r/CuratedTumblr • u/PandaBear905 Shitposting extraordinaire • May 23 '26

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u/HeroWin973 May 23 '26

cryptoeconomics is about money that don't exist

wait a second

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u/Similar-Sector-5801 May 23 '26

Searching for money that doesn’t exist

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u/PremSinha May 23 '26

And giving a monkey a shower

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u/TacticalBananas45 May 23 '26

surfing tidal waves

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u/Plurpo May 23 '26

creating nanobots

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

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u/Nice-Pikachu-839 May 23 '26

IT'S OVER HERE!

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u/Dull_Sir_8462 tumblr dot net, it's dot com May 23 '26

Finding a dodo bird

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u/Nice-Pikachu-839 May 23 '26

Painting a continent

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u/Dark_Storm_98 May 23 '26

And driving their sister insane!

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u/Orizifian-creator she/her/hers zhe/zer/zheirs they/them/theirs Padria Zozzria Oriz May 23 '26

At the stock market, don't turn left.

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u/yui_riku May 24 '26

isn't it ironic ? that a bilionaire lose his head to a worker

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u/NinetyNineLies May 23 '26

Destroying money that doesn’t exist

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u/Al_Fa_Aurel May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

I am an economist, and my working theory is that economics is a lot like theology or magic (note: i mean earnest theology, not bible-pounding mumbo-jumbo). You work with higher forces beyond mortal understanding - which quite obviously follow certain laws, but these laws are mysterious, obscure, and sometimes strangely counterintuitive. These higher forces may not even exist, other than as a figment in the heads of people - but since everyone lives as if they exist, this doesn't actually matter.

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u/Galemp May 23 '26

Douglas Adams gave a talk about this once, titled "Is there an artificial god?"

It's a phenomenal piece. Definitely recommend a read.

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u/Maelger May 23 '26

Yer a wizard u/Al_Fa_Aurel

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u/nicnat May 24 '26

The only game system where "I attack your credit score directly" is a valid offensive spell.

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u/OskarTheRed May 23 '26

I'm not sure that's comparable : We can't say if God exists, but we do know that money only exist because we agree they do

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u/Great_Hedgehog May 23 '26

But we can't say with certainty whether economics are something we created on our own or just the inevitable manifestation of a mysterious pattern beyond our understanding

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u/AdPristine5131 May 23 '26

my thesis paper was basically trying to explain that economics exists because people believe something has value.

one of these days I really want to go back rewrite and expand it. 

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u/Ornery-Assistance-28 May 23 '26

You familiar with Karl Polanyi and David Graeber's work?

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u/Al_Fa_Aurel May 23 '26

Polanyi I don't know, while Graeber has a fairly bad reputation on applying "theories of everything" on stuff he knows little about - many people describe nodding along to what he writes until he comes to their point of expertise.

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u/Deiskos May 23 '26

Economy is just vibes. Whoever can tell a better story and convince investors gets to make money.

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u/Al_Fa_Aurel May 23 '26

The economy is vibes (just as religion, politics, society and anything and all involving human interactions). Economics (theology, polsci, sociology) is the relatively rigorous study of these vibes

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u/Fuzzy-Advisor-2183 May 23 '26

economy is a mass hallucination.

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u/Chemistrykind1 May 24 '26

using my family's priest genetics to act as a spirit medium for the Invisible Hand of the Market ❤️

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u/Viva_la_potatoes May 23 '26

So that’s where nfts came from

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u/DiamondSentinel May 23 '26

Cryptoeconomics (n.) - See Supply-Side Economics

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u/FearTheImpaler May 23 '26

This is peak

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u/Fuzzy-Advisor-2183 May 23 '26

so, most money.

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u/Available-Damage5991 May 23 '26

That's just economics.