Also we live in an attention age and doomerism is popular on pretty much all sides. If you wanna piss of people tell them to chill out. I've experienced a lot of this.

Our AI is so amazing we are afraid it will become self aware and so we want DC to regulate it. Its so transparent to me that this is a scam. AGI has been right around the corner for a few years now.

Its not all rainbows and ponies but we aren't gonna end the world with AI. Its hogwash.

Commented before I read any comments but this is my sense too.

To me it seems like a massive difference today. The ones most vocal about AI dangers seem to have incentives (business) that give me skepticism. I don't believe Einstein had a financial incentive to scare people as Scam Altman does. He has a massive incentive to create a regulatory moat.

Now there are others that probably have legitimate concerns as I do but it's not AI. It is how people can be fooled in many ways about it and its ability to be correct or aware. The masses don't understand it and AI chatbots are best and tricking people into thinking they are smart and human.

Also the atomic era was hard science. Today we are talking about psychology and economics with AI and I have very little confidence that those in the field get either of them.

I wrote about positivity

I agree.

Yep. Though I bet many see this has people being replaced. I see it as people being given better tools to be more productive. More can be done with less. In other words. Technology

As someone who has worked from home for over a decade this makes sense. Trends are sometimes slow to catch on. I remember in thinking how stupid it was that many jobs required commuting 5 days a week. Covid lockdowns were a forcing function. Now we are seeing the construction market respond. Same with datacenters.

Offices !== Men

Such a boomer thing...

I do as well. Gradually then suddenly.

I think that's it. As well as the fact that there has been a LOT of anti-Muslim hate due to the war on terror. I think its guilt and fear. The reality is that the majority of Muslims are peaceful, but the number that aren't is high enough (and people just don't wanna admit it) that there is a fear factor too.

Of course there are people in all religions that are violent.

The thing is... even it it is easy and cheap... that doesn't mean people will want to spend something they don't understand. Those that hold it likely want to hold it because it is the problem they actually have. Fiat works for spending but sucks for savings. Yeah, people are dumb and don't realize why they need bitcoin but that's the point.

I think most bitcoiners skip over the problem step. Most people don't see the problem space. You can't sell a solution to a problem that is invisible.

I'm not one of those Christians that claims we are getting persecuted in the west but this is just absurd. Things like this are why you have a swing to stronger leaders that offend the left.

I'll add this. The bullish case for bitcoin seems to be slowly playing out. That's my opinion.

I see a few options as to what could trigger mass adoption.

When? Who knows. I doubt its 10 years. Maybe #1 but I don't think the other two options happen that soon. Somewhere between 25 and 100 years is more likely.

I've written about this before. Most of us need to adjust our time preference and realize we are very early and not be little babies because everyone doesn't see it. Most of us such at selling anything that is new or different. Myself included. We just don't like to admit it.

This is a great question and few seem to even ask it which always makes me think they have no idea what is going on.

My answer is it depends. How much do I need to trust them and with what info.

My ISP has way more info about me than any VPN provider would let alone the providers I actually use.

I will say that for me I do not have to trust my VPN provider as much as I have to trust my ISPs.

That's wild. When I used to attend tech conferences back in the day I would enjoy hanging with people from other countries and how they were sceptical of US news. I always found it refreshing.

And every person I know from a formerly Soviet controlled country has a strong skepticism of government.

Yeah, pretty sure all governments have and are still using prop. That's a given to me.

Yep, couldn't agree more