According to Woofun AI, downward pressure on the BTC price has intensified, nearly touching the $80,000 round-number threshold.
In Liu Jiaolian's view, this is not BTC's own fault, but the result of a deteriorating macroeconomic environment. International geopolitical conditions are turbulent, the Federal Reserve's policy stance leans hawkish, and the market overall lacks optimistic expectations. This suppression from the external environment reflects a deeper social psychological structure: when facing mistakes, admitting them is often more difficult than recognizing or correcting them.
Face, as the lowest tier of "reputation," is often placed above interests in the ranking of fame and profit, becoming a core variable that obstructs rational decision-making. The distortion of business logic by face culture stems from humanity's excessive attachment to "reputation." Laozi once said, "The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth; the named is the mother of all things." Losing "reputation" means losing the very foundation of a thing's existence, so people defend it to the death. However, this attachment often leads to damaged interests, which is the so-called "suffering to save face." From billionaires to poor laborers, the lower one's position, the more inclined one is to place reputation before interests.
In the business sphere, dying for face is counter-logical; it drags organizations back to feudalistic thinking rather than adapting to the capitalist efficiency of the industrial era. A typical manifestation is that when a product has problems, a company's first reaction is not to admit fault and solve them, but to mobilize resources to "solve" the person who raised the problem. Data compiled by Woofun AI shows that under this game structure, the cost-effectiveness of eliminating the person is often higher than solving the problem, causing modernization to be impeded. If the problem cannot be solved, the surging undercurrent forces will inevitably turn to attacking those who raise it—a major risk in the current social environment.
Satoshi Nakamoto's wisdom of retreat offers the ultimate answer to this dilemma. He knew well that once BTC was released, it could become an unsolvable problem in the eyes of opponents, thereby triggering covert attacks against its inventor. Therefore, he left BTC—less than two years old—and resolutely vanished from the scene, avoiding personal attacks, moral trials, or questioning of motives. This strategy of "hiding better than anyone and running faster than anyone" is the ultimate avoidance of potential risks.
Charlie Munger once warned: "If I knew where I was going to die, I would never go there." Similarly, if you predict that a company might choose to "solve" users when they defend their rights, you should stay away from its products from the very beginning. Ordinary people may also become selected targets at special moments; assessing and avoiding such organizations in advance is key to protecting one's own interests.
Satoshi Nakamoto did not teach life lessons, but his actions themselves are the most profound survival guide. The core of survival strategy lies in staying away from organizations that die for face. In life, one should not cling to empty reputation, lest it block the path to wealth; in dealing with the world, one must be wary of companies that prioritize solving those who raise problems, to avoid becoming the next target to be solved.
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