JohnPaul

Yeah, that makes sense. I agree that it is contextual. It's just challenging because there are many aspects I love and many I hate. I don't intend on staying here long-term. I'm a fairly young guy, and although I'm satisfied with my life and my achievements, I still have greater aspirations. Like most people, I was a victim of the public school system. My head has been so filled with propaganda that I've only recently begun to see the world through a completely different lens. I discovered Rand about a year ago and it was completely life-changing. But, I just haven't gotten it all figured out yet. I'm often conflicted. John

I work (in sales) for a company that creates software for the K-12 education market. On one hand, my company competes with other private companies to create constantly improving products to help teachers in both public and private schools. Our products are very impressive and achieve remarkable results when implemented properly. I'm very good at what I do and I get a lot of pride from the success stories I often hear from my customers. But on the other hand, I also benefit from the outrageous pricing practices that can only come from dealing with the bottomless pockets of the public sector. In order to be competitive, our company must embrace the important new trends in education, even when I don't agree with them (ie. common core). We've also recently aquired lobbyists, to "keep us informed about federal funding opportunities". These are all things that I oppose, but I also realise that if we don't do these things, our cometitiors will. So this is the dilema that I've been dealing with. Is it moral for me to do what I do for a living?

Please correct me if I'm wrong. But to my understanding, we know that the vast majority of existing bitcoins are possessed by only a tiny handful of individuals. What is going to happen when one of those individuals decides to cash out? ...when they start to look at mansions, ferraris and private jets? What is going to happen to the value of your currency once all of those bitcoins come up for sale on the market, all at once? How can anybody put trust into Bitcoin knowing that some random stranger can crash the market at any given time?