Don’t expect AngelList CEO Naval Ravikant to appear on Bloomberg’s “What’d You Miss?” any time soon. That’s because the show’s co-host, Joe Weisenthal, took to Twitter to rip into Ravikant’s lofty pronouncements about blockchain technology. Here’s how it went down: It all began in Sunday morning from a tweet by from Shane Parish, the founder of something called Farnam Street. For those unfamiliar with it (we were on that list), the site’s “About” section says: “We address such topics as mental models, decision making, learning, reading, and the art of living.” According to Parish, he has “helped millions of people master the best of what other people have already figured…
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Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett says bitcoin's run will come to a bad end ( Marina Linchevska / Shutterstock.com)On Warren Buffett and the bitcoin bubble
The Oracle of Omaha predicts the boom in cryptocurrencies will “come to a bad ending”
There’s some small amount of buzz in cryptoland over Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett’s recent negative comments on bitcoin. Let’s preface this by stating the obvious: Warren Buffett is greatest living value investor and one of the greatest in history. The man applied everything Benjamin Graham taught him at Columbia Business School (which is a way better school than Chicago or Wharton) and amassed one of the largest fortunes ever seen. To paraphrase a Yiddish expression, Buffett has already forgotten more about investing than anyone else will ever know. Yet there’s one sector that Buffett doesn’t feel comfortable with and that’s technology. It’s just not his thing and that’s okay.…