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I think it's easy. Tech people like to think they're very smart, and yet most of them have missed bitcoin, being arrogant (though many of them heard about it an
by sampa 3y ago
I think it's easy.
Tech people like to think they're very smart, and yet most of them have missed bitcoin, being arrogant (though many of them heard about it and could have it since the beginning)
So it's more of an act of self-defense.
- Uptrenda 3y ago[flagged]
- jjulius 3y ago>... they're not doing it as a valid part of discussion. As I highlighted in another comment, you're not helping things by simply attacking a generic body of HN users rather than coming in here and calmly trying to explain things in a constructive manner. See something that is lacking proper information and context? Great - provide it! You literally feel like a pseudo-intellectual troll who doesn't realize what they're doing.
- technion 3y agoMany people experience a psychological reaction to being told "you disagree because you're not smart enough". It's very common in crypto discussions and people continuing to buy into nonsense projects just proves it works.
- lawn 3y agoPeople who think they're smart then spend 5 minutes to think about a problem and then think they've got it all figured out. And it's not just about Bitcoin, it happens again and again. It would be amusing, but I'm painfully aware that I fall into the trap myself from time to time.
- hot_gril 3y agoGooglers hate it. NIH! But there are some valid criticisms from people who really understand it.
- peferron 3y agoOf course most people missed BTC. Just like most people missed ETH, AMD, META, NVDA... the list goes on. Hell, I'm sure there are a few boats leaving right now that you & I are in the process of missing. I don't know why crypto people think that everyone else obsesses about missing BTC in particular.