Crypto book reviews in Foreign Policy! Michael Lewis, Zeke Faux, Pete Howson (foreignpolicy.com)

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[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 9 months ago

I like "quantified charity subculture", nice. can only imagine how much you were holding back when writing that

also really liked the last fifth of the writeup - it's an area that admittedly I'm biased to ito critique (on account of seeing it directly from my side of the world), but it's one that I still think misses more mainstream recognition (for lack of a better term)

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 9 months ago

I put in 2800 words, it expanded to 3000 words and then was brutally cut down to 2100 at copyedit stage - a FP book review is supposed to be 2000 words. So I'd said a bit more about EA. But yeah, FP is for centrists, so you have to sound nice. Though I linked Emile Torres in Truthdig, muwahaha.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

yeah fp is ... yeah.

I didn't notice the links in the archived version (as in, nothing was obviously a link, formatting didn't indicate any), but I guess there's not necessarily much you can do about that. nice one on sneaking it through :>

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 2 points 9 months ago

also now I'm deathly curious as to what was left on the cutting room floor

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

mostly more ranting about Lewis, lol

the editing didn't actually hurt the message

quite pleased they left in "the Crypto-Kingdom of Bitcointopia in Utah."

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