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My review of “Resistance Money” by Andrew Bailey, Bradley Retter and Craig Warmke
This book introduced me to another way of thinking about Bitcoin - beyond my own reasonably well-informed (and likely biased) perspective to one of being one out of 8 billion people pondering the question of whether the existence of bitcoin (or not) makes this world a better place. From my perspective, it is a resounding YES, but now I consider the 7.9999999999 billion people who might have a different answer.
Reasoning 'behind the veil' - leaving behind my own perspective, and putting myself in a place where my circumstances could different and less fortunate than my current situation is a powerful thinking tool. This made me realize that my own resoluteness and certainty, with a limited perspective, could be off-putting to someone who is isn’t quite there yet, and who has legitimate concerns that are simply not part of my frame of reference. If your plan is to discuss with others, policymakers, or ordinary people who haven't quite made the leap, this book provides a rich toolkit of ideas, arguments and topics that can be used (maybe not all at once) to keep a constructive conversation moving forward.
In the end, the book provides no definitive conclusion on the goodness of bitcoin - that's not its purpose. Instead, it provides many positive indication of the goodness of bitcoin. Most importantly, this encourages you to explore and question with each other, whether this world will be a better place with bitcoin.
Here’s to a better possible world for everyone.
#bitcoin
This book introduced me to another way of thinking about Bitcoin - beyond my own reasonably well-informed (and likely biased) perspective to one of being one out of 8 billion people pondering the question of whether the existence of bitcoin (or not) makes this world a better place. From my perspective, it is a resounding YES, but now I consider the 7.9999999999 billion people who might have a different answer.
Reasoning 'behind the veil' - leaving behind my own perspective, and putting myself in a place where my circumstances could different and less fortunate than my current situation is a powerful thinking tool. This made me realize that my own resoluteness and certainty, with a limited perspective, could be off-putting to someone who is isn’t quite there yet, and who has legitimate concerns that are simply not part of my frame of reference. If your plan is to discuss with others, policymakers, or ordinary people who haven't quite made the leap, this book provides a rich toolkit of ideas, arguments and topics that can be used (maybe not all at once) to keep a constructive conversation moving forward.
In the end, the book provides no definitive conclusion on the goodness of bitcoin - that's not its purpose. Instead, it provides many positive indication of the goodness of bitcoin. Most importantly, this encourages you to explore and question with each other, whether this world will be a better place with bitcoin.
Here’s to a better possible world for everyone.
#bitcoin