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I'll kick-off the year with....
classic Snowden....
'Let’s step outside of paper currencies, which have no fundamental value, to a more difficult case: why is gold worth so much more than its limited but real practical uses in industry? Because people generally agree it’s worth more than its practical value. That’s really it. The social belief that it’s expensive to dig out of the ground and put on a shelf, along with the expectation that others are also likely to value it, transforms a boring metal into the world’s oldest store of value.'
'We live in a world where everyone is lying about everything, with even ordinary teens on Instagram agonizing over how best to project a lifestyle they don’t actually have. People get different search results for the same query. Everything requires trust; at the same time nothing deserves it.'
'This is the one interesting thing about blockchains: they might be that one tiny gear that lets us create systems you don’t have to trust. You’ve learned the only thing about blockchains that matters: they’re boring, inefficient, and wasteful, but, if well designed, they’re practically impossible to tamper with. And in a world full of shifty bullshit, being able to prove something is true is a radical development. Maybe it’s the value of your bank account, maybe it’s the provenance of your pair of Nikes, or maybe it’s your for-real-this-time permanent record in the principal’s office, but records are going to transform into chains we can’t easily break, even if they’re open for anyone in the world to look at. The hype is a world where everything can be tracked and verified. The question is whether it’s going to be voluntary.'
- Edward Snowden
'We live in a world where everyone is lying about everything, with even ordinary teens on Instagram agonizing over how best to project a lifestyle they don’t actually have. People get different search results for the same query. Everything requires trust; at the same time nothing deserves it.'
'This is the one interesting thing about blockchains: they might be that one tiny gear that lets us create systems you don’t have to trust. You’ve learned the only thing about blockchains that matters: they’re boring, inefficient, and wasteful, but, if well designed, they’re practically impossible to tamper with. And in a world full of shifty bullshit, being able to prove something is true is a radical development. Maybe it’s the value of your bank account, maybe it’s the provenance of your pair of Nikes, or maybe it’s your for-real-this-time permanent record in the principal’s office, but records are going to transform into chains we can’t easily break, even if they’re open for anyone in the world to look at. The hype is a world where everything can be tracked and verified. The question is whether it’s going to be voluntary.'
- Edward Snowden
Thursday Quote Day a.k.a TQD - #1 - 2019
Dear friends let's share few on the beginning of another rotation around the Sun Cheers D ...
good one !
here you go... ‘I know that I’m stupid but when I look around, I feel a lot better’ - unknown seems to be a wise guy who said that for sure ;-) Best, mahesh.,
Here’s one..
“He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame” - dunno who but so true and funny
Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right
Now I'm not sure if it was by Mark Twain or FS Fitzgerald. It really doesn't matter. The quote is correct. ...
I'll kick-off the year with....
classic Snowden.... ' Let’s step outside of paper currencies, which have no fundamental value, to a more difficult case: why is gold worth so much more than its limited but real practical uses in industry? Because people generally agree it’s worth more th...
