Watching Gold and Blockchain as the Empires Rise and Fall
"For in an organism the parts exist for the sake of the whole and are subordinate to it; they must be sacrificed if necessary for the welfare of the whole." Carroll Quigley
Like fingers closing into a fist, true power emerges when many move as one. Electromagnetic media — radio, television, internet, blockchain — compresses time and space, bypassing handwritten messages crossing bridges to the next village, paying the trolls' fees, as they lie wait to extract at every crossing. Elaine~
The most dangerous moment in any great institution is the morning after the last real builder dies. Elaine~
... the merchants are once again building money they can trust. Hold the token and ride the arc. Hold the gold coin and outlive every arc. Elaine~
Elaine Diane Taylor 