[jmathai]

I have some rudimentary knowledge of crypto. I think better than most.

I don't understand some of the more complicated concepts like DeFi and flash loans. I mean I could explain some of it but I didn't actually understand it.

That being said, I decided to learn more and got some of that knowledge from Twitter. It's a terrible place to learn because the education is laced with propaganda and it's very difficult to tease out. Something about it makes you put down guards that you otherwise have.

I stopped using Twitter for other reasons and something really interesting happened. It felt like I was coming out of hypnosis. My optimism towards crypto began to fade - probably because outside of crypto circles the general sentiment is that it's a scam.

A broken clock is right 2x a day and it's important to remember you're likely no smarter or dumber because you bought or avoided crypto.