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He actually wrote a new post today, saying that "Bitcoin is Evil" was supposed to be a joke. Allegedly, nobody in the Bitcoin community understood it and now he
by snitko 13y ago
He actually wrote a new post today, saying that "Bitcoin is Evil" was supposed to be a joke. Allegedly, nobody in the Bitcoin community understood it and now he complains about the lack of sense of humor that the Bitcoin community demonstrated.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/the-humor-test/ http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/the-humor-test/
- k-mcgrady 13y agoClearly the 'Bitcoin is Evil' title was meant in jest. He doesn't say anything like that in the article. Like most article titles on the web it was link bait. The substance of the piece though seems perfectly sensible to me.
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- pdeuchler 13y agoClassic Krugman. Of course those that don't immediately break into uproarious laughter at "Bitcoin Is Evil" are clearly the ones that need their funny bone checked. Dr. Krugman seems to be the Benjamin Button of Economics... his early work was by far his greatest and he seems to have been settling for cashing checks in exchange for making ideological arguments wrapped up in very eloquent nonsense.