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04 JUL 2001
We like the win-lose guys
[Dylan] We call it funny money because it measures how much fun we're having. And that keeps people from taking it seriously. Some guys get real competitive about it, like they have to win, right? If it's a game, there have to be winners and losers, and they have to destroy everybody else. So after these guys have pulled each other down, who's left? All the folks who were just having fun and getting richer every day.

Actually we like these win-lose guys. They work so hard keeping score. They set up all the accounting systems and Internet programs and world championship games and 24-hour currency exchange systems and instant credit reports and encrypting everything. So they're building infrastructure. They're duplicating the financial system. Maybe funny money will take over the world after all.
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