turns out the distance between salem 1692 and crypto in 2025 is exactly zero psychological kilometers. both involve communities of true believers who've convinced themselves they possess secret knowledge, both feature elaborate conspiracy theories about shadowy cabals manipulating markets, and both are the same cultural modality, just with different user interfaces.

what follows is a diagnostic tool for determining whether you're witnessing a 17th-century witch trial or just another wednesday on crypto twitter. its a mini app btw.

turns out the distance between salem 1692 and crypto in 2025 is exactly zero psychological kilometers. both involve communities of true believers who've convinced themselves they possess secret knowledge, both feature elaborate conspiracy theories about shadowy cabals manipulating markets, and both are the same cultural modality, just with different user interfaces.

what follows is a diagnostic tool for determining whether you're witnessing a 17th-century witch trial or just another wednesday on crypto twitter. its a mini app btw.
https://witch-trial-or-crypto-drama.vercel.app/
https://paragraph.com/@seedclubhq/medieval-witch-trial-or-crypto-drama

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