I don’t align with Elon but I’m not sure that’s true. For example I know someone who’s all in on crypto and abstained from voting in the last election because he didn’t want to vote for Trump but was afraid of what Kamala would do to his crypto portfolio for obviously self serving reasons.
Does that mean he lacked critical thinking skills? I would say no. It means his priorities don’t align with the public at large. If anything people who support Elon potentially lack system thinking stills but I think many of them are thinking critically about what’s directly important to them.
I've kept a close eye on the crypto world since 2010 or so. I find it fascinating how it continues to draw in rubes.
The only cryptocurrency I've ever personally "owned" was acquired when Roger Ver tipped me a very small amount of bitcoin because when he asked a very stupid question on Reddit and I anonymously answered. I didn't do anything with it.
The question was about gambling. He pretty much asked, "Can't I just put money both sides of the bet and come out on top regardless of outcome?" This anecdote also aligns to "people who are all-in on crypto might lack critical thinking skills."
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 30.9 ms ] threadDoes that mean he lacked critical thinking skills? I would say no. It means his priorities don’t align with the public at large. If anything people who support Elon potentially lack system thinking stills but I think many of them are thinking critically about what’s directly important to them.
I'm starting to diversify into it as a hedge against the collapse of the US dollar. Definitely not all-in though.
I'm anti-fasicist today, but I wonder if I'd be a Muskovite had TradeHill not kept 'my' bitcoins when it closed in the early 2010s.
The only cryptocurrency I've ever personally "owned" was acquired when Roger Ver tipped me a very small amount of bitcoin because when he asked a very stupid question on Reddit and I anonymously answered. I didn't do anything with it.
The question was about gambling. He pretty much asked, "Can't I just put money both sides of the bet and come out on top regardless of outcome?" This anecdote also aligns to "people who are all-in on crypto might lack critical thinking skills."
My understanding is that it's from the original doge meme wave and was responsible for the dogeification of Musk.
It seems like a FOSS community project that started as a meme and snowballed into a 2nd tier coin. It doesnt smell very musky to me.
https://dogecoin.com/
After that he lost interest (the dump part).