How do you explain blockchains and decentralization to someone so that their eyes don't glaze over? How can you get someone to actually understand blockchain technology, and why it matters? How can you

As you all know, from the Steemit article I wrote in Rolling Stone, I've started covering crypto and blockchain for the magazine whenever I can. Today, we broke new ground there, and did the first major

“You know, if I can gut it out for five more years, five billion people would have a different life.” Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock, says as he stands in the stern of his boat. Overstock, of course,

One of the most frustrating things about the mainstream is people pinning the success of this revolution on the price of bitcoin. They don't understand just how far-reaching the implications of the blockchain

One day, Bozo the Clown asked me to write about the time someone tried to assassinate him when he ran for President. It was cognitive overload. There was too much going on in that sentence: 1.) It was

“Kurt Cobain just committed suicide.” The voice on the other end of the phone was my Rolling Stone editor. “What!?” I exclaimed, shocked out of my sleep. “Turn the radio on! How quickly can you get to

This man right here told me he could kill me with his mind... For twenty-four years, the U.S. government had a spy program that involved psychics. And not just ordinary psychics, but often military veterans

Going to begin a new chapter in my Steemit adventures. And also give some of you something to help you forget about this week's crypto drop and keep your eye on the big picture... Last year was all about

“Fiction's about what it is to be a human being.” ― David Foster Wallace. While the first chapter gave us a small yet mysterious introduction to young Hal, the second chapter of Infinite Jest opens a window

We are happy to announce the successful launch of the second Steemit Book Club last Monday. It was a great meeting with a lot of new participants, interesting conversations, and unique perspectives. And

Welcome to the Steemit Book Club: The only online book club where you get paid to read great works! You may be shocked to hear that less than eight percent of those who started Ulysses finished it. Even

In this fascinating journey called Ulysses, we’ve witnessed James Joyce experiment with all sorts of writings styles, and this chapter was certainly no different. Catechism, in this occasion, was the style

In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus finally arrives home after a long and precarious journey. Once in Ithaca, he reunites with his son Telemachus at the place of a friendly swineherd named Eumaeus, who was always

“Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.” ― James Joyce Happy holidays and New Year from

“I was born anew, owner of my own darkness.” ― Pablo Neruda In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus washed ashore on the land of the Phaeacians after his ship has wrecked in the Ocean. Exhausted and dehydrated he

"A nation? says Bloom. A nation is the same people living in the same place." — James Joyce, Ulysses. Chapter twelve opens at 5pm with an unnamed, first-person narrator describing the events

NOTE FROM NEIL: A special shout-out to @the-alien for writing and researching this post in the middle of a local emergency, where he has no electricity or cell service. It is yet another sign of his incredible

‹ "It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss

“There's a man going around taking names And he decides who to free and who to blame Everybody won't be treated all the same There'll be a golden ladder reaching down When the man comes around” – Johnny

First of all, hello from Amsterdam. It has been amazing to meet fellow Steemians and Steemit Book Club members here. It’s such a great community of people, with so many diverse interests yet so much in