Episode 116 — Blockchain Beauty Contest

Ben and James discuss myths, culture, and blockchains — and yes, bubbles.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: Tulips, Myths, and Cryptocurrencies — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/tulips-myths-and-cryptocu…)

• Abhishek Chakravarty: The Product Manager’s guide to the Blockchain  — Medium (medium.com/the-time-of-the-product/the-product…)

• Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens (ynharari.com/book/sapiens)

• Fred Ehrsam: Blockchain Tokens and the dawn of the Decentralized Business Model — Coinbase Blog (blog.coinbase.com/app-coins-and-the-dawn-of-th…)

• Greeks are Rushing to Bitcoin — CNN (money.cnn.com/2015/06/29/technology/greece-bit…)

• Facebook accused of targeting ‘insecure’ children and young people, report says — Mashable (mashable.com/2017/04/30/facebook-leaked-report…)

• Ben Thompson: The Cost of Bitcoin — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2014/cost-bitcoin)

• Ben Thompson: Selling Feelings — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2015/selling-feelings)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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