The Age of the Credentialed Idiot

[BlackHatCoiner]

You live in an era where intelligence is measured by credentials.
Where parroting the narrative earns applause, and questioning it labels you as "dangerous."

We built a world where the dumbest people wear the most expensive suits.
Where "experts" with five degrees can't tell you why eggs have tripled in price, but can lecture you for hours on "economic resilience."

They call it "higher education."
It's not higher-- it's hierarchical.

Because here's the thing, my humble bitcoiners.
In order for fiat to be bought as a narrative, it needs an army of intellectuals.  

If I tell you that I will rob you half of your income, "for the common good", you'll rightly going to resist me.
But if I dress it up in academic incantations,
call it "fiscal stimulus",
quote Keynesian equations,
make impressive references like "multiplier effect",
call it a "scientific field", macroeconomics.
Most of the people out there will kneel.

This is what fiat produces to survive.
It produces literature.

People think it's science.
In reality?
It's religion with no God, with pseudo-scientists as priests.

A factory that mass-produces obedient, delusional specialists who think the entire planet should be living according to their misunderstandings.

The universities mint them.
The media crowns them.
The governments fund them.

These people are so delusional, they think that printing money creates value. Just imagine.

You're told to "trust the experts", lol.
The same experts who missed every crash and approved every poison?
Yeah, sure bro.

And yet they will still mock you for supporting bitcoin.
At the surface, because "its a Ponzi", "it's worthless", "it's energy wasteful".
But they will not really mock you for those reasons.

They will mock you, because they fear the permissionless.
Because bitcoin is the anti-degree.

It doesn't care who you studied under or how many panels you've spoken on.

Bitcoin is the audit these people never passed.
The final exam they can't cheat on.

So let the credentialed idiots keep parroting.
Let them enjoy the moment, for as long as it lasts.

Because let me tell you.
Under a bitcoin standard, this occupation cannot last.

[bitmover]

You live in an era where intelligence is measured by credentials.
Where parroting the narrative earns applause, and questioning it labels you as "dangerous."

I think we live in an era even worse than that.
Where intelligence is being measured by the number of followers and likes....

[Fiatless]

They know that Bitcoin redefines the global monetary system, but they're too proud to accept it. They are surprised that an extraordinary creation like Bitcoin didn't come from a graduate of top universities like Harvard. They tried to frustrate the movement, including blackmailing the first country that made Bitcoin a legal tender. IMF came up with complicated economic jargon on why El Salvador shouldn't get involved in Bitcoin. But we all know that they are just frustrated that a new star is on the block. I have always known that most of this education in schools is just for formalities because applying it could lead to abysmal failure.   

I think we live in an era even worse than that.
Where intelligence is being measured by the number of followers and likes....

A fearful era where people have delegated their sense of reasoning to a random person on a social media platform. 

[buwaytress]

Hope so. Really hope so. Maybe not for us but for those we leave behind.

I have my struggles too, in my industry, where the ones with the most bravado, the loudest profiles, the most confident answers gets the roles I know I would do with so much more care, so much more difference. I'm sure it's the same everywhere. I gave in recently, paying a career coach to train (or untrain) myself so I have a better chance, better visibility. I am hating it, but I have to pay bills (I tell myself I will revert back to myself if I get a good role, I don't know if it's true.

These same "dominants" are taking over in aspects of Bitcoin too. Spin the right yarn and you'll get your audience. And you can't blame the audience really, can you? They're desperate for a way out. And it's so nice to see that guy in the shiny suit, great haircut, his smiles can't stop the confidence just spilling out. He knows what he's doing. He knows what to do with your money. He'll show you the way.

[cr1776]

Yes, but this isn't that new a thing.  It has been since the creation of the US Federal Reserve.  (And look at the so-called experts re covid and masks and the lies there etc.).  Look at the teachers getting Master's degrees in nothing related to what they are teaching. 

[Z-tight]

Whatever industry you find yourself, as long as it is 'centralized', you'll struggle to climb up the ladder of success if you do not know how to play the 'politics' that is required. In the last couple of years i have taken quite a few courses in careers that are different from my profession, because i struggled to make a dent however hard i work or try.

However, glad to have found out about BTC and also smart enough to have been accumulating and using it for a long time now. Permissionless, censorship resistant, no central authority. Just a community of enthusiasts who enjoy being their own bank and taking control of their finances.

[Ivystar5]

[snip]

You're so right! but guess what side rules the world right now, of course we know and knowing the truth makes you delusional but being delusional makes you a genius and lucky person for see the truth and calling it what it is and shifting away from the preset standards of fiat and control, centralisation, educationalisation, and dumbassalisation (if such word exists).

They don't need deliverance, the need knowledge but knowledge isn't enough yet the we sit hundreds of hours in a seminar just to learn to fa with fiat.

[boyptc]

I'm liking it and will follow all the other threads that you've made.

And about this system and reality that the oligarchs, elites and rich people that have been victors in our economies, they were the ones that made it as a standard.

They've stuck us with that belief starting from the educational system and living with it to have a better work when we finish it. Knowingly, these degrees that we end up having is also for the requirement to work under their companies.

Where intelligence is being measured by the number of followers and likes....

And making the wrong people famous.

[Alphakilo]

The funny thing is that these same credential idiots are trying so hard to centralize Bitcoin and gain control of it.
They tried creating CBDC to make the fiat look up to standard and compete with crypto currency but that is a contest that is yet to be won because crypto currency mostly Bitcoin is above that league and its privacy features make it more in the control of the individual rather than these credentials idiots who run the banking systems.

[kotajikikox]

You live in an era where intelligence is measured by credentials.
Where parroting the narrative earns applause, and questioning it labels you as "dangerous."

I think we live in an era even worse than that.
Where intelligence is being measured by the number of followers and likes....

Unfortunately kids have become more obsessed about what they look and how they will be perceived by others. Instead of trying to study and focus on their education. They instead look for validation from social media. I even saw someone who was supposed to go to med school but eventually became a content creator instead. Content creation is a job but it’s just crazy to me how people are choosing that over becoming doctors.

[Josefjix]

Yes, but this isn't that new a thing.  It has been since the creation of the US Federal Reserve.  (And look at the so-called experts re covid and masks and the lies there etc.).  Look at the teachers getting Master's degrees in nothing related to what they are teaching. 

So this behavior in every part of the world? I thought only occur in underdeveloped countries, if you should know how to fake it here, then you get the crown, thats the new way of leaving. Those with the most record of lies that doesnt get caught wins in everything where am from.
A saying that "fake it until you make it" is very popular here, so many fake social media lifestyle that doest correspond with reality, but the most actor of this fake picture wins.

Its annoying.