cryptocurrencies are a really good example of how many people don't seem to realise how important a role society & psychology play in the fundamental characteristics and functioning of a technology. if you assess a technology on its technological merits you will only be able to understand a small part of what actually happens when you give it to people: what people do to it, and what it does to them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!