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But he keeps writing and talking about people who have more than enough, and how they are wrong.
by earnesti 1y ago
But he keeps writing and talking about people who have more than enough, and how they are wrong.
- exe34 1y agoHe points out their foolishness - he has what they will never have. Enough.
- e1g 1y agoIt takes no imagination or insight to see reasons why something wouldn’t work. It’s the default mental pathway for every risk-averse beast. Skepticism is not born out of contentment and abundance but out of self-preservation. It’s not correlated with feeling enough, but with feeling bitterness and envy of those who took risks and gained an advantage instead of suffering consequences.
- fancyfredbot 1y agoPeople who are content feel less need to take risks by accepting dubious statements without proof. They have what they need so why risk it for more? Sceptical people will be grounded by what we know to be true. They will explore new ideas but will not be swept up by them. We need people like that or we'll waste our time on flights of fancy. But we need the irrational optimists to explore new ideas too. It's a classic exploration vs exploitation trade-off.
- earnesti 1y agoMany people who have risked their money by placing it on Bitcoin likely had enough, and they risked the extra money that they had lying around. Why not place bets on something you think might be probable? Is there something morally wrong in making some extra buck? Is it morally superior just to keep your money lying on bank account or what?
- exe34 1y agoTo have enough by your definition and to feel like one has enough are two very different ideas of enough. The Cynic has enough if he has his cloak and found some food in the garbage can. He feels like he has enough. You might feel like that's not enough. Conversely I might think the richest man in the world (by net worth) has enough. He feels like he needs more.
- fancyfredbot 1y agoTo be honest I don't think the skeptical people thought bitcoin's success was probable and that's why they didn't bet on it. It's not really anything to do with them being content with what they have. But it could be this too in some cases. Some people do things unless they find a reason not to but so a skeptical person will only do things if they find a reason. People who really feel they have enough might not see any reason to spend their time or effort placing bets, even on things they think are probable. But I don't think many people think that way.
- aleph_minus_one 1y ago> It takes no imagination or insight to see reasons why something wouldn’t work. It’s the default mental pathway for every risk-averse beast. Quite the opposite: it takes a lot of strong will and risk to talk against a hype. A kind of risk-affinity that unluckily rarely makes you rich. :-(