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The first time I heard the word “Bitcoin” was in 2016, after I asked a classmate from my Chinese course the slightly intrusive question “What do you do for a living?”.
He replied he was buying and selling “Bitcoins”, an answer I found puzzling, as I had absolutely no idea about cryptocurrencies. After further explanation, I understood it was a digital currency, the value of which is constantly fluctuating, but you cannot use it to purchase goods or services.
I have always been a sceptical person, and so quite naturally deemed Bitcoin as highly suspicious. It really sounded like a scam to me; it could not be that easy to earn money.
Socialist Revolution Is Underway in US: Author, Filmmaker Loudon
The United States is now in the midst of a communist revolution that seeks to centralize power through bringing every element of the U.S. government, from the lowest levels to the top, under the control of the executive branch, author and filmmaker Trevor Loudon says.
“Therefore, the independence of the legislature, the independence of the Supreme Court, the independence of the sheriffs and the police must all be destroyed, and the loyalty of the Army to the Constitution must be transferred to loyalty to the president,” Loudon said in an interview with The Epoch Times’ “Crossroads” program.
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This week we have a presentation by David Graeber on
debalie TV discussing how the study that became a famous book (Bullshit Jobs) came about.
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There are millions of people across the world who are toiling away in meaningless, unnecessary jobs, and they know it. Nevertheless they continue going to their work every day, continuing their ‘bullshit jobs’. Why?
The famous anthropologian David Graeber, one of the most radical political thinkers today, explores in his most recent book the phenomenon of ‘bullshit jobs.’ In De Balie he will present labour, capitalism and bureaucracy in a radical new light.
Twenty-two women architects and designers you should know
To mark International Women s Day, we asked 22 of the world s most inspirational women architects and designers to nominate another woman who should be better known for their work.
Each of the prominent architects and designers was asked to select a woman who they think deserves greater recognition.
Several chose to shine a light on historic figures who did not receive full recognition in their lifetimes, with MVRDV co-founder Nathalie de Vries, Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum and Neri&Hu co-founder Rossana Hu nominating Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak, Minnette de Silva and Lin Huiyin respectively.
Others took the opportunity to draw attention to a contemporary woman or women-led team that should be better known, with Camille Walala, Tatiana Bilbao, Dorte Mandrup and Eva Franch i Gilabert nominating Unscene Architecture, Taller Comunal, Marie-José Van Hee and V. Mitch McEwen respectively.