The Perfect Scam interview — Molly White on the state of crypto consumer protection — bobsullivan.net
There’s plenty of reasons to be skeptical of cryptocurrency, and there’s no better skeptic than Molly White, a programmer-turned-publisher who runs the popular newsletter “Citation Needed.” So I was delighted to have her as a guest on The Perfect Scam this week.
There’s no bias like confirmation bias, and there’s no confirmation bias like someone who has invested in something – particularly something new and hard to understand. In the long-running argument about crypto — is it a world-changing technology or a Ponzi scheme? — investors can’t help but root for one side of that debate.
Of course, this is more than just confirmation bias. …
