Now that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have plummeted from last year's absurdly high valuations, the techno-utopian mystique of so-called distributed-ledger technologies should be next. The promise to cure the world's ills through "decentralization" was just a ruse to separate retail investors from their hard-earned real money.
Arab countries have a long history of rewarding journalists who toe the official line, while punishing those, like the disappeared Saudi commentator Jamal Khashoggi, who dare to speak truth to power. And the United States has a long history of arming their oppressors.
shows that the wisdom of technological restraint dates back to the dawn of Western civilization.
condemns governments that repress independent journalists – and those that stand by and let it happen.
touts a new book explaining the role that psychology played in the economic disasters of the past decade.
deconstructs the myth that distributed-ledger technologies will change the world for the better.
thinks paranoia and insecurity often compel dictators to disregard fact in favor of conspiracy theories.
and PS Associate Editor Greg Bruno discuss a polarizing fact of life.
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