Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

We’ve been reading The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money. The core premise is that, at least in the American education system, the value of getting a degree is one part skill gathering and another part labor market signalling. The controversial point made by the author is that 80% of our schooling?—?from

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

“Accomplishing the impossible only means that it will get added to your regular duties.” Doug Larson. Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic. It was a very mixed year in terms of change, expectations, and results. Covid was supposed to be controlled, except it wasn’t. Answer: they made progress. Then right back to the impossible in 2022.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Everyone’s talking about them, but what do these terms really mean? As of this writing in mid-November 2017, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies hovers around $220B (with a single bitcoin trading for upwards of $8,000). What is Bitcoin? What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a decentralized, public ledger.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Last September, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took a stab at Bitcoin: “It’s worse than tulip bulbs. We’ll provide the definitions and analogies you need to know for bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and more. It won’t end well. Someone is going to get killed.”. It is a vehicle to perpetrate fraud.”.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

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