Why should we trust bitcoin? Illustration: Juan Pablo Bravo. Source: The Noun Project. CC-BY-3.0. When I was in the Boy Scouts growing up, we ran a “trust exercise.” One of the boys in our patrol would face forward, cross his arms, and fall back. His partner [...]
Who do you trust? Source: Publicdomainvectors. Trust is essential to any venture. If we hire a contractor to work on the house, we have to trust that they’ll show up. If we donate funds to a charity, we’re trusting that they’ll use the funds for the [...]
Are you playing “chicken” with your computer? Photo: ILRI. Source: Flikr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Lots of people are playing “chicken” online, hoping that the hackers don’t find them. But cyber-criminals are everywhere. It’s not just banks and pipelines and hospitals. Hacking has become its own industry. [...]
What would Shakespeare think about cryptocurrencies? Public Domain. Source: Wikipedia Shakespeare was a keen observer of human nature. From Hamlet to Macbeth to The Tempest, he spins stories of self-deception, overgrown ambition, and illusions. In his personal life he seems to have taken a lesson from [...]
