30 sats \ 4 replies \ @DiracDelta 9 Jul 2023 \ on: Let's criticize other bitcoiners: Who are the influencers to AVOID? bitcoin
Y'all are playing on easy mode. You might as well say something like Kevin Pham, or even Roger Ver while you're at it if you're just gonna mention shitcoiners like Udi and Dan Held. 😂
Like "controversial opinion" threads that aren't actually controversial, so here's my hot take: fuck Jeff Booth and fuck you if you like his book. Brief thread on why: https://twitter.com/DiracDel/status/1552026649226383360
why don't you tell us briefly here
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Ok
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I heard from someone else he stated money would not be needed in the future due to abundance, indicating a deep failure to understand money
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His book spouts lots of gibberish about tech he does not understand. Chat GPT could write a better indefinite optimism book. Ironically, and probably related to point 1, he fails to grasp his own thesis, and the title of the book is its high water mark.
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He literally refers to himself as a "visionary" on his VC firm called ego death. Now, as a regular guy, he has done well for himself in business and his business success would be laudable -- however, throw in the word visionary to describe a middling construction materials biz, and I will smack the shit out of you.
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He is so busy on his thinkboi celebrity circuit, he doesn't actually run his own VC firm, and has a hot sauce lifestyle business owner in NYC calling the shots -- it is basically a humiliation ritual inflicted upon great founders (and I do not use that term lightly). Adding to that, I know a bit about some of their portfolio companies and am privy to the decks they used to raise. Anyone curious can DM me about that.
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Fuck you very much for your shit take. Jeff's the man and his book was much better than yours (what's that called again?). 😂 🤙
Are you really gonna argue with his main thesis that technology is inherently deflationary and that we as a society should stop trying to prop up prices via the money printer?? I'll grant you that some of his talking points aren't fully flushed out, like what policies countries should adopt in order to avoid a complete collapse of their institutions and the ensuing chaos. He should definitely spend more time building and less time on the 'thinkboi celebrity circuit' and stop propping up tradfi & shitcoin ponzis to the extent that he does, but his book crystalized reasons why deflation isn't the devil that keyensians have always made it out to be. That was my main take away. If you can refute that or provide a better argument in support of that thesis, I'll take back everything I just said.
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Challenge accepted.
I did not take the time to write an entire book full of prose, but I provided a far more robust and succinct explanation in this newsletter post: https://heaviside.substack.com/p/bitcoin-is-the-energy-minimal-system
I might write a book at some point.
There is a post on StackerNews now be some fiat cuck confused about how the world works on a fixed/deflationary money. I imagine if someone combined the precision, correctness, and brevity of my post with the ease of reading that Booth supposedly provides, it might prevent things like that.
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