavior in the "right" way is not education and is not the way a government institution should behave.

heavenlyblue 9y ago
Are you living in the Star Trek universe?
aiCeivi9 9y ago
There is no need to search for analogies, anti-drug "DARE" campaign was just that and actually increased drugs use.
notahacker 9y ago
Do you speak enough Polish to evaluate the video, whether it "lies" or not, whether it is clearly presented as a hypothetical worst case scenario that actually happens to some people like government media advertising usually does (and for that matter whether it is likely to have had any editorial oversight from the Polish govt)? It would actually be interesting to hear the views of some of the Polish speakers here. Because unless there's an awful lot lost in machine translation, the government information website it links to might be anti-crypto slanted but is pretty bland and factual about the risks involved in crypto and its status under Polish law. (Of course, what's easier to evaluate is the judgement of English language crypto websites like Trustnodes which attack the SEC for "effectively calling investors stupid" for having the temerity to suggest they might not be in possession of all the facts and for the "draconian" halting ICOs that were "legitimate" in every way except perhaps being precisely the sort of unlawful securities offering the SEC is tasked with shutting down. So there's a distinct possibility they just might be exaggerating a tad here)
- rando444 9y ago
  I can speak some basic polish, but it's pretty clear from the video that this is all hypothetical. The basic moral of the video is kind of a combination of don't just assume you're going to get rich off of crypto investing and on a broader stroke, don't put all of your eggs in one basket. (e.g. - don't invest your daily spending money)
coupdetaco 9y ago
Why is it better for an institution to be agnostic about everything? If they just act rationally from their perspective then its easier to predict and make sense of things

by aianus 9y ago

heavenlyblue 9y ago

Are you living in the Star Trek universe?

aiCeivi9 9y ago

There is no need to search for analogies, anti-drug "DARE" campaign was just that and actually increased drugs use.

notahacker 9y ago

Do you speak enough Polish to evaluate the video, whether it "lies" or not, whether it is clearly presented as a hypothetical worst case scenario that actually happens to some people like government media advertising usually does (and for that matter whether it is likely to have had any editorial oversight from the Polish govt)? It would actually be interesting to hear the views of some of the Polish speakers here. Because unless there's an awful lot lost in machine translation, the government information website it links to might be anti-crypto slanted but is pretty bland and factual about the risks involved in crypto and its status under Polish law. (Of course, what's easier to evaluate is the judgement of English language crypto websites like Trustnodes which attack the SEC for "effectively calling investors stupid" for having the temerity to suggest they might not be in possession of all the facts and for the "draconian" halting ICOs that were "legitimate" in every way except perhaps being precisely the sort of unlawful securities offering the SEC is tasked with shutting down. So there's a distinct possibility they just might be exaggerating a tad here)

rando444 9y ago
I can speak some basic polish, but it's pretty clear from the video that this is all hypothetical. The basic moral of the video is kind of a combination of don't just assume you're going to get rich off of crypto investing and on a broader stroke, don't put all of your eggs in one basket. (e.g. - don't invest your daily spending money)

coupdetaco 9y ago

Why is it better for an institution to be agnostic about everything? If they just act rationally from their perspective then its easier to predict and make sense of things