I find myself confused by this as well, surely people who are sufficiently technically sophisticated to own bitcoin won’t fall for “I’ll send you bitcoin if you send me yours first”?
I assume the victims aren't technically-sophisticated bitcoin owners. I had previously told a family member that I had a little bit of cryptocurrency, and then a few months ago they messaged me asking how to buy some bitcoin. I prodded them a bit, and it turned out that they had seen a scam somewhat like today's. I was able to stop them and explain the scam. Presumably if they hadn't asked me, they might have figured out how to buy some on their own and then sent it to the scammer.
My Uber driver in Sydney told me he was converting all his money into crypto because he thought the FIAT system was gonna crash. He was not technical. Lots of semi tech literate crypto people out there.
That's like the Kennedy-shoe-shine-boy thing. Kid on the street starts asking Papa Kennedy about some hot stocks he heard of and Kennedy realizes everything is wayyy too overheated and pulls out. Market implodes a little while later, and Joe is able to buy up whatever he wants.
Very similar alright. I felt so conflicted listening to him because I knew nothing I would say would change his mind so I just kept quiet. He was a pensioner trying to save to leave something for his progeny. Kind of heart breaking.
If there’s one ad I get the most, it’s the God damned YouTube premium ads. I don’t know how many times I have to say no to the prompts. I wish there were a way to say “I will delete the app before I buy this”.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a perennial classic, though not tech focused. But that's probably okay in combination with more tech-industry focused literature.
About the purchase of large amounts of gift cards; it’s not as uncommon as you’d think. I worked at a grocery store customer service office and it wasn’t uncommon to have people buy thousands of dollars in gift cards as giveaways or prizes for events. No questions asked, really. The store was very eager to pocket that money.
There should certainly be more checks and balances around that. Perhaps a personal limit, and requiring a registered business to be the purchaser above that. Or perhaps a redemption system.
But the incentive is not there for the stores. It’s of course better to sell gift cards than the equal amount of merchandise for them
Lexus also has a touchpad, and an interesting "tactile joystick" type of solution. Takes some getting used to but the tactile feedback goes a long way to reducing the need to look at the screen.
No reason to believe that this is not considered to be optimal by the company.