# Is Crypto Bullshit? - Will Wilkinson, Model Citizen

<https://modelcitizen.substack.com/p/is-crypto-bullshit>

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## What Jamie wrote

I wish I would have written this blog post, because my experience mirrors it completely. And in all areas. Wilkinson first addresses the strong opinions that people have on crypto tech. 

> Right away I noticed something essential about polarized attitudes about crypto: it’s driven to a large extent by vexed will-to-obliviousness on one side and self-dealing, book-talking, investment-pumping, hand-waving performative optimism on the other.

I think he identifies the attitudes right, but it is still shocking to me how "passionate" some folks get on the topic. I've never talked about technology topics and been accused of being a horrible person, and I actually built stuff in social media for a while!

The key to Wilkinson's opinion is the same as mine… 

> Naturally enough, this was all _impossible_ for me to see before I started to seriously dabble, which made me genuinely curious about how it all works and finally drove me to read a number of extremely dry but profoundly informative white papers.

It is so important to make time to directly engage with new technologies.

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