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The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
The document explores the significance of pursuing knowledge for its own sake, emphasizing the value of intellectual freedom and the unexpected benefits that can arise from curiosity-driven research.
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Are Blockchains Decentralized? Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers
The report investigates the true decentralization of blockchains, highlighting various forms of centralization, vulnerabilities in consensus protocols, and the implications for security and immutability in networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
blog.trailofbits.comintegrity of the system is more important than the truth of one case.
Vibeke Norgaard Martin • 101 Things I Learned® in Law School
“The truth shrinks as the crowd grows.
In a large meeting at work, people hold back their honest opinions. The resulting conversation offends the fewest people but is often not the truth.
Smaller groups are more likely to find truth than larger ones.”
In a large meeting at work, people hold back their honest opinions. The resulting conversation offends the fewest people but is often not the truth.
Smaller groups are more likely to find truth than larger ones.”
David Brooks • Your Mental Diet
Mark Bartling
linkedin.comJonas Mirbeth’s contribution looks at West Berlin’s 1969 university reforms, specifically Protokoll und Protest in lectures by Klaus Heinrich. Here, we glimpse protocol colliding with politics: student protesters and a dissident professor challenging the official meeting minutes and procedures of an education reform — essentially fighting the syste
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