You spend decades learning how the world works and then come across bitcoin which leads you to question and relearn everything.
I used to be in the appliance space and once wrote an essay on how appliances used to last 50 years. Now I’m looking at the government mandating energy efficiency through the lens of them trying to obfuscate energy inflation. These policies also significantly decreased the quality and performance of appliances.
Rereading the essay (from 2015) my observations on the quality of appliances was accurate, but the cause of the problem I missed because I didn’t yet understand the pernicious impact of fiat on everything. I will work on an update.
https://ryanfinlay.medium.com/they-used-to-last-50-years-c3383ff28a8e