Paul Graham on Twitter: "When I was a teenager you worked in fast food. A generation later you could write code and make much more. Will ambitious kids in the next generation reach adulthood already rich from trading cryptocurrency?"

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1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Aug 2018
  (I'm not saying I like the idea. On the whole I don't. I'd rather ambitious people learned positive-sum games.)
  
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1. Yuhong Bao‏ @yuhong2 28 Aug 2018
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  What is fun is paying off debt using cryptocurrency.
  
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1. M.‏ @mmolaro 28 Aug 2018
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  There were a couple years of people making 100s of thousands in online poker in high school/ college. I know several founders from that pool of people.
  
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1. Jerseyan‏ @JerseyanUSA 28 Aug 2018
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  If the economy stays healthy, they'll be the richest of that age group, of all time, regardless.
  
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1. Oren J. Falkowitz‏Verified account @orenfalkowitz 28 Aug 2018
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  No!
  
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1. Mitchell Holder‏ @mitchellholder 28 Aug 2018
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  Not just crypto, they're doing it with sneakers + other exclusive/limited goods. Building bots + private groups for advantages (and making money from those too).
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1. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 28 Aug 2018
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  I think there is a category difference. Working in fast food or writing code for someone else means you're getting paid to add value to an existing business. Whereas trading cryptocurrency means you're a teenager competing with giant financial firms with more info/resources.
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1. Connecting Trades to the Digital Age. ‏ @tapatrade 28 Aug 2018
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  Hodling crypto perhaps. Parents why not start a crypto savings account?
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