The Egg By: Andy Weir http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html —————————————————- You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save…
Evolution of Government: To understand the future of government, we first need to understand how governments evolved into what they are today. Thousands of years ago, the most primitive people grouped together in hordes. These small groups of people slept, ate, farmed, hunted & lived…
Essentially, the purpose of venture capital is to give startups the funding they need to execute their visions and reach a mass audience. Traditionally, venture capital is reserved for high risk, high reward, early-stage startups. A VC will provide money, as well as strategic advising…
Shortly after dropping out of college in 2011, I started working on a company called RoomBounce. At this point in time I didn’t have the design or development skills to fully execute a project on my own, so I took to the internet to find…
In the future, everything will be a “smart thing” – everything will collect data, from your shoes to your shirt to your contact lenses. This data will be used for analysis, and also to greatly improve & optimize your life. Bridge is a concept which…
Weekend Concept #1: Influence Coin: a decentralized, distributed social ad network. The concept behind Influence Coin is a decentralized, distributed cryptocurrency acting as an advertisement network. It uses a blockchain (or block tree) to validate ad spends, social influence & engagement velocity across the p2p network….
What Are CryptoCurrencies? A cryptocurrency is a peer to peer electronic cash equivalent. Unlike typical online financial transactions which involve commercial or government entities acting as the middle man or central authority, peer-to-peer currencies provide a way of moving value directly between two people in the same…
Okay, so you’re being investigated by the FBI or NSA or ATF and need to drop everything, time to disappear. They freeze all your assets, you can’t do anything – fully screwed. All you have are your bitcoins and the clothes on your back, what…
What is Money, and How Did it Get Here? Money evolved from barter. Barter is the process that happens between two people when they want to trade things of equal value. I have two chickens, you have some bread. Want to trade? Deal. Now, what if I…