Thanks for the comment. Your detour through Tesla made me think of something about Bitcoin.
I tend to look at the whole thing pretty broadly. To me, Bitcoin isn’t just an asset, a protocol or a piece of tech. There’s money, information, energy, incentives, human behaviour… and eventually all of those things start running into each other.
And in a way, what we’re seeing today is just the next chapter in a very old story. Someone comes up with a new way of moving energy, information or value. Then something else comes along and pushes back. One current creates a counter-current, which changes the first one, and things keep moving from there.
There’s something pretty dialectical about that. It makes me think of Hegel, without dragging the full philosophical artillery into the room.
Because sooner or later, reality gets a vote.
I can come up with the most brilliant theory in the world explaining why I should be able to fly. If I jump off the 100th floor without a parachute, I’m still going to hit the ground pretty damn hard. Gravity doesn’t care much about my theory.
And that’s one of the things I find interesting about Bitcoin.
Once we’re done with the theories, the convictions and the big narratives: what actually works when we try to use the damn thing?
Thanks again. You gave me something to think about.
Thanks for the comment. Your detour through Tesla made me think of something about Bitcoin.
I tend to look at the whole thing pretty broadly. To me, Bitcoin isn’t just an asset, a protocol or a piece of tech. There’s money, information, energy, incentives, human behaviour… and eventually all of those things start running into each other.
And in a way, what we’re seeing today is just the next chapter in a very old story. Someone comes up with a new way of moving energy, information or value. Then something else comes along and pushes back. One current creates a counter-current, which changes the first one, and things keep moving from there.
There’s something pretty dialectical about that. It makes me think of Hegel, without dragging the full philosophical artillery into the room.
Because sooner or later, reality gets a vote.
I can come up with the most brilliant theory in the world explaining why I should be able to fly. If I jump off the 100th floor without a parachute, I’m still going to hit the ground pretty damn hard. Gravity doesn’t care much about my theory.
And that’s one of the things I find interesting about Bitcoin.
Once we’re done with the theories, the convictions and the big narratives: what actually works when we try to use the damn thing?
Thanks again. You gave me something to think about.