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Former Valve economist speaks on Techno-Feudalism

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Re: Former Valve economist speaks on Techno-Feudalism

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Post by netsharc »

typon wrote: post #3

Interesting that you refer to him as the "Former Valve economist" rather than the Finance Minister of Greece (or the guy who stood up to the EU)

His book "Adults in the Room" is a great read, he basically shows how the politicians were playing politics (e.g. the Spanish finance minister admitting to him in private that what Greece wanted was reasonable, but if the (conservative) Spanish government agreed to what the Greek government wanted, the socialists in Spain would've seized that and went with it in the upcoming Spanish elections. There's even an appendix about why he/his government wasn't bluffing with a Game Theory explanation.

Re: Former Valve economist speaks on Techno-Feudalism

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Post by unmole »

typon wrote: post #3

Interesting that you refer to him as the "Former Valve economist" rather than the Finance Minister of Greece (or the guy who stood up to the EU)

> Interesting that you refer to him as the "Former Valve economist" rather than the Finance Minister of Greece

He was the Finance Minister of Greece for barely 5 months.

> or the guy who stood up to the EU

What exactly he did acomplish, again?

Re: Former Valve economist speaks on Techno-Feudalism

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Post by uejfiweun »

0xedd wrote: post #8

Guy loves keeping people in power in power. No one thinks crypto will magically rid us of corrupt governments but if they got us by the balls with banks and trade, then we can't make a step in the right direction.

I mean honestly though, I'd rather the banks have me by the balls than some random unaccountable crypto whale I've never met have me by the balls. At least with the banks I know who to be mad at if my money gets crushed.
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