2022/04/05

Ezra Klein Dismisses Larry David Super Bowl Ad as “Financial FOMO”

“And that ad is not an argument for why crypto works. It’s not an argument for what it does or what problems it can solve. It’s just financial FOMO.”
New York Times journalist Ezra Klein, arguing the FTX Super Bowl ad was designed to attract dumb money. In it, misanthropic comedian Larry David dismisses world-changing inventions—the wheel, the light bulb, the dishwasher—through the ages, and repeats the mistake by writing off cryptocurrencies.
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