[originalvichy]

I respectfully disagree. Even if you told me that you felt like working at the UN was a waste of time, I’d still tell you that at least you contributed to a historically unique global institution which at least strives to bring people across the world together.

Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources.

[spaceman_2020]

Half the people here work for random SaaS and socially corrosive companies like Meta that have literally helped install dictators into power

You could do worse than building crappy blockchains

[Capricorn2481]

Not a lot of people here work for Meta, which is why you had to lump in "Random SaaS" like that's remotely comparable. I doubt most people here are working on anything harmful, let alone a fraction of what Meta does.

Unless you think Todo list apps cause Ethnic Cleansing.

[sumedh]

> Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources.

What happens when a country's banking system fails.

[lmm]

> What happens when a country's banking system fails.

The people who looted it transport their ill-gotten gains away via Bitcoin, often enough.