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The hippie problem. South Park described it accurately. Man 2: Right now we're proving we don't need corporations. We don't need money. This can become a commu
by Comevius 5y ago
The hippie problem. South Park described it accurately.
Man 2: Right now we're proving we don't need corporations. We don't need money. This can become a commune where everyone just helps each other.
Man 1: Yeah, we'll have one guy who like, who like, makes bread. A-and one guy who like, l-looks out for other people's safety.
Stan: You mean like a baker and a cop?
Man 2: No no, can't you imagine a place where people live together and like, provide services for each other in exchange for their services?
Kyle: Yeah, it's called a town.
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- pinkybanana 5y agoHowever crypto has made lots of people millionaires and that kind of hippie stuff doesn't. It is not like reinventing old institutions, Bitcoin has features that central banking based systems are fundamentally unable to offer (such as limited supply).
- Gadiguibou 5y agoI understand that often, we think something new will solve all our problems, but it only changes how they look and the old solution ends up being good enough already. However, isn't it kind of pessimistic to think that there's nothing new to learn from rebuilding existing institutions from the ground up based on new knowledge? I'm by no mean a crypto apologist. I think it's important to discuss why those new ideas fail and what we can learn from them in the future rather than mock them for trying to reinvent the wheel.
- pinkybanana 5y ago> I understand that often, we think something new will solve all our problems New things fix some old problems, but also introduce new ones that we hadn't before. The value of solving the old problems is greater than the total cost of the new problems, why we stay with new things even when they add problems to our lives.