In 2021, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele described himself as “the coolest dictator in the world” on Twitter. If Bukele limited his eccentricity to Twitter, such a declaration would cause about as much harm as Elon Musk’s memes. However, between planning to promote Bitcoin in Miami while chaos consumes his country at home and exploiting […]
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Cryptocurrency: The Modern Pyramid Scheme
Investing in cryptocurrencies is advertised like a trip to Vegas—are you going to win big or blow it all? While this concept glamorizes and attracts many potential investors, it is just glamour. At best, investing in both cryptocurrencies or NFTs is like supporting your local Herbalife distributor and joining at the bottom of a pyramid […]
The Politics of Code: An Exploration of Technological Activism
“Slacktivism” has become a common term to reference individual efforts to use social media platforms as a means of political activism. This is often further characterized by inaction other than sharing political opinions on social media. As a result, people have stopped viewing technology as something with innate political utility but instead see it as […]
The Digital Gold
When I was very young, my parents always indulged me before bed with exotic folktales every night before sleep, coaxing me to sleep with stories of great adventure. Of all these stories, the one I found most fascinating was “Ali Baba and Forty Thieves.” “Open Sesame!” a magic word that opens the gate to measureless gold, […]