smokeyj

Come on, you knew facebook was evil. Most people know facebook is evil. We choose to ignore it because otherwise we would feel obligated to change. Change would come at the expense of "likes" and other modes of social validation.

People are realizing that social validation is becoming less validated by social media. (Lets remove the likes on IG!!). The people coming around now are sheep looking for the next wave of validation.

> and siphon only the data they want

All of it.

If they can't decrypt it now they'll save it until they can.

> or take out the 'threat to national interests'?

Isn't that what we did in Iraq, blindly listen to the IC? Ha, that was an A++ operation. All those lives lost - for absolutely nothing. I mean sure there was "Iraqi democracy" but where did the WMD's go? The solution being proposed is to literally kill the messenger. It's a two-party induced cognitive dissonance where you would rather be lied to than have your political affiliation be embarrassed.

I'm guessing this is more because of google analytics being absolutely everywhere. If G knows your social graph and that your peers looked up movie X on website Y - that's enough to tweak your feed. Pure speculation.

> In the case of USDC, Coinbase is handling it.

It's handled by CENTRE who's founding members are Circle and Coinbase.. but the network will grow to include any compliant banking institution.

> because it can in some ways allow them to skirt their reserve requirements

It can do what now??

> and other banks - have a huge incentive to run their own "stablecoin"

Every bank can release their own version of Paypal too. Why would the network effect of JPMC overtake USDC when any regulated bank can become a USDC issuer? USDC is sitting at a 255MM market cap.

I'm confused what this offers over USDC. Banks can already issue USD backed tokens with this model. USDC is already being traded on several exchanges. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.

Then pack your selfie stick and have yourself a time! I'm not saying there's a right way to travel. The tweet suggested there's more economical ways of "expanding your horizons" than being a chronic tourist. Given the cultural diversity in my own backyard I think the statement is more empowering than gatekeeping.

I don't take it that way. In terms of "broadening your horizons" it's easy to travel and not connect with the local culture. You're just a tourist, window shopping into the lives of the local people. Strolling through with your selfie stick to earn social credibility on the Gram.

That said, I think people who enjoy Rick Steves would also be the type to make an effort to get the authentic experience. Could be my own projection.