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by bookaway 1601 days ago
>Remember porn on the web or spam on email?

>HN's hate for crypto is hilarious.

Really? I don't recall members of "our own tribe" sitting down and cranking out 2 hours of VHS video takedowns of "the web" or "email".[0]

[0] The Problem with NFTs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g
1 comments
betwixthewires 1601 days ago
No, you had members of the dying tribe do that. Time will tell if this is the same thing or not.
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magicjosh 1601 days ago
This prompts an interesting question! Even though I'm a crypto fan I have a hard time thinking that this will cause some giant rift in tech. But it seems like it may already have!

If theoretically many anti-crypto people do turn out to be the dying tribe, what does that mean? What does that future world look like? What does the living tribe end up looking like?

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betwixthewires 1601 days ago
It looks a lot like no more blockbuster, things more like Netflix, and a whole bunch of people selling their music on Spotify and bandcamp.

Basically, some people don't make it, some new ones do, and a lot of people adapt, some reluctantly or disgruntled and some realize they were wrong.

I might be the one realizing I'm wrong, but of course I doubt it.

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bookaway 1601 days ago
No, the dying tribe never went to these extensive lengths and exhibited this level of disgust toward the web or email during its initial rise.
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magicjosh 1601 days ago
What was the dying tribe in your example? Like how would you define it.
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