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As much as I think this proposal is unneeded, harmful, draconian and problematic in other ways, I disagree with this apple-to-oranges what-aboutisms in legislat

by 3np 6y ago

As much as I think this proposal is unneeded, harmful, draconian and problematic in other ways, I disagree with this apple-to-oranges what-aboutisms in legislation. You can absolutely attempt improvements in one dimension while othe r more important ones are sorely neglected. The article is unclear abot the panel, buit I guess they have little impact on the issues you mentioned.

coldtea 6y ago
>You can absolutely attempt improvements in one dimension while othe r more important ones are sorely neglected. Yes. And you will be harming yourself and your country by doing so, by prioritizing the wrong things. Ending up "better than now" (by prioritizing the wrong things, but still improving some dimension) is worse than Enging up "much better than now" (by prioritizing the most important dimension to improve)
- codegeek 6y ago
  Or you don't get anything done by trying to be "much better than now" vs "better than now". It goes both ways.
  - coldtea 6y ago
    Perhaps you shouldn't random walk to being better? "House is on fire? Let's throw out the trash first! That would be a better than now house, a cleaner, better smelling, burning house!"
  - mushbino 6y ago
    How is the state taking a monopoly on crypto "better than now"?
    - JumpCrisscross 6y ago
      > How is the state taking a monopoly on crypto "better than now"? India has a functioning payments system. It has a dysfunctional tax system and a massive black market. Banning cryptocurrencies doesn’t really do any practical harm. It does take away, or at least make more difficult, a major route for illicit payments.
- loceng 6y ago
  I think a global, decentralized pyramid scheme is fairly harmful - at least to the later adopters left holding the bag, and then the growing "army of HODLers" who are aligned financially to further adoption to realize gains or try to break even again; including the danger of regulatory capture.

by 3np 6y ago

coldtea 6y ago

>You can absolutely attempt improvements in one dimension while othe r more important ones are sorely neglected. Yes. And you will be harming yourself and your country by doing so, by prioritizing the wrong things. Ending up "better than now" (by prioritizing the wrong things, but still improving some dimension) is worse than Enging up "much better than now" (by prioritizing the most important dimension to improve)

codegeek 6y ago
Or you don't get anything done by trying to be "much better than now" vs "better than now". It goes both ways.
- coldtea 6y ago
  Perhaps you shouldn't random walk to being better? "House is on fire? Let's throw out the trash first! That would be a better than now house, a cleaner, better smelling, burning house!"
- mushbino 6y ago
  How is the state taking a monopoly on crypto "better than now"?
  - JumpCrisscross 6y ago
    > How is the state taking a monopoly on crypto "better than now"? India has a functioning payments system. It has a dysfunctional tax system and a massive black market. Banning cryptocurrencies doesn’t really do any practical harm. It does take away, or at least make more difficult, a major route for illicit payments.
loceng 6y ago
I think a global, decentralized pyramid scheme is fairly harmful - at least to the later adopters left holding the bag, and then the growing "army of HODLers" who are aligned financially to further adoption to realize gains or try to break even again; including the danger of regulatory capture.