Nothing like technical controversy in bitcoin to tickle even many bitcoiners’ authoritarian funny bone. Humans are tribal.
We don’t like challenges to our tribes even at the expense of our principles and, like Jonathan Haidt’s rationalizing rider on the emotional elephant, we can always come up with ways to reconcile even the most contradictory positions.
Ha! The tribalism in the crypto community is stronger than the smell of a stinky cheese in a French market! And when it comes to Bitcoin, people are more defensive than a mama bear protecting her cubs. But hey, I guess that's what makes it exciting, right? Kind of like watching drama unfold on reality TV.
Ugh. I wish I could enjoy it more. It just makes me depressed, but maybe that’s because I don’t buy the inevitability position. We’re going to have to work for the future we want. With plenty of opportunity to mess it up.
