History for Ryan

@ballane, it's funny because we're so connected and see so much that's wrong we think the world is worse than it is.

It's the safest point in history, period. There are always going to be places which are less safe than others but basically less people die today than at any other time (allowing for the fact that things fluctuate, we're looking at trends more than specific points). So, yes, it is a safer place.

It's the most affluent in history in that for the first time the planet produces a surplus of resources, we have enough food that there shouldn't be any poverty, we have enough food to feed everyone and have some left over. The problem is, as you say, the top 1% has it all. But even then in the last 25 years extreme poverty has fallen from 50% to 10%.

The point of something like bitcoin is that it's fault tolerant and resilient. No one has cash in this country as is, at least with bitcoin you know that if local nodes pick up the transaction that it's valid (after 20 or so confirmations). It's definitely more fault tolerant than eftpos or credit card. Pretty soon we will have global internet infrastructure through initiatives like SpaceX starlink and Google Loon as well.

@ballane, it's funny because we're so connected and see so much that's wrong we think the world is worse than it is.

It's the safest point in history, period. There are always going to be places which are less safe than others but basically less people die today than at any other time (allowing for the fact that things fluctuate, we're looking at trends more than specific points). So, yes, it is a safer place.

It's the most affluent in history in that for the first time the planet produces a surplus of resources, we have enough food that there shouldn't be any poverty, we have enough food to feed everyone and have some left over. The problem is, as you say, the top 1% has it all.

The point of something like bitcoin is that it's fault tolerant and resilient. No one has cash in this country as is, at least with bitcoin you know that if local nodes pick up the transaction that it's valid (after 20 or so confirmations). It's definitely more fault tolerant than eftpos or credit card. Pretty soon we will have global internet infrastructure through initiatives like SpaceX starlink and Google Loon as well.

@ballane, it's funnym because we're so connected and see so much that's wrong we think the world is worse than it is.

It's the safest point in history, period. There are always going to be places which are less safe than others but basically less people die today than at any other time (allowing for the fact that things fluctuate, we're looking at trends more than specific points). So, yes, it is a safer place.

It's the most affluent in history in that for the first time the planet produces a surplus of resources, we have enough food that there shouldn't be any poverty, we have enough food to feed everyone and have some left over. The problem is, as you say, the top 1% has it all.

The point of something like bitcoin is that it's fault tolerant and resilient. No one has cash in this country as is, at least with bitcoin you know that if local nodes pick up the transaction that it's valid (after 20 or so confirmations). It's definitely more fault tolerant than eftpos or credit card. Pretty soon we will have global internet infrastructure through initiatives like SpaceX starlink and Google Loon as well.

1) It's the safest point in history, period. There are always going to be places which are less safe than others but basically less people die today than at any other time (allowing for the fact that things fluctuate, we're looking at trends more than specific points). So, yes, it is a safer place.

2) It's the most affluent in history in that for the first time the planet produces a surplus of resources, we have enough food that there shouldn't be any poverty, we have enough food to feed everyone and have some left over. The problem is, as you say, the top 1% has it all.

3) The point of something like bitcoin is that it's fault tolerant and resilient. No one has cash in this country as is, at least with bitcoin you know that if local nodes pick up the transaction that it's valid (after 20 or so confirmations). It's definitely more fault tolerant than eftpos or credit card. Pretty soon we will have global internet infrastructure through initiatives like SpaceX starlink and Google Loon as well.