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I was skeptical of the class but was impressed with the advice he gave. No scammer vibes. To sum up, he said he wouldn’t recommend they invest in crypto bc it needs 5-10 years for “the dust to settle.” But if they really want to, he’d only recommend Bitcoin, nothing else

One of the main focuses of the class was teaching seniors how to spot scams. And as ppl have pointed out, yes, bc he thinks it will take another 5-10 years for the industry to find its footing, that’s why he doesn’t think it’s a good investment for seniors

The lecturer is @owenrobertson48 btw! He’s a senior at UT Austin where he’s president of the blockchain club. Give him a follow if you want to keep up w the ongoing classes

  • KiaKaha [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Honestly the best use for crypto conferences.

    Old folks get some stimulation, with minimal risk of anyone actually getting roped in.

  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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    2 years ago

    Not sure I have seen this specific combination of crypto guy very often, where he's both a genuine believer yet also not this absurd evangelist for it, thought these guys basically died out in favor of the acolytes but I guess they just kinda hang out in irl clubs, probably fuming at the NFT morons "making them look bad" or something.

  • ToastGhost [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    i wonder what percentage of them were there just to spend time with a parasocial grandkid

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        This is problematic because they only get led by the media to what is currently "in" because they have no interaction with young people in a society designed to separate the old from the young. They can't and won't disconnect from media when it's the only thing that teaches them new trends.

        • D3FNC [any]
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          2 years ago

          Damn this is the smartest thing I've read in years.

          • Awoo [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            I've been thinking about it a lot lately. The left does relatively poorly with older people but I don't really agree with common arguments that this is because of property or just stubborness of old people being harder to change their views, it doesn't fit with my personal experience engaging with older people. I think it is an access problem, the left has little access to them.

            The older people I speak to are extremely willing to listen, they tend not to give a shit about societal norms anymore which lends itself to talking pretty bluntly and openly about topics that young and middle aged people might just shut you down on. A lot of them are really open to radical rhetoric but getting access is pretty hard.

            Part of me has been thinking about this because these oldies have an incredible amount of free time and radicalising some of them into internet warriors could create some powerful posters that make it their fulltime mission day to day. I feel similarly about disabled people, particularly from Europe where welfare makes them home-bound with considerable free-time. Radicalised people from unemployed segments of society would become ideological power posters online, and the fact they're left-behind by society makes them uniquely easier to radicalise with tailored messages.

  • HubberDad [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    actual elder abuse

    edit: I posted this before the additional caption was added and because I read Malcolm Gladwell's Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, I assumed that I inherently understood the issue well enough without following the link to base an opinion.

    • Civility [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      The opposite TBH.

      This guy's going to old people's homes, telling them not to "invest" in cryptocurrency and teaching them how to spot crypto scams.

      That's a genuine public service.

      • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, spending time with old people should get one a lot of latitude, and here it sounds like he's not trying to rip them off or even give them bad advice.