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In the 1600s, the English philosopher and statesman, Francis Bacon, coined the term “Knowledge is power” which became the maxim for the enlightened age.
In the 21th century, our appetite for information (for knowledge) has become somewhat insatiable. And feeding this hunger is the mechanism of easily accessible data, which has become the new livestream that connects much of what we do.
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On May 22, 2010, with the aid of counterparty, the purchase was finalized for the price of 10,000 bitcoins. Despite how that may go over today, Laszlo had become the first person to acquire goods through the use of cryptocurrency.
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In 1979, Steve Jobs had taken a trip to Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. It is here he would be given a new vision of the personal computer: One that uses a Graphical user interface along with a curious input device. What the Apple CEO had discovered was the computer mouse, the brainchild of computer and internet pioneer, Douglas Engelbart.
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In the midst of a collaborative effort on “short-link” radio technology, Jim Kardach, an Intel employee, was reading Frans G. Bengtsson’s “The Long Ships” when he came across a nickname for Harald Gormsson.
According to legend, the Danish King had a conspicuously bad tooth that appeared blue, earning him the moniker Harald Bluetooth.
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Technology bubbles are not so uncommon. They usually form around new innovations, whose potentials invite speculation. The transition to electricity experienced its own bubble, as did the invention of television. And recently there are talks of a bubble in the cryptocurrency space.