Sounds about right.

It looks like it's both. But either way, it's not that extraordinary.

What's not extraordinary? "the ability to have an open discussion about the merits of a case"? You'd be surprised...

The memory one could be, depending on how much detail and new ground is covered. Imagine your first day as a developer and you hear their architecture for the first time, and you recall all the points if a discussion between 5 expert people there. You remember the words and build the mental model simultaneously. It would be impressive, unless your full time job is consulting in such meetings.

“ It would be impressive, unless your full time job is consulting in such meetings.”

There’s self section of individuals with high working memory into such roles. There are many managers who attend meetings all day and can’t synthesize what’s being discussed in real time, indicating that this isn’t about practice.

The torrent of comments smearing Aaron and his work as drivel is indicative of how incredibly effective the Russiagate media spectacle really was. Americans are so thoroughly propagandized, so lavishly disinformed and lied to that they actually think the interests of the security state are THEIR interests.

Amen.

It's not the nature of change, it's the nature of capitalism.

This comment of yours however does smack of that run of the mill American xenophobia, "all it takes is a few YouTube searches to witness the level of violence that exists in Russia that far exceeds anything you'll see in the US. Russia really is something else in that regard." All it takes is a few YouTube searches to find some really fucked up footage of cops violating Americans' rights every day.

Considering the US is notorious for mass shootings and gun violence, it's not at all surprising that someone would have that view. NYC is a fairly safe place, for now. So is Moscow.

Your comment is indicative that you don't understand how healthy democratic societies should work. What you're describing is a third world paradigm. Where you're "lucky enough" to be born into a "good" family or go to a "good" college or live in a "desirable" neighborhood and on and on and on.

While the comment wasn’t scoped or composed empathetically towards identifying systematic socioeconomic forces, I don’t think this person deserves your assessment that they doesn’t understand the broken, upsetting world we all live in.

Not the world, the U.S. And it's a fairly accurate assesment.

There's always a cost. Even if you do not see it in the numbers.

I think in the case of crypto the cost is the volatility of the coins against the dollar . So that if you wanted to do something with those 64 usd you may end up with 1 million less by the time you exchange it due to volatility and slippage.

No doubt. But that also applies to the legacy financial system. It's just much more difficult to calculate.

[1] Absolutely. The insinuation is the "wrong people" are not supposed to use it.