“That, precisely, is the deadliness of second-handers. They have no concern for facts, ideas, work. They're concerned only with people. They don't ask: 'Is this true?' They ask: 'Is this what others think is true?' Not to judge, but to repeat. Not to do, but to give the impression of doing. Not creation, but show. Not ability, but friendship. Not merit, but pull. What would happen to the world without those who do, think, work, produce? Those are the egotists. You don't think through another's brain and you don't work through another's hands. When you suspend your faculty of independent judgment, you suspend consciousness. To stop consciousness is to stop life.”

~ Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

I'd say we all know people like this. Don't be like this. One of the deeply important things about Bitcoin is proof of work. Why? Because it grounds this digital thing into something real and physical. Be real and true. Don't be fake and better yet, don't be a second-hander.