i still watch Real Time on occasion and i tuned in a couple weeks ago bc Austin homeboy Ben McKenzie was going to be on and i thought he might have a new movie or show that I'd like (having been a fan of both The OC and Southland, the best cop show nobody watched). i have always liked him very much.
imagine my surprise...he was there to discuss crypto! y'all likely know this but i did not...he is a total ANTI-bitcoin fanboy, to the point at which he has actually co-written a book due out in July on the topic. i was both surprised and impressed with his appearance, he seems very sincere about honestly wanting to educate/warn people about the ponzi scheme/risks of crypto. he also really seems to know what he's talking about... again, i had no idea, but apparently he's appeared all over tv, SXSW, even testifying to Congress on the topic. he is certainly the first person to break it down in such a way that i finally 'got it'.
the discussing of NFTs was laughably mindblowing 😮 ...you paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for 'a receipt for a link to a jpeg' 😄
anyway... here's a clip.
i'm even more of a fan now 🙂