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According to Sturgeon's law, that's almost unremarkable ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law "Usin
by paulsutter 8y ago
According to Sturgeon's law, that's almost unremarkable ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law
"Using the same standards that categorize 90% of science fiction as trash, crud, or crap, it can be argued that 90% of film, literature, consumer goods, etc. is crap. In other words, the claim (or fact) that 90% of science fiction is crap is ultimately uninformative, because science fiction conforms to the same trends of quality as all other artforms"
- simias 8y agoThat's not really the same thing, the parent says that all cryptocurrencies are 90% greed, not that 90% of cryptocurrencies are only about greed. If it turns out that even 10% of cryptocurrencies are actually not crap it will be huge news. I'm not holding my breath.
- jmull 8y agoYes... in sci-fi (and other arts and media and consumer goods) you can mostly recognize the crap when you see it and avoid it without doing a lot more than ignoring it. That's why the 90% crap doesn't matter. With bitcoin though -- and other crytocurrencies and blockchain products generally -- you can't ignore that almost everyone around you is trying their best to get your money. With sci-fi you can separate the good from the bad without too much trouble. Not so with blockchains.