Who's Afraid Of A Crypto Utopia?

These men — because they are almost exclusively men — have a plan for what to do with the wealth: They want to build a crypto utopia, a new city where the money is virtual and the contracts are all public, to show the rest of the world what a crypto future could look like.

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THE BAD PLACE DID THEY ASK PUERTO RICANS ABOUT THIS? Making A Crypto Utopia In Puerto Rico nytimes.com These men — because they are almost exclusively men — have a plan for what to do with the wealth: They want to build a crypto utopia, a new city where the money is virtual and the contracts are all public, to show the rest of the world what a crypto future could look like. 'HATEFUL RABBIT HOLES' 'Fiction Is Outperforming Reality': How YouTube's Algorithm Distorts Truth theguardian.com An ex-YouTube insider reveals how its recommendation algorithm promotes divisive clips and conspiracy videos. DAY ZERO IS COMING What Happens In Cape Town After It Runs Out Of Water? citylab.com Most of the city's water is supplied by dams. The dams are currently three-quarters empty.On the day the dam levels reach 13.5 percent of their capacity (known otherwise as "Day Zero"), the city's taps will be shut off. According to the City of Cape Town's projection, Day Zero will fall in April. WALLETS WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Is Not A Wallet For Hoarders ridgewallet.com Is your wallet the width of a meatball sub? Time to simplify. The Ridge Wallet is a slim, RFID-blocking wallet that will hold up to 12 cards and has a modular design for easy access. They're made from aluminum, titanium or carbon fiber and come with a lifetime guarantee. THE WEEK IN PICTURES PICTURE THIS The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com 2,000 days on Mars with the Curiosity Rover, chilling images of people caught trying to escape East Germany, and what our houses look like once humans are gone. A SPIRAL IN PEGASUS The Week's Coolest Space Images digg.com Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week. A REAL BROWN-NOSER Piers Morgan Tweets Drawing Of Him Eating Donald Trump's Ass Not Once, Not Twice, But Three Times digg.com Just before you thought you might escape this week, British talk show host Piers Morgan got extremely mad online about a certain illustration depicting him and Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America. IT'S SUPERB OWL TIME BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A WALL Unpacking Forty Years Of Fandom For A Losing Team longreads.com Kevin Sampsell examines his love of football — and a team that's never won a Super Bowl. DON'T FORGET ABOUT DOUG WILLIAMS The Quarterback Behind The Most Prolific Quarter In Playoff History theundefeated.com Thirty years ago, Doug Williams directed the greatest offensive performance in a single quarter in playoff history to become the first black quarterback to win the Super Bowl. THE BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD CODEBREAKER The Glorious Gridiron Cryptowars Imagined By A 1970s NSA Employee slate.com Alongside commentary about the Soviet Union and some complicated-looking puzzles, the January 1976 issue of the NSA's staff magazine contained a tongue-in-cheek article titled "Football & Cryptology." The author's name is still classified, but given that headline, it's reasonable to assume that whoever wrote it was an NSA codebreaker. VIDEO OF THE DAY WOOD YOU BELIEVE IT? Whetstone Master Turns A Block Of Wood Into A Really Sharp Knife digg.com Yes, this knife is sharp enough to cut and peel hard vegetables. And it's 100% wood. FROM THE DIGG STORE Get 75% Off One Of Our Favorite VPNs store.digg.com This lifetimeVPN Unlimited subscription protects both your Wi-Fi and cellular connections, secures your online activity, and bypasses web content restrictions. Plus, it's the lowest price it's ever been. The Super Bowl is cool. You know what's cooler? Sleeping the entire weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why you should be that person and get a second monitor, how kitchen appliances turned into power tools and what we should do with cows if we all go vegetarian.

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FRUITS OF WHOSE LABOR? WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK More Screens Will Make You More Productive, And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why you should be that person and get a second monitor, how kitchen appliances turned into power tools and what we should do with cows if we all go vegetarian. TOP NOTCH The iPhone X Is Apple's Underrated Masterpiece theverge.com Apple showed genuine courage in going for such a radical redesign, and users are loving it so far STEALING HIS FUTURE This Kid Became A Debtor Before He Could Count buzzfeed.com Here's what happens when your mom or dad steals your identity. SOFTWARE WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Software Helps You Harness Your Data To Make Smarter Decisions grow.com Grow.com is a dashboard software that aggregates all of your data in one place and helps you visualize and distill quick, actionable items. Grow helps your business get enterprise-quality insights without the enterprise price tag. GETTING OUR PHIL Why We're Drawn To Time Loop Stories Like 'Groundhog Day' digg.com Which stories involving time loops do interesting things, and which just give us the same old ideas again? Let Fan Service help you sort them out. HOW'D WE GET HERE? THE FARM KING OF BEVERLY HILLS A Kingdom From Dust story.californiasunday.com Stewart Resnick is the biggest farmer in the United States, a fact he has tried to keep hidden while he has shaped what we eat, transformed California's landscape, and ruled entire towns. THE MORMONS WELCOME YOU TO UTAH ISLAND A Physical Map Of Faith In America digg.com What if land mass were determined by the number of people in an area that believed in a higher power? Here's what the US would look like. A BIG FAT GREEK ATLANTIC CROSSING Did Ancient Greeks Sail To Canada? hakaimagazine.com Researchers think Plutarch's "De Facie" tells the tale of Greek sailors making the treacherous transatlantic crossing. They dug into the science to show how it could have happened. 'IT'S A STEP BACK FROM WHERE WE WERE' What Amazon Does To Poor Cities theatlantic.com The debate over Amazon's HQ2 obscures the company's rapid expansion of warehouses in low-income areas. VIDEO OF THE DAY 'SHOULD WE GO TO COMMERCIAL?' Alex Trebek Mercilessly Mocks Jeopardy! Contestants When They Can't Answer A Single Football Question digg.com Jeopardy! contestants: Good at trivia, bad at sports. IN THE NEWS Trump Claims On Twitter That FBI, DOJ Favor Democrats Nunes Memo Expected To Be Released Today Judge Rules That Tinder Plus' Pricing Structure Discriminates Against Older Users Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks Of Winter FROM THE DIGG STORE This Neuroscience-Based Music App Boosts Productivity store.digg.com Focus@Will has over 50 channels of scientifically optimized music to help you focus. In fact, the program been proven to increase attention span and increase your productivity by 400%. We have also seen our shadows and we will be staying in bed for 6 more weeks. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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