Overall, decent video. It might be helpful for some people who respond well to this kind of well-dressed, respectable-looking-and-sounding primer. They didn't address head-on the most normie accusations though: "Bitcoin is used by criminals", "Bitcoin is bad for the environment", "Bitcoin is risky." So it might change a few minds, or at least plant some seeds of curiosity, and I do think the Atlantic is the right place for it.
A few other small critiques
Don't call it "The #1 Cryptocurrency" (1:36)
Comparing it to past inventions like the lightbulb may be a bit overselling. Anyone can see Bitcoin is not there yet, and not even on the trajectory
Some of the arguments like "bitcoin is already being built into mutual funds", and "bitcoin is self custody" actually seem self contradictory
My feedback
Overall, decent video. It might be helpful for some people who respond well to this kind of well-dressed, respectable-looking-and-sounding primer. They didn't address head-on the most normie accusations though: "Bitcoin is used by criminals", "Bitcoin is bad for the environment", "Bitcoin is risky." So it might change a few minds, or at least plant some seeds of curiosity, and I do think the Atlantic is the right place for it.
A few other small critiques