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Do Epsom Salt Baths Actually Work?

Thinking of an epsom salt bath? Science writer Paul Ingraham couldn't find a single scientific paper on the effects of epsom salt on body pain. The Epsom Salt C...

VR Pioneer Lanier Calls for an End to Google and Facebook Advertising Model

Prophets hail from from unexpected places, in this case the multidisciplinary halls of Microsoft Research. >"We cannot have a society in which if two people wis...

Privacy: How to Take it Back

>The good news is there are plenty of alternatives right now to Facebook and the other applications we use. by A. Horrigan April 12, 2018 It is now clear that F...

Snake Oil Video In Light of Facebook

In light of the recent Facebook scandal, here's a delightful video on the origins of "snake oil," courtesy of Consumer Reports. Snake oil led to the formation o...

Crypto-Millionaires in Puerto Rico Need to Do More to Help, Say Locals

by A. Horrigan April 3, 2018 This is such a stunning article about Puerto Rico, by Naomi Klein in the Intercept. It outlines the forces that are rapidly transfo...

Mark Zuckerberg's Next Internet Tapeworm Idea: Establish a World Supreme Court

by A. Horrigan April 2, 2018 Ezra Klein asks excellent questions in this probing interview with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg published today on Vox.com, save for ...

Blockchain's Simple Economics

A new paper out of MIT and the University of Toronto offers a bird's-eye view of blockchain economics, defined by greater network efficiency and a decentralized...

John Oliver: "Cryptocurrencies are everything you don't understand about money combined with..."

John Oliver explains it all— cryptocurrencies are everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about computers. htt...

Tokens, Spider Webs and the Law: Interview with Joshua Klayman, Leading Blockchain Lawyer

by A. Horrigan 11-Mar-2018 >These are show notes from a live interview on WPKN radio with guest Joshua Ashley Klayman, hosted by Jim Motavalli and Alice Horriga...

Dash Cryptocurrency: Interview with Amanda B. Johnson on WPKN Radio

by A. Horrigan 10-Mar-2018 >These are show notes from a live interview on WPKN radio with Amanda B. Johnson, hosted by Jim Motavalli and Alice Horrigan and aire...

Rest in Peace, John Perry Barlow

by A. Horrigan 9 Feb 2018 Rest in peace, John Perry Barlow, who helped define written software code as free speech guaranteed by the United States First Amendme...

Andreas Antonopoulos Sees Separation of Money and State, using Bitcoin and Blockchain; Perils of a Centralized Cashless Society (Podcast Show Notes)

Show Notes for podcast by A. Horrigan 30-Jan-2018 >These are show notes from a live interview with Andreas Antonopoulos, conducted by Jim Motavalli and Alice Ho...

When Will Cryptocurrency Feel Like PayPal?

by A. Horrigan 19-Jan-2018 I recently asked a food truck vendor in my home town if he accepts bitcoin, and he replied, “No, but I’d really like to see one." The...

Recruitment Software Company Actively Promotes Age Discrimination

by A. Horrigan Dec 8, 2017 Recruitment software maker iCIMS is openly promoting ageism on LinkedIn, saying older workers aren't as creative, adaptable and indep...

Time Well Spent: A New Org of Tech Insiders is Here to Help us Take Control of Our Phones--And Our Minds

Former student of the benign-sounding Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab and ex Google product manager Tristan Harris says persuasive technology is anything but...

These Coins Weigh a Ton, Yet Are a Lot Like Bitcoin -- Excellent Documentary Short, "The Future of Money"

Here is a superb documentary short by Quartz, in collaboration with Retro Report, explaining bitcoin in a fascinating and understandable way. It starts off with...

Steemit Open Mic Gains Momentum with New Judges, 420 Steem in Prizes, for the Next Bob Dylan and Carole King: How to Participate

by A. Horrigan 8-Oct-2017 The Steemit OpenMic music competition recently named five official judges, and I've been starting to take a closer look at how the who...

Original Award Winning Song: "Growing Up" by Madeline Horrigan

>"I try to listen to my heart, but it’s hard to, in all the distractions." My 19-year-old daughter's award-winning song has a lot to say about growing up in thi...

Original Song: "Say What You Want to Say" by Madeline Horrigan (live performance)

Here is my daughter Madeline, now 19 but she was 18 here, singing one if her wonderful original songs, "Say What You Want to Say." One of these days I'll get he...

Crypocurrency’s Back-End: Why the Bubble is All About Usability

by A. Horrigan" 1-Oct-2017 The headlines warn that cryptocurrency is a bubble soon to burst, a fear stoked in part by China’s recent ban on initial coin offerin...