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Book Review: Blockchain Revolution
The idea of cutting out the middleman has always been an attractive concept because doing so promises to lower costs and produce potential benefits for both sides of a commercial transaction. However, the role of intermediaries in the economy has
Via Negativa: Wisdom Through Subtraction
Modern life is full of opportunities to seek wisdom and knowledge by adding new sources to our information diet. If reading one newspaper is a good idea, perhaps adding a second or third will generate further enlightenment. If a tidbit or two of
Book Review: A Man For All Markets
The team of six, three men and three women, pretended not to know each other and made their way to the baccarat tables at the Dunes casino in Las Vegas. It was the spring of 1963 and Las Vegas was