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Winthrop Mortimer 9mo ago

I saw their earlier report saying “water was wet” and didn’t believe that either

What is the role of humans going forward? What will businesses of the future count as a competitive advantage when everyone has the same tools?

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Don’t make me tap the sign.

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Is there a way to use cryptocurrency to create a kind of “electronic citizenship” that is extra to our country citizenship? One with rules of the flow of goods and self adjudication for disputes.

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What’s a better term for the MSNBC/Fox/NYT/whatever companies: “corporate media” or “legacy media”?

State media?

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Sub Zero

Which one pulled off the head and spinal cord of the finished opponent?

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A steelman argument is the opposite of a strawman argument. It's where you imagine the best possible argument from your opposing side (sometimes even better than they themselves can articulate it), and address that. In other words, you treat your critics like absolutely serious people and try to address any concerns they may have with regards to your outlook.

If someone were to argue that, "yeah bitcoin is cool, but ultimately when push comes to shove the major governments are going to outlaw it, drive it into the black market as a small asset, and issue a replacement that they back as legal tender", what would your steelman argument be?

Similarly, if someone were to argue, "Look how fast they are advancing on superconductors. Quantum computing may come sooner than we think, and threaten Bitcoin's security. That's why I don't buy bitcoins", what would your steelman argument be?

US Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Decline In January, Record 37% YoY Collapse https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/us-existing-home-sales-unexpectedly-decline-january-record-37-yoy-collapse

Winthrop Mortimer 2y ago

Those are actually the arguments keeping me from getting in to BTC. I haven’t come up with a good counter, and, thus, I haven’t pulled the trigger. The other item is that, if I were to buy it, I would like a way to avoid exchanges completely

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zerohedge

Winthrop Mortimer 2y ago

If the expectation was 4.1 MM and the actual was 4MM, the decline wasn’t unexpected

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Here's a chart of U.S. fiscal and monetary policy over the past century. 1920-2022