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Here’s something that might sting: Many young people are being exploited by an invisible scam and aren’t even aware of it.



When you’re scrolling through short videos or reading meaningless posts, your attention is being sold as a commodity. And your time? That’s the real hard currency—sometimes even more valuable than the BTC in your wallet.

Think about it from another angle: If each person had only a fixed 80,000 hours in their life (assuming a lifespan of 80-90 years), and you could trade time directly for money, how would you spend it? Would you waste it on algorithm-fed junk content, or use it to study the market, build knowledge, and seize cyclical opportunities?

The essence of the attention economy is packaging your most valuable resource—time—into the illusion that it’s free. Wake up. In the crypto world, the real wealth gap is the gap in knowledge.
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MEVHunterBearishvip
· 5h ago
Damn, that really hit me. I just realized I've been scrolling through short videos for almost two hours.
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SelfMadeRuggeevip
· 5h ago
80,000 hours? Bro, I’ve already wasted 20,000, it’s too late to regret. --- You’re right, but I’m still scrolling, can’t help it. --- Compared to the gap in knowledge, what scares me more is having no money. --- So the key is how to seize opportunities while scrolling videos—that’s the real skill. --- Time is a hard currency? Then why is my time still so cheap? --- Wake up for what? We’re all getting exploited anyway, why bother being so clear-headed and miserable? --- Garbage information fed by algorithms vs. garbage information from market research—can you really tell the difference? --- Sounds right, but when it comes down to it, holding my phone is still more comfortable. --- No matter how big the gap in knowledge is, without seed money, it’s all pointless.
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SerNgmivip
· 5h ago
Time > BTC, this comparison is spot on, it hits my sore spot exactly. Feeling numb, spending 8 hours a day scrolling through short videos—isn't this just cutting my lifespan? Cognitive gap = wealth gap, this should be engraved on our foreheads. Damn, I just realized, I'm the one being taken advantage of. The algorithm is like breeding toxins, each one more addictive than the last. Time is the real currency, wake up everyone. The golden finger of junk information is the recommendation system. All the time saved from scrolling each month could be used for something productive.
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SelfRuggervip
· 5h ago
80,000 hours? Damn, I’ve probably already wasted 30,000... --- Honestly, when I was hooked on short videos, I just couldn't stop. Only now do I realize I was shortchanging myself. --- That point about cognitive gaps really hit home. So many people around me are still studying which coins to buy instead of understanding market patterns. --- The key is, I woke up too late—there’s no way to get back all the time I already wasted. --- Instead of blaming the algorithm, maybe I should ask myself why I’m still consuming pointless content. --- That analogy of trading time for money is spot on. I need to reallocate my 80,000 hours. --- It’s tough. I’m still wasting time, but at least this article woke me up a bit. --- In crypto, it really is all about cognitive advantage. If you don’t have it, you can’t play the game. --- Every time I see an article like this, I regret it—and then go right back to scrolling... --- The real hard currency is time; BTC actually comes second.
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fren.ethvip
· 5h ago
I never thought my mind was being sold while watching short videos; this perspective really hit me.
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