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Wed Jan 28 06:03:06 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> "Bitcoin is apolitical except to the extent it by the harsh realities of mathematics and actual economics finds itself in opposition to all forms of socialism." << "Bitcoin is apolitical, yet by the harsh realities of mathematics and actual economics it necessarily finds itself in opposition to all forms of socialism. Which, arguably, are apolitical as well, inasmuch as politics is about the polis not the utopia."
Wed Jan 28 05:52:53 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> "First, the bitcoin social economy is bound to be typified by chronic deflation. Secondly, we have already seen the rise of a bitcoin aristocracy (a term ?coined? by Greek blogger @techiechan) which, besides the issues of distributive justice which it raises"
Wed Jan 28 05:16:00 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> sure. but perhaps it would be great at measuring economic and perhaps even social and political phenomena.
Wed Jan 28 01:58:13 UTC 2015 <assbot> "Bingo bongo" just wrote a stunningly beautiful pice euthanizing the new Greek Minister for Economics. It's a joy to read.
Wed Jan 28 01:57:37 UTC 2015 <assbot> "Bingo bongo" just wrote a stunningly beautiful pice euthanizing the new Greek Minister for Economics. It's a joy to read.
Wed Jan 28 01:13:43 UTC 2015 <gribble> Analyst Pegs Team Fortress 2 Hat Economy at $50 Million - Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5869042/analyst-pegs-team-fortress-2-hat-economy-at-50-million; A beginner's guide to the Team Fortress 2 economy - Destructoid: http://www.destructoid.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-the-team-fortress-2-economy-230418.phtml; ARBITRAGE AND EQUILIBRIUM IN THE TEAM FORTRESS 2 ...: (1 more message)
Wed Jan 28 01:13:42 UTC 2015 <punkman> ;;google tf2 hat economy
Wed Jan 28 01:09:40 UTC 2015 <assbot> Greece Taps Anti-Bitcoin Video Game Economist as Finance Minister | Qntra.net ... ( http://bit.ly/15H647t )
Tue Jan 27 23:10:06 UTC 2015 <mats> i think the WASP is a more economically feasible approach
Tue Jan 27 21:34:38 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> "Without a CEO in charge of the currency or anyone to subpoena, how do you control the bitcoin economy? The law is designed to deal with centralized institutions in which identifiable managers are deemed responsible for an organization's conduct."
Tue Jan 27 18:11:53 UTC 2015 <assbot> Valve Economist Yanis Varoufakis Appointed Finance Minister of Greece ... ( http://bit.ly/1zrcfKD )
Tue Jan 27 06:35:57 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> that's kinda how the notion of the central banker was born. it does make economic / financial sense.
Tue Jan 27 06:04:31 UTC 2015 <asciilifeform> anything i, for instance, might say about the genuinely rich (folks entirely and permanently insulated from economic reality, who can finance wars, etc.) is likely to be laughably wrong - what i know of them is largely like what i know of the wonderful fish that live kilometres below in the sea - that is, stemming largely from inference using physical fact and thirdhand clues
Tue Jan 27 06:01:23 UTC 2015 <asciilifeform> just like to them 'economics is what happens at the grocery counter' (from mircea_popescu article ?)
Tue Jan 27 05:42:38 UTC 2015 <asciilifeform> add a zero if you want complete isolation from economic reality
Mon Jan 26 13:58:08 UTC 2015 <Adlai> nothing, just wondering what you'd call them in this economy
Mon Jan 26 13:55:09 UTC 2015 <Adlai> so in the pre-bitcoin economy, entrepeneurs sought financiers. what do you call a well-capitalized wot presence that lends its credibility to a bitcoin venture?