1. The idea by bitdiots that something Convex (antifragile) must be a good investment BECAUSE of limited supply is confused: NECESSARY ≠ SUFFICIENT. Near Infinite of things in limited supply: pebbles from Skorpios, underwear worn by Churchill, books owned by Cary Grant...; d7 D! W" f, [# S1 S0 E0 K
: ^" F, x9 A* {: [1 t比特币狂热分子认为凸性(反脆弱)的东西一定是一项良好的投资,因为供应有限,这种想法是混乱的:必要≠充足。数量有限的物品近乎无限:斯科皮奥斯的鹅卵石、丘吉尔穿过的内衣、加里·格兰特拥有的书籍……# f+ Q9 w: }+ }
2. There is an infinite number of things in finite supply.6 }+ j# h! i/ J0 n' ^. Y
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% \2 x" v0 V+ t0 L3. To be clear, being critical of monetary-fiscal policy should not make you embrace bitcoin; just as being critical of wine consumption should not make you embrace cyanide.' h- q1 c) D1 z. V3 \4 O5 p
a# \, `- s; p! X: I1 C; D, D! P8 k* Q需要明确的是,对货币财政政策抱有批判态度不是让你购买比特币的理由,正如批判红酒消费也不是你喝下氰化物的理由。
( }7 I8 j ?7 O' G; ~& F& k4. Bitcoin pple, there is an old saying "nobody is bigger than the market". You may artificially prop up the price; you may paint the tape by coordinated manipulation. But in fine the market is a market, an idiot is an idiot, & youth, inexperience, & ignorance are not virtues.
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炒比特币的人们啊,有句老话是“没有人能赢过市场”。你也许可以人为地炒高比特币价格; 你也可以在股市里玩各种各样的手段进行虚构交易。但总而言之,市场就是市场,白痴就是白痴。你的年轻、缺乏经验、无知都不是优势。
/ r( K+ z, [% i% D- J5. Youth is definitely a virtue for many tasks, such as moving furniture, carrying water up a mountain (in the absence of mules), skiing at very high speed in a rocky steep terrain, but it won't help much in challenging age old investment wisdom.
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年轻绝对在很多方面都是一种优势,比如搬运家具,上山扛水(没有骡子的情况下),在崎岖险峻的地形中高速滑雪,但在对挑战久经沙场的投资智慧方面没什么帮助。8 H- K4 C! ~! z# d$ o; u
6. What will eventually kill bitcoin won't be a crash but inexorable decay. Fads are more threatened by indifference than by disgust.% x! U) P6 u. G0 x
最终让比特币消失的不是崩盘,而是不可避免的衰退。 短暂狂热的事物更容易受到冷漠的威胁,而不是厌恶。
9 o4 e# t4 ?8 S! `5 t3 h# [) c7. Another month. It is continuing, that unremittingly decay. ) `& {3 _: @/ _/ R# z; s
(Bitcoin volume down 11½ % in August); i; u9 v2 V8 @( G
又一个月了。 它正在继续,不断地腐烂。5 `. m2 X3 P2 t: p5 Q( z
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<hr/>在整理近期纳西姆的推特发现,他集中地讨论蛮多有关比特币的事情,虽然内容不多,但我想着还是单独整理成一个系列《纳西姆塔勒布对比特币的看法》,如果有读者朋友对这个系列感兴趣,可以点个赞同或者喜欢,也好让我知道大家是否关心纳西姆是如何评价比特币的。
% l7 F2 z$ r0 Z) E目前我的账号内容已发布纳西姆塔勒布的以下系列:" d" g- T7 T U- \, f1 C
①近期推特汇总(仍在更新)
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③RWRI专题 | 深入了解纳西姆塔勒布的风险理念(仍在更新)4 ?: m2 C' a7 r0 n) c( |& n
④《塔勒布智慧箴言录》新增语录(仍在更新)
: q9 y! I1 `# H2 K, Q/ b后续也会不断更新每个系列的内容,希望大家能读到自己想看到的内容。下一个更新的日子我们再相见! |