Democracy for the 21st Century: Using Blockchain to Revitalize Our Governments
The dawn of the 21st century has seen the rapid modernization of various sectors of society. Technological advancements spurred by the growth of the internet have revitalized everything from travel to healthcare to education, improving the lives of countless individuals
Why the Fed Should Embrace Stablecoins, the Greatest Threat to Traditional Centralized Banking
Stablecoins have moved into the pole position to replace traditional cryptocurrencies as the digital currency of the future. This development has caught the attention of the central banks, who have been calling for the Fed to immediately implement restrictions and
Blockchain Visualized
"Blockchain Visualized" is a mind-map style review of the blockchain field. This interactive visual overview includes introductory articles, seminal papers, community websites, company white papers, and other useful resources for navigating the blockchain space. Your browser is not able to display
Why It’s Not Time for Blockchain Voting (Yet)
It’s a chilly Tuesday morning at the start of November. You get out of bed to inevitably check your phone, and a slew of notifications reminds you that today is Election Day. Reminiscing about the distant times of chaotic, hour-long
Establishing a “Bottom-Up” Industry: A New Regulatory Framework Towards Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency is no longer the obscure, esoteric concept once associated with finance nerds, market enthusiasts, and message-board techies. After the seminal 2009 paper written by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto about the prospect of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (the most famous and valuable
Why We Don’t Have Real-life “Avengers” (yet): The Technology Problem in Emergency Response
Why don’t our firefighters have iron man suits? What’s stopping the innovation in robotics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies from reaching first responders? This article goes over some of the roadblocks making it difficult for new technology to get into
The Age of Peak Journalism?
Journalism’s value to consumers has decreased dramatically, even as its role in society has become increasingly important. Traditional media companies are struggling to get by, as they compete to stay relevant in the attention economy dominated by social media giants.
COVID-19 and Technology: A New Age for Clinical Trials
COVID-19 has accelerated the technological and administrative innovation of clinical trials. The RECOVERY trial — responsible for discrediting the hydroxychloroquine treatment and demonstrating the efficacy of the steroid dexamethasone — heralds this paradigm shift. Former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf discusses
Showcasing the Crown Education Challenge Finalists
In March, we announced our partnership with the Crown Education Challenge to showcase the 30 finalists of the inaugural 2020 Crown Education Challenge, “Hope during a Pandemic,” selected from over 1600 submission received from elementary, middle, and high schools across
A More Perfect Union: Technology and Democracy
Technology is at center of the 2020 election. Misinformation, polarization, and extremism are spreading across social media platforms and undermining the civic process. With our democracy at stake, we must identify how platforms enable these threats, and how we as