Oddbean new post about login | logout The big hurdle in Bitcoin education seems to be that it's intimidating and scary.
Hurdle for who? The educator or the student? That distinction matters. If educators did a better job of creating small, quickly digestible chunks, they would have much greater success. Way too many people just turn on the fire hose and watch their subjects drown.
I think its our training. We are effectively trained to think we need barriers. Something without a bunch of barriers can't be legit. Suddenly having no barriers is scary, and I think that's what drives people to shitcoins (complicated mouse traps) and custodial services.
I find that most just think it’s too far fetched that it could solve a lot of problems. They can all see the current issues and that something needs to change but making that jump to bitcoin is too much.
Unpopular opinion: majority of the current bitcoin 'education' is nowhere near contextual enough to drive changes in behaviour. When content is not designed in a targeted way, it may seem intimidating (as you said) but more likely the language and chosen modal don't resonates with the audience - it lacks context. Explain the properties of money to a shopkeeper in small town in Bedford needs a very different approach to footballer in Madrid and a local councillor in Bangkok. If sustained behaviour change is the aim to adopt a BTC standard then we all (incl. eduacators) focus as much om content CURATION as content creation.
I think it's all about finding just ONE piece of quality content that tries to explain it as simply as possible... • The Bitcoin Standard by @saifedean • The Bullish Case For Bitcoin by Vijay Boyapati • How Does Bitcoin Actually Work by 2blue1brown • Teaching Bitcoin by @stephanlivera • Beginner's Guide to Bitcoin by @petermccormack ...if you find a good doorway into the topic, you feel empowered to continue down the rabbit hole
buy like $10 worth and just send it to a few people, have them send you little bit back
