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This is heavy, heavy speculation.
by a_t48 4y ago
This is heavy, heavy speculation.
- redox99 4y agoThe same way that people claimed 20 years ago that cash would be made illegal was "heavy, heavy speculation"?
- Nursie 4y agoStill is, yup. I have some cash in my pocket right now. I might even buy a sandwich with it later.
- redox99 4y agoJust wait. It will happen sooner in some countries, later in others, but unfortunately it's almost inevitable.
- wumpus 4y agoSo the 20 year old prediction didn't come true, but just wait, you're sure it'll happen? Lots of predictions don't come true. The dystopian "A Nice Morning Drive" from 1973 turns into the Rush song "Red Barchetta" in 1980, and 40 years later, it hasn't happened.
- redox99 4y ago> So the 20 year old prediction didn't come true The 20 year old prediction wasn't that in 20 years cash would be banned. It was that eventually it would be banned. And yes, you can look no further than this thread to see that it is being either banned or severely limited around the world already.
- colordrops 4y agoPublic commentary in forums that serve as forges of opinion such as HN are much more than passive statements. It's similar to the quantum effect of observation affecting the state of a system. These speculative comments actively shape opinion. Any friction against the slide towards a cashless society is welcome. Speculation serves to stoke the imagination of a populace that would be subject to these changes if there was no friction for policy makers. An example is the Murderbots video which speculates on a future where small commercial drones are used as domestic political and literal weapons.
- Annatar 4y agoActually “Hacker” “News” has been a point of ridicule for quite a while now outside of the bubble here, so arguing that it’s an opinion forge plays right into its notoriety.
- eurasiantiger 4y agoThis is just another bot-riddled echo chamber, with disagreements over trivialities instead of what actually matters in the world
- colordrops 4y agoIt's a bot riddled echo chamber because there is influence generated here.
- Annatar 4y agoWho exactly is being influenced?
- eurasiantiger 4y agoEveryone.
- Annatar 4y agoUtter nonsense. People are laughing their asses off at the amount of idiocy on this web site.
- colordrops 4y agoWhere is HN being ridiculed?
- Annatar 4y agoYou've heard of this thing called "Twitter"?
- once_inc 4y agoIt always is, until it is proven a fact. In my country, people were being alarmist about the Corona travel restrictions, the vaccine, and the negative externalities of closing the healthcare system to pretty much everything. The alarmists were given a derogatory name, their concerns were labeled "speculation" and generally after 6 months, turned out to be true. Gov: "There will be no app to restrict your movements if you aren't vaccinated." Six months later: there's an app. Gov: "The vaccine is fully tested and is completely safe" Six months later: vaccine turns out to not have been completely tested, and the corporations behind it can't be sued. Consider me heavily, heavily sceptical about CBDC's and the government's/central bank's desires to build a social credit system. I've seen too many quotes by August Karsten not to be.
- a_t48 4y agoYes, if you throw enough theories at the wall, a few will stick.