You can argue that I'm debating in bad faith and be as subtle as you want in terms of implying that I'm too dumb to deserve replies to the inquiry.

But let me ask you this: did you watch/attend any of the Miami conferences? Or the one that's currently taking place in Amsterdam?

I won't make any assumptions, but I'll leave a few samples here. Before you consider using "these guys are in a minority" argument, I'll remind you that these conferences have more attendees than BitcoinTalk forum accounts and the amount of followers that the talking heads have should also be taken into consideration.

Max Keiser's "fuck Elon" moment: https://youtu.be/GC_h_tz44uw

Michael Saylor telling sovereign individuals what they should do with their own money: https://youtu.be/8ZcFahsvFyI

Saifedean explaining to Jordan Peterson that Bitcoin is "digital energy" (this became a popular meme): https://youtu.be/iJ85fyWx-Ck


I could probably dig up more stuff about Bitcoin being a "battery", "digital real estate", "element zero", "digital alchemy", and all sorts of silly metaphors. But the concerning part is that people take them seriously.

I'm happy that there's this sort of intellectual content about Bitcoin and the context of different political and economic approaches. I was hoping an article would have some highlights from the video interview, though, for those who, like me, prefer to read than to listen. Also, it's very helpful for big videos to have timestamps on the main matters discussed, so that if a person doesn't feel like spending 2 hours 40 minutes on the whole thing, they can still get a general idea of what the interview was about and watch the fragments which are of most interest to them. I'd, for example, listen to arguments on why he views Bitcoin community as a cult, but I'm not interested enough to spend hours on it.

Smart enough to toss a Charged statement to elicit an emotional reaction in order to garner content which is then Cherry picked for more Charged statements in order to promote said podcast. 

Dishonest persuasion until proven otherwise.  That's the sorry state of the media today. 

Sorry not sorry.  Yes I am deliberately ignoring your rope attempts as well. 

Note my underlines.  I can do it to.

Nobody should be engaging in media without proof that the media in question is honest.  =>

Talking points such as these are why smart people don't engage you.

Sir, we can appeal to our subjective realities all day long and question each other's honesty or good faith. But how about you watch this week's Amsterdam conference (there's a free livestream) or book a flight to Miami next year? We can talk about the cult-like status of the community after you experience these large conferences first-hand.