Semester In Review / Thoughts on Hive

ENTREPRENEURIAL VALUE CREATION IN SOCIETY

Nearly four months ago I joined HIVE as part of an entrepreneurship course at Oklahoma State University taught by Hive account@trostparadox. A new platform with potential to earn cryptocurrency as reward for essay content pertinent to materials studied within the classroom certainly intrigued me, as it was a modern, unorthodox take on the familiar online assignment drop boxes. Since my initial posts, I have been able to further practice my writing and critical thinking skills with respect to monetary or political policy topics discussed in class -- an opportunity that does not come by me frequently as a third-year chemistry student. I thoroughly enjoyed the class, and would recommend it to any student in the Honors College at OSU seeking for a seminar credit.

Furthermore, through this entrepreneurship course, I was able to be exposed to and have my perspectives and ideas challenged by the topics and materials covered. Free market principles, competition, regulation, technological innovation, healthcare, and financial collapses were among the concepts covered over the course of the semester. This valuable education and information coming at a time in my life where it is most critical to be involved and well educated on policy, and finances. At this time in my life, I have also become interested in investing, personal finances, as well as the business perspectives on things that I have often overlooked in the past. Such developments, have made me think about how I can incorporate principles I have learned in the class in the past semester into my future in pharmaceutical chemistry. The newfound interest in economics as well as the realization in how valuable knowledge in that domain is has led me to consider pursuing an MBA degree in addition to the PharmD degree I intend on striving towards in the coming years.

THOUGHTS ON HIVE

HIVE has been an interesting learning experience in itself. It has provided me with an introduction to cryptocurrency, giving me an interactive way to acquire knowledge on this novel technology and way of investing without opening myself up to excessive risk. HIVE's low barrier for entry allows for virtually anybody to enter the blockchain space and learn about cryptocurrency. Also, HIVE is structured in such a way to incentivize original, insightful, impactful posts. Thus, I believe HIVE has real potential to grow in active users while continuously increasing the quality of content. I am excited to stay a member of the community and see what becomes of the platform in the coming years.

FUTURE ON HIVE

As for my future on HIVE, I plan to continue posting content to the platform, though it will no longer be related to class content, and will likely be less frequent than I have been publishing. I intend to continue to write about ideas, books, events, or general thoughts about the world. If nothing else, HIVE can serve as a personal log of mine, a portfolio of my writings, thoughts, and experiences -- something to look back upon in the future.