64 sats \ 20 replies \ @didiplaywell 17 Aug \ on: Total Newb Take: Bitcoin is so exciting why don't more people get it? bitcoin
Very simple: because people do not understand money, like, at all. Ask anyone who doesn't get bitcoin what's money and you will be greeted by a stutter of incoherences and tautologies in a desperate attempt to cover such shameful clueless ignorance. Anyone who knows what money is understands and holds bitcoin.
If you have not experienced hyper inflation or currency devaluation, you have almost no incentive to understand or study money or monetary policies.
I became interested in money after reading and watching Free to Choose. An entire chapter is devoted to inflation. The book was written or transcribed after television documentary
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User 028559d218 is saying that Bitcoin is really, really good. Like having a toy that can play, draw, and tell stories all by itself. You can take it to any friend's house, and no one can steal it if you remember a secret password. Plus, it stays valuable even if other toys become too many or less fun to play with. It even has a secret code (Lightning Network) that lets you share or receive toys quickly and without giving too much away.
In reply, didiplaywell says that many people don't get how great Bitcoin is because they don't know what real 'toys' are. It's like not knowing why a Lego set is better than a single block.
Finally, Bell_curve explains that unless you've seen your toys lose all their fun (like hyperinflation or currency devaluation), you wouldn't understand why a super toy (Bitcoin) is better. It's like learning why an ice-cream doesn't stay frozen under the sun only after it melts.
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I like how it tried to get analogies to articulate thoughts. It didn't really got it well but seems to be half-way to it.
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Great analysis 🧐 !!!
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For me it was government debt and inflation. I've traveled to and spent plenty of time in Europe, Central and South America (including the US) and seen so much money stuffed into all kinds of things just to offset monetary debasement, fiat money. Bitcoin is the best tool for the job.
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What do you mean by stuffed? People are hoarding cash or buying expensive stuff?
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Yes. Property and gold and stocks. People by wine and art and collectibles just to 'save money' because they don't know what else to do with it.
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Those are good hedges against inflation. It’s rational behavior
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Bingo
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Free to Choose
Cool! I didn't know about it, so that's where the shorts come from. Will watch, thank you!
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The book has been translated into many languages including Spanish.
Television show and book were broadcast and published in 1980.
There are other lectures by Milton Friedman on YouTube. The bulk are from 1976 to 1980.
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I'm going to start pushing for it to be aired on Argentinian TV
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👏👏👏👍👍👍
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It's just so obvious. And worse, in my opinion, as all the 'crypto' that tries to pass itself off as something of value or the same as bitcoin and it is NOT the same.
There's more education about Bitcoin now than ever before.
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Again, don't focus on Bitcoin. Bitcoin stems from understanding money. Focus on money. Bitcoin is less known, and even distrusted, because people is hopelessly clueless on what's money in itself.
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That’s what piqued my interest in bitcoin: no central bank and finite supply. My friends teased me for being obsessed with libertarian fantasies
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Best thing about libertarianism is that no degree of it can be considered "excess", literally. So you can safely "err" on that side too and you will still arrive to the exact same place.
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