Before democracy, you are ruled by who can marshal the most amount of physical force.
With democracy, you are ruled by who can martial the most amount of emotional force.
@JonnyStephens Currently working on https://t.co/hy2rCeXREX, a renovation start-up, so quiet far from the cryptosphere. But following the insane progress from the sideline!
In the long run I'm pessimistic about the ability of centralized social media platforms to stay highly independent of the political environment of the country they're centered in.
This only further shows why we need an alternative.
🇸🇪🇸🇯🇫🇮🇩🇰 Denmark, Finland and Norway are debating whether to maintain travel restrictions on Sweden but ease them for other countries as they nervously eye their Nordic neighbour’s higher #COVID19 death toll - FT
Funny thing is, 3 years ago I used a magic analogy (with HP reference) for a non-technical explanation of bitcoin and blockchains😂 https://t.co/Im1y6l9XY5
I’m sure cryptocurrencies are fascinating. I’ve genuinely tried to grasp the very detailed information I’ve been sent tonight (people close to me understand it & have tried to explain it when I’m stone cold sober), but I’m afraid this is a total blind spot to me. 1/2
From my twitter feed it seems that accusations of "price gouging" and subsequent price controls is slowly gaining momentum in the US.
It started with hand sanitizers and masks, then food delivery services, and now recently meat. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.