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Many very very smart people are working on it. Are you saying all of these people are scammers? Are you saying that they aren’t smart for working on it because

Many very very smart people are working on it. Are you saying all of these people are scammers? Are you saying that they aren’t smart for working on it because the idea itself is a scam?

jiggawatts 3y ago
A lot of smart programmers worked on NFTs too. What’s your point?
- jjallen 3y ago
  It’s a sincere question. I didn’t have a point. I was surprised to see someone saying that attempting to sequester carbon for the good of the planet is a scam. Saying something is a scam implies it’s completely a scam. Equating NFTs with attempting to sequester carbon is not an appropriate comparison.
  - jiggawatts 3y ago
    Most people working at Fox are not Rupert Murdoch and haven’t signed a contract with the devil using a newborn’s blood. Jokes aside, some organisations exist primarily for the benefit of special interests. In fact, most organisations serve a special interest, it’s just that in many cases that’s “shareholders” and we’ve all accepted that as a stand-in for “the economy” and call it a good thing. There are many organisations that exist only to serve some agenda. Most think tanks, for example. Lobby groups, industry organisations, unions, etc… Sometimes these interests align with the general public interest but most often they do not. That’s why they need private funding — the public demand doesn’t exist. Hydrogen power is a classic example. Just look at the companies behind the hydrogen companies and it is all petrochemical giants. They’re simply “greenwashing” their dirty energy. The people working for these special interest organisations are just like everyone else working for shareholder-owned private profit organisations. They’re not evil, selfish, or deluded. They’re just accepting a salary in exchange for labour. Think of the employees of Enron or Theranos. They weren’t evil, they were just working for companies that were.

Many very very smart people are working on it. Are you saying all of these people are scammers? Are you saying that they aren’t smart for working on it because the idea itself is a scam?

jiggawatts 3y ago

A lot of smart programmers worked on NFTs too. What’s your point?

jjallen 3y ago
It’s a sincere question. I didn’t have a point. I was surprised to see someone saying that attempting to sequester carbon for the good of the planet is a scam. Saying something is a scam implies it’s completely a scam. Equating NFTs with attempting to sequester carbon is not an appropriate comparison.
- jiggawatts 3y ago
  Most people working at Fox are not Rupert Murdoch and haven’t signed a contract with the devil using a newborn’s blood. Jokes aside, some organisations exist primarily for the benefit of special interests. In fact, most organisations serve a special interest, it’s just that in many cases that’s “shareholders” and we’ve all accepted that as a stand-in for “the economy” and call it a good thing. There are many organisations that exist only to serve some agenda. Most think tanks, for example. Lobby groups, industry organisations, unions, etc… Sometimes these interests align with the general public interest but most often they do not. That’s why they need private funding — the public demand doesn’t exist. Hydrogen power is a classic example. Just look at the companies behind the hydrogen companies and it is all petrochemical giants. They’re simply “greenwashing” their dirty energy. The people working for these special interest organisations are just like everyone else working for shareholder-owned private profit organisations. They’re not evil, selfish, or deluded. They’re just accepting a salary in exchange for labour. Think of the employees of Enron or Theranos. They weren’t evil, they were just working for companies that were.