<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Spike, I do have reason to try to make a bit more money than my pension brings in. After getting my second divorce I married a millionaire and retired. I signed document saying that my pension will end when I die - she won't need it. Now my current wife Roz will be left with no pension of her own and none of mine. She will have wonderful health insurance - the best. Her mother lived to 96 (died this month), so she may last quite a while and I would like for her to have as much money as possible without endangering what we have now (abou 50K). I do appreciate the humor though. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Do you have any take on how risky bitcoin is? bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 4:05 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-7761933490340240899WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>…</b><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] things to buy<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">>…<span style="color:black"> Got an email to Spike to explain bitcoin. At 79 I don't think I would make a lot of money from it, but I dunno. </span>...<span style="color:black">. bill </span>w<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">BillW, I am far from the most qualified person here to explain BitCoin, but I can offer a spin on it you might like.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">If you want to make money in BitCoin, the first step is to make sure you bought it a coupla years ago. I am having trouble achieving that first step.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">But no worries, think about it this way. What if… you did buy BitCoin or some other speculative things and you did get lucky and you did make a ton of money. The problem is that now it makes you afraid to die. You have aaaaallll this damn mooooney, you had trouble even thinking of something you really wanted, back when you only had 25 charlies to blow on some absurd thing, now you have aaaalll this moooney and you still don’t really desperately want or need anything you don’t already have. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">But what the hell, assume now you have so much you need to hire a coupla sturdy fellers to shovel the money out of your way so you can get to your own damn bathroom, and oooooh life is gooood… But… now all your health problems are still here, even if you can hire a coupla stunning young beauties with MDs to tend you around the clock, massage your aching muscles and your bride watches suspiciously every move they make, for they are doctors to you, but opportunistic little trollops to her, and so… you would really be trading one class of problems for another.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">But suppose you solve that problem somehow (such as hiring her a coupla fine young fellers with MDs) and your life is perfect. Now you have a perfect life, and death is so much scarier than before.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">So don’t invest in some speculative scheme that risks making you a buttload of money. You’re welcome BillW, always here, glad to help.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">spike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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