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 P.S. The reason why I call it utopian thinking is that, despite being relatively young, I’m also old enough to understand that the world is an incredibly complex system that requires constant tweaking and adjusting for all possible reasons. Reductionist thinking, such as “Bitcoin solves it,” is a clear sign that the person is either disregarding the complexity or thinking in black and white terms, which is often a symptom of believing in a utopia. I didn’t mean any offense, of course. I would just like to bring to everyone’s attention that there are no solutions, only trade-offs.