Oddbean

The “staying humble” piece of Stay Humble, Stack Sats is just lost on some, I guess. We are all - every one of us - potentially experts on one thing…and two or three, if we are extraordinary outliers. Most of the off-putting hubris is from online NPCs and it is a reflection of a couple influencer-types who profess to be, or whose attitudes suggest because they have “figured out the money” (read a couple books and can parrot author talking points): their word is the gospel on all subjects. Most Bitcoiners I’ve met IRL are as humble as they come. No one can be a true expert in Austrian Economics, and Bitcoin, and Nutrition, and Politics, and Coding, and Seed Oils, and Fitness, and Human Rights, and Social “Science”, and Biology, and History, and Vaccines, and Literature… The person who puts themselves out there on all these topics with authority is an expert in bullshit, but that’s about it, I think.

I spent most my time in this world feeling out of place amongst people who own btc. At least the online version of them. I’m going to try and not let that bother me. I always assume most folks will mute me anyway.