Preface: I wrote this a few years ago when my father-in-law was dying of cancer. Quora seemed like the only place for it. Now I'm curious how Steemers will like it... Mustachioed dad and me (I'm the one

The last time I saw a band twice in a week was 1986. Hüsker Dü was and still is one of my favorite bands. The first and only time I saw a band I’d never heard of twice in one week was when JD McPherson

I originally proposed this idea with PayPal but it’s really better suited to Bitcoin / crypto. "The biggest barrier to full financial participation is not a lack of Wi-Fi—it’s a basic lack of knowledge

This is from a fascinating episode of the wonderful James Altucher Show podcast. "Privacy is not 'important': it is a necessary foundation for the existence of the human species. Privacy is something

Philosopher of technology (my appellation, not his) Vinay Gupta (@leashless) makes a very convincing case in the excellent Ether Review podcast below that: “We need to think much bigger, but we need to

That's to say: most people accept the conventional "wisdom": monopoly = evil, whereas capitalism = perfect competition = good/progress/"don't be evil", etc. "If you want to create