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Quote from: urbanmerchant on July 17, 2023, 06:40:45 AM

Yes, I am complaining that people are not nerdy enough. It's been 14 years since Satoshi published his white paper and the vast majority of people still don't understand what Bitcoin is and how to use it. Sure there are many people buying Bitcoin on crypto exchanges and speculating on it.

However, the average guy on the street that I speak to, and even many people on crypto forums still don't understand Bitcoin's potential as a virtual commodity, or it's potential to create an alternative to Fiat economies. Maybe the problem is deeper than just a lack of understanding about the technology? Maybe it's a lack of understanding about economics as a whole? How many people are economists?

I understand that my frustration might be due to the fact that I am coming from a very privileged position. What are your thoughts on this?

The problem is not about people not being nerdy enough, the problem is that people are simply lazy, that's it. From time to time I try to talk about finance, investments, and also cryptos with my friends but I can see how they're not actually interested even thought there is someone pretty much explaining them how to (hopefully) make money. People always complain about not making enough money, working too much, having debts, etc etc, then you actually have the opportunity to do things in a different way and... you're not interested. I just don't get.

Lazy, unmotivated, doesn't want a change or anything that would hinder them to become knowledgeable in any aspect of learning. I also relate to you, I've tried to motivate the people that surrounds me of course my friends by just saying it could simply help them change their life if they learn financial management, investment especially in the crypto. Well, of course it's true that some people would be curious and hooked into your introduction to these opportunities but they would just expect an easy money without exerting effort.

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My only regret is discovering the whole finance/crypto world too late, I wish I had someone 10-12 years ago telling me just a few things about finance and how to invest for the long run.

There's no late comer in crypto maybe if we were too early we would have the advantage especially in the past bullrun market. But still I think it would still be hard since crypto or Bitcoin is still unpredictable. But yeah learning early is one of a hell big advantage.