> Ending this scourge on civilization is one of most important political problems facing the international community these days
What is it about this topic that always brings out the most extreme voices on either side? It seems like both proponents and detractors wildly overestimate the technology’s importance.
This particular blog post drops the above quoted bomb right at the start, and then goes on to argue the comparatively irrelevant question of innovation instead. I’d love to read a well argued post about how exactly blockchain destroys civilization (or saves it, for that matter).