Emilie Kormienko

Hard data on the prevalence of burnout is elusive since it’s not yet a clinical term separate from stress. Some researchers say that as few as 7% of professionals have been seriously impacted by burnout. But others have documented rates as high as 50% among medical residents and 85% among financial professionals.

Tokens can be fungible or non-fungible:  Fungible tokens are interchangeable (e.g., the US dollar, bitcoin).  Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique (e.g., a piece of art).  

Perhaps unsurprisingly, we found that the distribution of time-intensive household chores remains heavily skewed along traditional gender lines, even in households where both spouses work full time. Women are more likely to handle tasks that are time sensitive and occur frequently.

Tokens align network participants to work together toward a common goal — the growth of the network and the appreciation of the token.  This fixes the core problem of centralized networks, where the value is accumulated by one company, and the company ends up fighting its own users and partners.

Specifically, the franchise model allows businesses to monetize their brand equity and create new, high margin licensing products that provides leverage on its existing fixed costs. In the process, certain cost centers (like marketing spend) turn into revenue drivers (through trademark licensing). At this point, the business crosses the chasm of... See more

Thanks to the pioneering research of psychologist Christina Maslach and several collaborators, we know that burnout is a three-component syndrome that arises in response to chronic stressors on the job. Let’s examine each symptom—exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy—in turn.

If blockchains are like nation states, what can the crypto industry learn from international institutions like the UN, IMF and WTO?

 In the abundance driven world of the Internet, the dynamics for multiplayer retail change. Instead of increasing the retail distribution of a fungible brand, brand platforms must provide the tooling to adjust the geometry of a brand for specific pockets of demand. Web3 tools can enable more composability via the creation digital franchisees.