The tech story maps quite predictably to philanthropic efforts in previous decades, which is to say that it has a higher likelihood for success: it’s a pattern that people understand better. The crypto story is radically different, requiring us to reimagine what it means to fund and develop public goods from an entirely new set of assumptions. It i... See more

More recently, new sites like Sci-Hub and LibGen have achieved far faster and more complete results by playing outside the rules and essentially making every academic paper in the world free of charge, to anyone, at any time, in any country – including poor people in poor places without access to expensive journal subscriptions. Let's call this the... See more

This low-cost solution to the double-spending challenge launched a factory of ICOs as issuers found an easy way to tap a global investing community. No painful negotiations with venture capitalists over dilution and control of the board. No wining and dining of Wall Street investment banks to get them to put their clients on the order book. No wait

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