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...but that's not a conversation. That's the end of a conversation. Which is different from everyone else on the subject of BTC ... how, again? Everyone seems
by rosser 13y ago
...but that's not a conversation. That's the end of a conversation.
Which is different from everyone else on the subject of BTC ... how, again?
Everyone seems to have their mind made up about Bitcoin, and to think that anyone whose opinion differs from their own is shortsighted, or irrationally optimistic, or idiotically conservative, or, or, or. Practically no-one seems willing to have an actual dialogue about the subject, and instead approaches these threads from a perspective of defending their established — entrenched — position.
Why should Charlie be any different?
- wpietri 13y agoIndeed, I think his la-la-la-I-can't-hear-you position is a reaction to the incredible wave of irrational exuberance around BitCoin. That's certainly how I feel about it. I'm sure there are people capable having a rational, nuanced discussion about it. But 99.7% of what I see online is glibertarians, gold bugs, utopians, tulip bulb salesmen, tinfoil-hat survivalists, people dreaming of the singularity with one hand in their pants, sociopaths, wannabe-drug lords, day-trader driftwood, sexist creeps [1], and people who make Richard Stallman look reasonable and well-groomed. I'm hoping that this crash is severe enough to get us to the Trough of Disillusionment [2], so we can find out if there's a pony in there somewhere [3]. But honestly, I doubt it. [1] http://www.ariannasimpson.com/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-woman-at-a-bitcoin-meetup/ http://www.ariannasimpson.com/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle [3] http://judymintz.com/2012/12/04/theres-got-to-be-a-pony-somewhere/ http://judymintz.com/2012/12/04/theres-got-to-be-a-pony-some...