Ben McKenzie had question: “When did WIRED die?” In particular, the actor-director wanted to know when WIRED “DIES, capital letters.”
On April 16, about 100 people gathered at the event partner’s place Ace Hotel in Brooklyn from which you can drink drinks Applause, The face is ugly, Sorting tableAND Handful and consider the future of cryptocurrency.
McKenzie, co-author Easy money: cryptocurrency, casino capitalism and the golden age of fraudhas a novel independent documentary in cinemas titled Everyone lies to you for money. Greenberg, who frequently writes about cryptocurrency scams, talked to him about scenes from the book and movie in which McKenzie traveled to places like cryptocurrency hub El Salvador to understand why the technology remains in such high demand despite its less-than-stellar reputation.
One of McKenzie’s explanations? Male loneliness. “It’s a longing for community, real community,” McKenzie said, noting that cryptocurrencies exist on the internet as a type of extreme gambling, which has really exploded into the mainstream during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are more IRL antidotes to this kind of digital isolation.