Why We Stopped Making Einsteins
So, where are all the Einsteins? The answer must lie in education somewhere. And if we look into research on different education strategies and their effectiveness, we do indeed see all sorts of debates about best practices, learning styles, class size, monetary policy, and equality. But mostly we see, actually, that none of it matters much.
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Author: Erik Hoel, The Intrinsic Perspective Read: 15 min
Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work
A very intelligent debate between Lyn Alden and Justin Drake on which consensus mechanism is better designed to act as digital money (BTC vs ETH).
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Author: Bankless Listen: 1 hr 34 min
The Current Financial Thing
So everyone talks about rising rates and hyperinflation and war and food shortages and nuclear threats and supply chain issues and energy prices and IPO windows slammed shut. The markets are too complex for anyone to know, with the degree of confidence with which some people pretend to know, what’s going to happen tomorrow, let alone in a week, a month, or a year. That’s what memes are for. That’s why people agree on The Current Financial Thing. Throw in Twitter’s algorithmic feed, and people can come to agree with each other more strongly, more quickly than ever before.
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Author: Not Boring by Packy McCormick Read: 12 min.
Crazy Eddie boasted some of the most impressive retail sales in the country. But its owner was more interested in conducting a brazen fraud. Read Here
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