This quote has us captivated by its accuracy. 😱
Carl Sagan wrote this about the future of America that he feared circa 1994 in the book “The Demon-Haunted World”
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...”
Gives us CHILLS 🥶
This is hands down one of the best #bitcoin books out there, especially for those who want an accurate but digestible understanding of the more technical side of how this protocol & network functions,
…which many who find #BTC through finance or econ could really use more of.
👊 @Daz B@npub1tm20...lpna
An absolute privilege for us to talk to this dude last week for the 2nd time.
First got exposed to Luke on TIP w/ @npub1s5yq...6q7z years ago, and we pay as close attention to what he says/thinks/writes as anyone in macro. View quoted note →
In a world where trust is deteriorating & sovereign debt loads are exorbitant, settlement is a WHOLE different animal.
We explore this & much more in this week's chat w/ one of the brightest minds in the global research sector, Luke Gromen.
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