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In a Twitter discussion on Sept. 5, Rosa-Maria Ryyti (Miss Universe Finland 2015 winner), argued Bitcoin's risk factor made it more appealing to men.
She was responding to a query by analyst and Cointelegraph contributor, Filb Filb, who asked followers why the Bitcoin community was overwhelmingly male.
"Women are more risk-conscious in general and often go for a 'slow & steady' investment strategy," Ryyti wrote, adding:
"The current general perception of Bitcoin in the msm makes it even less probable for the average women (and men) to get involved."
https://cointelegraph.com/news/miss-finland-bitcoins-risk-keeps-most-women-away-from-cryptocurrency
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The meek shall inherit the earth -- they are too weak to refuse.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by lentilla on Sunday September 08 2019, @12:58PM (4 children)
Made me think of the Parable of the Talents [wikipedia.org]. Short version: the boss returns home and rewards the risk takers and punishes the guy who played it safe. (I have always wanted to know what would have happened to an employee who took a risk but ultimately lost.)
(Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 08 2019, @01:38PM
I have wondered the same. I suppose the moral of the story is, you have to risk it all while blindly trusting in God. If you lost all your money in risky investments, then you had to be listening to the devil. :^)
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @02:50PM (1 child)
The boss would have smote him, because a Jew is supposed to make money, not lose it.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @04:22PM
No, that would be sinful. The boss should have sent him on a quest to collect 100 philistine foreskins in the hopes he would be smote by someone else in the process.
(Score: 2) by legont on Sunday September 08 2019, @04:06PM
Yes, this is exactly the underlying problem. Our society rewards the result without much considerations of the risk taken. This screws a lot. Women underpayment is just a relatively minor example. Some scientists working on the bomb believed it may ignite the whole earth, but the bomb was tested. Some guys create black holes using particle smasher and say nothing could go wrong.
Perhaps we do need to push it and take those risks because if we stop for a moment, Chinese will enslave us, or aliens with higher tech come and kill us all. Or a rock. Or a supernova. If this is the case, we should accept it and reward men taking risk. If not, we should go the current way wich is removing the risk from our lives for the price of faster progress.
Men vs women discourse is a strategy decision about risk. We got to realize it.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.