Over five years of compulsive orange pilling I've learned a lot about how to pitch Bitcoin. I'm currently working on an article about it.
One of the most fundamental points is that, overconfidence, arrogance, and certainty scare people off immediately.
If you get the slightest bit upset you lost the game. They won't take you seriously.
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Pura vida
I think the certainty with which one can predict Bitcoin's future monetary police is one of the things that should be front and center when trying to educate. Combined with the total addiction to easy money that the governments and economies of the world have, certainty is deserved.
So how do you ensure they see this fundamental truth. The need to protect themselves from this addiction and that Bitcoin fixes this, without appearing to be too overconfident. I'm not overconfident. I'm certain.
I also feel the need to pull people out of the fiat rat race. That's most of the reason I orange pill everyone I know. I can see them suffering from high time preference choices that they probably wouldn't make otherwise.
Describing the facts of the network and how it functions are definitely at the forefront. What I try to avoid is certainty around price, timing, speed of adoption, or any other factors which I think will happen in the future. I simply explain how the network functions in this moment, how it has functioned up to this point, and how it differs from other monetary systems.
All of this is in an effort to remain grounded in rationality and to avoid coming across like a zelot or a fortune teller.
If I get questioned on certainty regarding facts I just ask them to describe in detail how they would go about changing those things, for example the halving rates.
This can be a really good education tool.
Constantlt trying to conceptually break Bitcoin has given me more confidence than anything else.
