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Khan Academy releases Bitcoin videos
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:20 pm
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:21 pm to joshnorris14
you think any of them will actual take the time to learn about this fascinating, world changing technology?
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:24 pm to WikiTiger
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you think any of them will actual take the time to learn about this fascinating, world changing technology?
I'm an optimist so maybe they'll have a change of heart. In many ways they already have.
The main arguments went from "No intrinsic value" to "the government will not allow it".
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:25 pm to joshnorris14
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In many ways they already have.
Oh no doubt. Most of them have evolved their arguments substantially since I started discussing bitcoin here.
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The main arguments went from "No intrinsic value" to "the government will not allow it".
And those will change again once they see that governments either aren't doing anything or aren't succeeding at doing anything.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:28 pm to WikiTiger
quote:bullshite.
Most of them have evolved their arguments substantially since I started discussing bitcoin here.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:30 pm to WikiTiger
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world changing technology
Here's a list of world changing technologies that began the start of Kondratieff waves.
1771 - Industrial Revolution
1829 - Steam Engines
1875 - Heavy Machinery and Steel
1908 - Electricity, Autos, Oil, and Mass Production
1971 - Telecom and IT
Calm down with "world changing".
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:34 pm to BennyAndTheInkJets
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Calm down with "world changing".
The first on the list isn't a technology.
Plus you left off the development of the printing press.
And yes, the "true believers" believe it will be every bit as "world changing" as those things (It being cryptographic currency).
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:39 pm to joshnorris14
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And yes, the "true believers" believe it will be every bit as "world changing" as those things (It being cryptographic currency).
Didn't Jim Jones have "true believers" too?
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:39 pm to joshnorris14
So can you and wiki list your last 5 purchases with bitcoins? Or are you both still holding out for the iPhone 6?
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:41 pm to joshnorris14
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The first on the list isn't a technology.
Are you kidding? It was the culmination of a broad range of technological advancements from textile manufacturing to chemicals.
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Plus you left off the development of the printing press
Didn't start a Kondratieff wave.
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And yes, the "true believers" believe it will be every bit as "world changing" as those things (It being cryptographic currency).
Then by all means keep believing in it. Just please don't try to discredit anybody else's contrary views either when everything you've studied and believe in is very one-sided.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:41 pm to Broke
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Didn't Jim Jones have "true believers" too?
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:41 pm to joshnorris14
The bitcoin will have an effect on society equal to that of the printing press?
Jesus, you are young.
Jesus, you are young.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:47 pm to joshnorris14
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The main arguments went from "No intrinsic value" to "the government will not allow it".
Hang on, did I miss the thread where someone demonstrated the intrinsic value of bitcoin?
Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:47 pm to LSURussian
YEP, there they are. All taking a little nappy poo
Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:00 pm to WikiTiger
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And those will change again once they see that governments either aren't doing anything or aren't succeeding at doing anything.
This is like saying the record labels weren't doing anything or weren't succeeding at doing anything back before Napster. Yes music piracy still exists, but the same people are the gate keepers, there's just a few more holes in the gate than there used to be. Bitcoin isn't a technology, it's a brand, and if it gains enough traction the established players will come out with a competing product that's more favorable to them. Bitcoin may move the goal posts, but it probably won't change the game.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:09 pm to BennyAndTheInkJets
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Are you kidding? It was the culmination of a broad range of technological advancements from textile manufacturing to chemicals.
Are you saying the Industrial Revolution was a technology?
If so you can just lump crypto-currency in with the "Internet Revolution".
Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:11 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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Jesus, you are young.
Yes, I am young. My whole life I've lived with that thing called the "internet". I've already lived with one societal equal to the printing press and I'll likely live through a few more.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:20 pm to joshnorris14
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Are you saying the Industrial Revolution was a technology?
I don't really know what to tell you. It was an aggregation of a multitude of technological advancements across a huge amount of studies. If you can't recognize all the developments in technology during the time period you should probably go study them.
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If so you can just lump crypto-currency in with the "Internet Revolution".
If that's the way you want to think about it then by all means, go ahead.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:22 pm to BennyAndTheInkJets
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If you can't recognize all the developments in technology during the time period you should probably go study them.
Where do you get that I was saying this?
Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:23 pm to Broke
so have any of y'all watched the Khan Academy course yet?
This post was edited on 5/2/13 at 3:26 pm
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