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I mean, that seems like a reasonable demand? We all know that most politicians have a shaky understanding of technology at best, and corporate lobbyists fill th
by paulgb 4y ago
I mean, that seems like a reasonable demand? We all know that most politicians have a shaky understanding of technology at best, and corporate lobbyists fill that information void with a narrative that advantages their employers. This is a neutral (as in not on crypto payroll) group of technologists saying “hey, we understand this stuff at a technical and/or economic level, we’re willing to talk too”.
The signatures from FAANG companies are mostly rank and file engineers. I doubt their companies asked them to sign, but I think it’s representative of how widespread crypto skepticism is in tech.
- prohobo 4y agoThey're aren't all neutral, many of them are working on private blockchain technologies. For example, anyone working for Meta is on the crypto payroll - just not the Bitcoin/Ethereum/etc ones. My pointed questions are: 1) What are their specific concerns/demands? 2) Who specifically are politicians supposed to be listening to? 3) Why aren't the government appointed CBDC research groups already informing politicians? 4) If they are, then what is this letter about? This is about on the same level as the "Please stop people from talking about the Wuhan lab leak" letter.
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