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European telecommunication network connected over Europe, France, Germany, UK, Italy, concept about internet and global communication technology for finance, blockchain or IoT, elements from NASA

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post

Author
News
Date
July 10, 2023

Categorized
Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Big Tech, Blockchain, Blockchain (and NFTs), COSM, COSM 2019, cryptocurrencies, Global money, Internet Architecture, Robert J. Marks, William Dembski}

Can Crypto Reverse the Tech Decline?

_{Listen to a 2019 COSM panel on crypto and the blockchain} _{News

July 10, 2023

1

Cryptocurrency}

For today’s featured COSM video, enjoy this panel from the 2019 conference on cryptocurrencies, the blockchain, and its potential for the tech world. The panel explores the future of cryptocurrency/blockchain technologies, and considers the implications for global money, global security, and internet architecture. We’ve been sharing a number of lectures from past COSM conferences. This video is just one of many you can find at the Bradley Center’s YouTube page. There you’ll find several lectures, interviews, and panels dealing with issues that range from economics, Big Tech, and artificial intelligence. Notable speakers include 2022 Kyoto Prize winner Carver Mead, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, and George Gilder, co-founder of Discovery Institute and author of Life After Capitalism: The Meaning of Wealth, the Future of the Economy, and Read More ›

ChatGPT Chat concept AI, Artificial Intelligence. businessman using technology smart robot AI, enter command prompt, contact for business information analysis, Futuristic technology transformation.

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks and Jeffrey Funk
Date
March 16, 2023

Tagged
AI, AI Chatbot BARD, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, Blockchain (and NFTs), ChatGPT, Google, Jeffrey Funk, metaverse, Robert J. Marks, startups, Web3}

Jeffrey Funk on AI, Startups, and Big Tech

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March 16, 2023

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In this podcast episode, technology consultant and author Jeffrey Funk joins Robert J. Marks to talk about the artificial intelligence industry, how it’s used by Big Tech, and AI’s exaggerated hype. How do we respond to AI when technology is changing every year? Additional Resources

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post

Author
News
Date
December 3, 2021

Categorized
Business and Finance, Economics

Tagged
Blockchain (and NFTs), Cryptocurrencies (and NFTs), Ethereum, Featured, Gas fees (and NFTs), George Gilder (on NFTs), Jules Urbach, NFTs (and uniqueness), Non-fungible token (NFT), Solana, William Dembski}

NFTs: Can They Help You Sell Digital Memorabilia Online?

_{Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) like Jack Dorsey’s first tweet or Michael Cohen’s prison badge are creating a new market with a need for new rules} _{News

December 3, 2021

5

Business and Finance, Economics}

At COSM 2021,William Dembski, a mathematician and philosopher who studies cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), offered some thoughts on whether NFTs (non-fungible tokens) can help artists and other creators make a living selling their work on the internet. Are NFTs just “rat poison squared,” as Warren Buffett calls cryptocurrencies? Well, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold for a reported $2.9 million. It’s complex but navigable. According to Dembski, it might be a way forward. But there are pitfalls. The non-tech part is easy to understand. Just as internet-based subscription services like Substack offer a way for talented writers to make a good living free from censorious mediocrities, so NFTs might help artists market their work in Read More ›

NFT Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs are unique assets that cannot be replicated underpinned by blockchain technology

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post

Author
News
Date
August 16, 2021

Categorized
Business and Finance

Tagged
Bernard Fickser, Blockchain (and NFTs), Cryptocurrencies (as fungible tokens), Digital signatures (and value), Featured, NFTs (and fiat currency), Non-fungible tokens (value), Ownership (and NFTs), Scarcity, Value (in economics)}

What Makes NFTs Valuable? What Does It Mean To Own One?

_{In the case of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain, actual ownership with legal standing is never in fact transferred for the underlying digital file} _{News

August 16, 2021

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Business and Finance}

Introduction: At Expensivity.com, Bernard Fickser explains that a non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique token in cryptography that represents, say, real estate or art rather than money. Because the tokens have unique identities (non-fungible), they can be bought or sold while reducing the risk of fraud. So how do they work?: The series is called How Non-Fungible Tokens Work: NFTs Explained, Debunked, and Legitimized (July 30, 2021). In Part 5, we looked at how scarcity, central to the economic value of works of art, can be created in the digital world, where copying is generally quite easy. Now, we look at what makes NFTs valuable and what it means to own them: 6 Value and Ownership of NFTs In this Read More ›