Olaf Carlson-Wee Application-specific tokens, or app-tokens, are built on top of existing general-purpose blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. For the first time, open-source project creators can directly monetize their open-source network. – Olaf Carlson-Wee Applicationspecific Quotes Apptokens Quotes Bitcoin Quotes Blockchains Quotes Built Quotes Creators Quotes Ethereum Quotes Existing Quotes Generalpurpose Quotes Monetize Quotes Network Quotes Opensource Quotes Project Quotes Time Quotes Tokens Quotes When decentralized blockchain protocols start displacing the centralized web services that dominate the current Internet, we’ll start to see real internet-based sovereignty. The future Internet will be decentralized. We are seeing entrepreneurs issuing their own blockchain-based tokens to raise money for their networks, sidestepping the traditional, exclusive world of venture capital altogether. The importance of this cannot be overstated – in this new world, there are no companies, just protocols.
Robert Zubrin Mars is key to humanity’s future in space. It is the closest planet that has all the resources needed to support life and technological civilization. Its complexity uniquely demands the skills of human explorers, who will pave the way for human settlers. – Robert Zubrin
John O'Keefe Science is the quintessential international endeavour, and the sterling reputation of the Nobel awards is partly due to the widely-perceived lack of national and other biases in the selection of the laureates. – John O’Keefe
Lennie James I went to an all boys’ school in South London and the only god was sport. – Lennie James
Mitski My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences. – Mitski
FutureGovernmentPeter Thiel When I moved to Cleveland, defense research was laying the foundations for the Internet. The Apollo program was just about to put a man on the moon – and it was Neil Armstrong, from right here in Ohio. The future felt limitless. But today, our government is broken. – Peter Thiel
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