hey Jon! tbh I don’t know what you mean by either “getting” or “red-pilled” – if by red-pilled you mean “angrier”, no, I’ve always been frustrated by state invasions of privacy and the subversion of what used to be considered democratic principles – if by red-pilled you mean “Republican”, also no, I have no party affiliation – I’m going to assume (hope?) good faith and that you didn’t mean to sound condescending
I agree that the Nakamoto Institute survey was eye-opening and made me feel considerably less lonely than I normally do during the day-to-day scrum of interaction with sovereign individuals. As someone who used to conduct surveys for a living, the methodology also seemed robust enough, but is so at odds to my lived experience it made me curious. Do you think it can/will be replicated?
Interesting that you used to do surveys! So you're probably more aware than most of how reliable they are, depending on the parameters.
I agree, the results were surprising, which means that either our assumptions are off, or the survey is not representative. In this case, I hope it's the former? I would love to see this survey done in other non-US jurisdictions. For those in comfortable and relatively secure financial systems, the apparent use case of crypto assets is probably different to those struggling with high inflation and limited transfer ability.
Noelle, it seems that with the arrest of Durov, and this blog regarding Gensler/Harris, etc, you are getting red pilled daily.
hey Jon! tbh I don’t know what you mean by either “getting” or “red-pilled” – if by red-pilled you mean “angrier”, no, I’ve always been frustrated by state invasions of privacy and the subversion of what used to be considered democratic principles – if by red-pilled you mean “Republican”, also no, I have no party affiliation – I’m going to assume (hope?) good faith and that you didn’t mean to sound condescending
I agree that the Nakamoto Institute survey was eye-opening and made me feel considerably less lonely than I normally do during the day-to-day scrum of interaction with sovereign individuals. As someone who used to conduct surveys for a living, the methodology also seemed robust enough, but is so at odds to my lived experience it made me curious. Do you think it can/will be replicated?
Interesting that you used to do surveys! So you're probably more aware than most of how reliable they are, depending on the parameters.
I agree, the results were surprising, which means that either our assumptions are off, or the survey is not representative. In this case, I hope it's the former? I would love to see this survey done in other non-US jurisdictions. For those in comfortable and relatively secure financial systems, the apparent use case of crypto assets is probably different to those struggling with high inflation and limited transfer ability.