Unpopular opinion:
For years, I’ve felt like the crypto space has been disconnected from reality.
Most of the talk is about money, yields, and tokens, while big things are happening around us: wars, geopolitical tension, information warfare, social breakdown.
Almost no one seems to care.
We’re building insanely powerful tech: encryption, privacy, zero-knowledge, censorship resistance. In theory, this should help societies be stronger, protect truth, reduce harm. In practice, it’s mostly used for speculation and financial games.
Something that makes me smile and also makes me sad:
I often get told, “Why are you talking about things other than crypto?”
That says enough.
On top of that, some influencers lean hard into drama, conspiracies, and outrage not because they believe it, but because it works with the algorithm. More chaos means more reach, more followers, more attention. As long as they’re far from reality, flipping tokens from a safe place, everything feels fine to them. Even better.
That’s the issue.
It adds noise and toxicity to topics that need seriousness. It doesn’t inform, it destabilizes.
As long as money and attention keep flowing, everything seems acceptable, even if the world gets more unstable.
If this tech is supposed to matter beyond finance, it should help people and societies flourish, not just enable better exits.
Otherwise, we’re not changing much. We’re just really good at making money and looking away.
