It's not just central banking, but any money-related topic that involves large institutional choices or new paradigms, such as the gold standard or bitcoin. I'v

It's not just central banking, but any money-related topic that involves large institutional choices or new paradigms, such as the gold standard or bitcoin. I've noticed that there is a very recognizable tone of voice attributable to people who self-identify as intelligent and who chose to talk about monetary issues like these. The drive to appear intelligent and to distance yourself from the crowd is never as strong as it is in those discussions. The combination of money and power plus their physical manifestation in the form of a central bank or measure you can point to acts as a lightning rod for anxiety.