Comment by te_platt

Setting aside the contents of the article for a moment, I find the tone fascinating. Consider these phrases:

"everything wrong with Silicon Valley"

"crypto-libertarian political agenda that smacks of nerds-do-it-better paternalism"

"intellectual sinkhole"

"near-total obliviousness to reality"

"alarmingly magical thinking"

"unchecked predatory capitalism"

"short-sighted hypercapitalism"

There are interesting conversations to have around bitcoins but I can't quite put my finger on why they tend to get so intense.