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Elon, Jack, and Multiple Jobs in a Knowledge Economy

tl;dr: Changing to a knowledge economy mindset has a few shifts. The cultural paradigm of the definition of “work” is one of the biggest. Yesterday, I shared the idea from my brother (the zen storage person at Dell) that the ideal place to be in a Kn...

jer979!! 2 minute read 7 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.02

The Ideal Place in the Knowledge Economy

tl;dr: Exploring the concepts of work based on knowledge, not time. My brother, who is referred to as a “Cloud Storage Zen” leader at Dell, was over the other night. We were talking about the Knowledge Economy. It was Peter Drucker, I believe, w...

jer979!! 2 minute read 6 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.01

Founder of IOTA: Bitcoin and Ethereum Are Not Decentralized

The founders of IOTA , Dominik Schiener and David Sønstebø, describe that the blockchain cannot solve all the problems of the future, so the IOTA Tangle has been developed. Bitcoin and Ethereum are not decentralized despite blockchain technology, be...

PassionCryptodotcom 2 minute read 6 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.11

The Disintermediation of Securities Lending

tl;dr: Reimagining the world of securities lending when smart contracts work at scale and we all keep more of our money. There was an article in the June 10th edition of the Wall Street Journal entitled, How Investing Giants Gave Away Voting Power Ah...

jer979!! 3 minute read 2 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.02

Are Austrians Better Marketers?

tl;dr: Has behavioral economics inspired marketing run its course? The Austrian school of economists make the case that it has and offer an alternative. I’ve been exploring the concept of “crypto-marketing” for almost five years now. All along, I tho...

jer979!! 3 minute read 1 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.05

When Growth is Zero-Sum

tl;dr: With everyone effectively online, the Web2.0 battlefield changes from growth that rides the wave of market expansion to competition annihilation. In When Tailwinds Vanish, The Internet in the 2020s, John Luttig helped me step away from the day...

jer979!! 4 minute read 30 Jun 2020 0 comments $0.02

I’m a Hypocrite

tl;dr: say one thing in a blog post, then do the exact opposite. That’s pretty much the definition. Yesterday was a bit of a tough day for me. Only three hours after I hit “publish” on a post called “Respect for Time,” I completely disrespected someo...

jer979!! 1 minute read 26 Jun 2020 0 comments $0.03

Respect for Time

tl;dr: How we spend our own time is up to each of us. How we choose to spend the time of others requires thoughtfulness. After college, I lived in Germany (Frankfurt) for 1 year and then in Japan for 2 years. On one of my first days in Germany, I was...

jer979!! 3 minute read 25 Jun 2020 0 comments $0.04

Win the Morning

tl;dr: Your day may not go as planned, but if you win the morning, you increase your odds of success. You also feel better One of the things you learn in the practice of meditation is that your mind IS going to wander. While I haven’t asked him about...

jer979!! 2 minute read 24 Jun 2020 0 comments $0.06

The Driver’s Test of the Future

tl;dr: Imagining a future where a blockchain certifies your competence as a driver and the end of mandated driving instruction. My daughter is going for her driving test this afternoon. I’ve been training with her for 9 months. We’ve done urban roads...

jer979!! 2 minute read 23 Jun 2020 0 comments $0.02