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Sean King
@sean-king
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By education, I'm an attorney and a CPA. Interests presently include futurism, crypto, yoga, clear seeing, photography and my loves.
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2016-06-20 13:20
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yoga
5y
Avoidance is the Devil
“Meditation is how you convince yourself that you’re making a great journey while remaining safely in place. It’s easier to braid our legs like pretzels than to brave uncharted waters. That’s the fraud
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bitcoin
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Bitcoin Adoption Growing at 90% Per Year
HEREis a link to a great paper that estimates bitcoin’s core demand growth at a relatively consistent 90% per year since it originated, or nearly doubling every 12 months, with no signs of letting up.
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blockchain
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Puerto Rico Blockchain Week Starts Next Week!
I would like to invite you and all your friends and colleagues to attend the Puerto Rico Blockchain Association’s “HODL Here” conference: When: Monday, Dec 6th Where: Vivo Beach Club Cost: $400 Time:
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photography
5y
It’s a Woman’s World
“This is a man's world This is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing Nothing without a woman or a girl.” —Betty Jean Newsome and James Brown
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hive
5y
I’m Baaaaaccckkkk
After a three plus year hiatus, I’m back on Hive and will be posting here with more frequency. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and contributing to this ecosystem.
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pets
5y
Nico Living His Best Life
Nico Living His Best Life
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freedom
8y
On Freedom and (Un)Happiness
“Freedom is slavery” —George Orwell As a libertarian, one of my highest values, perhaps my very highest value, is personal freedom. But lately I’ve had cause to ponder to what extent others feel the same.
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philosophy
8y
Reasonable Minds Can Differ, and That’s Okay
One of the first things you learn in law school is the idea that reasonableness is a range, usually a broad one. Only on the far edges of that range does something become “unreasonable”. This is why convicting
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politics
8y
The Demise of the American Left
The American Left is in shambles. Many on the Left believe that blowback against Trump’s “craziness” makes retaking the Congress a cinch later this fall and the Presidency in 2020, but they actually have
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feminism
8y
On Masculinity and It’s Decline
Some insist that the world currently suffers from an excess of masculinity. But...is this really true? And, if there is an excess, then it’s an excess compared...to what? While there are some countries
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life
8y
On Intuition
Learning to distinguish true intuition from the ego’s BS is an incredibly nuanced skill that the vast majority don’t have. It’s a Master’s level discipline. Among the masses, the vast majority of those
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life
8y
On Confirmation Bias and How to Avoid It
All cognitive biases are difficult to manage because they are, for the most part, unconscious. One of the most challenging of such biases is confirmation bias, also known as “cherry picking”. This is the
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cryptocurrency
8y
Are “Immutable” Blockchains Actually More Corruptible?
Are “Immutable” Blockchains Actually More Corruptible?
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life
8y
Do You Want to Be Powerful or Empowered (Because You Can’t Have Both)?
“The best revenge is living well”, someone once said. So well, I might add, that one does not even think of her offender. And yet thinking of our offender seems to be about all that some in our society
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cryptocurrency
8y
I'm waiting for someone to eventually challenge cryptocurrency regulations on free speech grounds using something like the argument I made below in my formal comments opposing New York's "bitlicense" regulation.
FROM MY FORMAL BITLICENSE COMMENTS: Before getting into the details of your proposed regulations, and suggesting edits to them, it is important to first elaborate on what blockchain technologies
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life
8y
“If only”
“If only” may be two of the most dangerous words in the English language. I spent much of my 30s burdened by “if only.” If only I could pay off my debts, then I’d be happy. If only the twins were a little
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life
8y
Perspectives on Progress, Continued—The Environment
It’s become common in some circles to blame the very technological advances that have indisputably improved both quantity and quality of life for almost the entire planet with the Mother of All
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feminism
8y
With Great Responsibility Once Came Great Privilege
We’ve all heard the saying that “with great privilege comes great responsibility”, and it’s undoubtedly true, or at least it should be. But, isn’t the reverse also true? Shouldn’t those who bear great
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life
8y
More Perspectives on Progress
Yesterday we saw how GDP per capita has improved over the centuries and accelerated dramatically after The Enlightenment. Since higher GDP per capital correlates with a number of quality of life metrics,
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life
8y
Perspective on Progress (Continued)
Last week we saw how life spans all over the world have improved dramatically and consistently over thousands of years the while certain quality of life indicators—such as the frequency and extent of wars,
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