Topic: Are most people just ignorant or is it just old people? - page 2. (Read 1797 times)
Just a classic case of ignorance. Being an IT guy means he knows quite well the tech behind it. Or....Maybe he still likes something tangible which he can hold onto like for instance a pile of paper. Then you will need to tell him in different approach and giving him example that if the house burns down the paper money is lost for good.
It's bit of both actually.. People don't quite ignore it and at the same time don't admit they are old.
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I understand that a lot of people(non-techies) just don't get it, since it all seems so complicated.
And another mass of people knows that bitcoin is ponzi and its value (to dollar, to goods) will fall lower and lower down to no value at all.
Yes. This is not a mistake. I say "knows". I do not say "thinks"
Regarding politics, I don't get the Obama Bashing, his (Republican) opponents wouldn't have been a better choice.
Hence why I brought up the Republican primary.
Sheep gonna be sheep.
Look at the amount of people that voted for Obama.
Look at who they chose in the primary for the past 10-20 Republican/Democrat primaries.
A lot of ignorant people in the US.
Look at who they chose in the primary for the past 10-20 Republican/Democrat primaries.
A lot of ignorant people in the US.
Not limited to the US either, unfortunately. Ignorance is quite widespread.
Not limited to age either, I think you'll find that over 90% is ignorant, or chooses to be unless it gets mainstream and accepted by pushing it down their throats.
Look at the amount of people that voted for Obama.
Look at who they chose in the primary for the past 10-20 Republican/Democrat primaries.
A lot of ignorant people in the US.
Look at who they chose in the primary for the past 10-20 Republican/Democrat primaries.
A lot of ignorant people in the US.
Not limited to the US either, unfortunately. Ignorance is quite widespread.
Regarding politics, I don't get the Obama Bashing, his (Republican) opponents wouldn't have been a better choice.
Most democracies are just broken, because there are no good choices in most elections. But I don't really want to get into a political discussion(again) here.
Look at the amount of people that voted for Obama.
Look at who they chose in the primary for the past 10-20 Republican/Democrat primaries.
A lot of ignorant people in the US.
Look at who they chose in the primary for the past 10-20 Republican/Democrat primaries.
A lot of ignorant people in the US.
Not limited to the US either, unfortunately. Ignorance is quite widespread.
Look at the amount of people that voted for Obama.
Look at who they chose in the primary for the past 10-20 Republican/Democrat primaries.
A lot of ignorant people in the US.
Look at who they chose in the primary for the past 10-20 Republican/Democrat primaries.
A lot of ignorant people in the US.
Ignorance or apathy?
Today happened a funny story at work:
Yesterday I tried out http://www.watchmybit.com/. What really amazed me about it(I haven't used Bitcoins very much to purchase things) is the speed about the transaction. I hit the send button on my phone and the video started nearly instantly(which means the transaction was registered).
Today I told a colleague at work about it. He is in his 50's but a programmer for many years.
I gave him a brief description, and his response was just: "Yeah, that's interesting, if you are interested in Bitcoins" (so, basically he is not interested).
The funny thing happened shortly afterwards:
We were drinking coffee with a client and he(the colleague) started rambling, about Nordic countries where you can't pay with cash any more in certain shops, and how that will lead to us, not having any use for cash any more, so we have to put the money into a bank account, so we can use it and when that happens, we will pay negative interest rates for it(since there is a bank in Germany which already has negative interest rates for High amounts of money in the bank account).
I think his whole conspiracy theory is too far fetched, but he obviously sees something emerging, that can be easily solved by using Bitcoin, still he refuses to take any interest in Bitcoin. He knows enough about Bitcoin, since I explained it to him, he even said him self, that they are obviously challenging Banks. So, he is not just uneducated about the subject.
He also told me, that he is storing some cash, in case there is a problem with Banks.
I understand that a lot of people(non-techies) just don't get it, since it all seems so complicated. But a techie person understanding the concept, seeing problems with banks and still he doesn't care about something like Bitcoin. I can find a better word, than just describing that, as a huge pile of ignorance.
I am wondering if he is a special case or if he is part of a majority
Yesterday I tried out http://www.watchmybit.com/. What really amazed me about it(I haven't used Bitcoins very much to purchase things) is the speed about the transaction. I hit the send button on my phone and the video started nearly instantly(which means the transaction was registered).
Today I told a colleague at work about it. He is in his 50's but a programmer for many years.
I gave him a brief description, and his response was just: "Yeah, that's interesting, if you are interested in Bitcoins" (so, basically he is not interested).
The funny thing happened shortly afterwards:
We were drinking coffee with a client and he(the colleague) started rambling, about Nordic countries where you can't pay with cash any more in certain shops, and how that will lead to us, not having any use for cash any more, so we have to put the money into a bank account, so we can use it and when that happens, we will pay negative interest rates for it(since there is a bank in Germany which already has negative interest rates for High amounts of money in the bank account).
I think his whole conspiracy theory is too far fetched, but he obviously sees something emerging, that can be easily solved by using Bitcoin, still he refuses to take any interest in Bitcoin. He knows enough about Bitcoin, since I explained it to him, he even said him self, that they are obviously challenging Banks. So, he is not just uneducated about the subject.
He also told me, that he is storing some cash, in case there is a problem with Banks.
I understand that a lot of people(non-techies) just don't get it, since it all seems so complicated. But a techie person understanding the concept, seeing problems with banks and still he doesn't care about something like Bitcoin. I can find a better word, than just describing that, as a huge pile of ignorance.
I am wondering if he is a special case or if he is part of a majority
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