neilstrauss(25)•in #cryptocurrency•2684 days agoHow to Explain Blockchain So Newbies Really Get ItHow do you explain blockchains and decentralization to someone so that their eyes don't glaze over? How can you get someone to actually understand blockchain te...49neilstrauss(25)•in cryptocurrency•2684 days agoHow to Explain Blockchain So Newbies Really Get ItHow do you explain blockchains and decentralization to someone so that their eyes don't glaze over? How can you get someone to actually understand blockchain te...49
neilstrauss(25)•in #cryptocurrency•2727 days agoTen Days With Brock Pierce: EOS, Puerto Rico, Giving Away His Entire Crypto Fortune, and Burning Man Meets BlockchainAs you all know, from the Steemit article I wrote in Rolling Stone, I've started covering crypto and blockchain for the magazine whenever I can. Today, we broke...109neilstrauss(25)•in cryptocurrency•2727 days agoTen Days With Brock Pierce: EOS, Puerto Rico, Giving Away His Entire Crypto Fortune, and Burning Man Meets BlockchainAs you all know, from the Steemit article I wrote in Rolling Stone, I've started covering crypto and blockchain for the magazine whenever I can. Today, we broke...109
carneasadafilms(25)•in #introduceyourself•2825 days agoI WAS PEN PALS WITH BUKOWSKI AND KICKED VIN DIESEL'S ASSDear Steemits, You don't know me. I’m just a regular guy who’s figured out clever ways to make his dreams come true. Here are a few examples: BECOMING A SCREENW...62carneasadafilms(25)•in introduceyourself•2825 days agoI WAS PEN PALS WITH BUKOWSKI AND KICKED VIN DIESEL'S ASSDear Steemits, You don't know me. I’m just a regular guy who’s figured out clever ways to make his dreams come true. Here are a few examples: BECOMING A SCREENW...62
neilstrauss(25)•in #cryptocurrency•2861 days agoHow The Blockchain Can End World Poverty“You know, if I can gut it out for five more years, five billion people would have a different life.” Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock, says as he stands in ...42neilstrauss(25)•in cryptocurrency•2861 days agoHow The Blockchain Can End World Poverty“You know, if I can gut it out for five more years, five billion people would have a different life.” Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock, says as he stands in ...42
neilstrauss(25)•in #cryptocurrency•2861 days agoOverstock CEO talks Steemit, Poverty, and The BlockchainOne of the most frustrating things about the mainstream is people pinning the success of this revolution on the price of bitcoin. They don't understand just how...14neilstrauss(25)•in cryptocurrency•2861 days agoOverstock CEO talks Steemit, Poverty, and The BlockchainOne of the most frustrating things about the mainstream is people pinning the success of this revolution on the price of bitcoin. They don't understand just how...14
neilstrauss(25)•in #life•2907 days agoThat one time Bozo the Clown ran for President and almost got assassinated in Dallas (a true story, as told to me by Bozo himself)One day, Bozo the Clown asked me to write about the time someone tried to assassinate him when he ran for President. It was cognitive overload. There was too mu...50neilstrauss(25)•in life•2907 days agoThat one time Bozo the Clown ran for President and almost got assassinated in Dallas (a true story, as told to me by Bozo himself)One day, Bozo the Clown asked me to write about the time someone tried to assassinate him when he ran for President. It was cognitive overload. There was too mu...50
neilstrauss(25)•in #music•2915 days agoTHE TRUE STORY OF THE DEATH OF KURT COBAIN“Kurt Cobain just committed suicide.” The voice on the other end of the phone was my Rolling Stone editor. “What!?” I exclaimed, shocked out of my sleep. “Turn ...699neilstrauss(25)•in music•2915 days agoTHE TRUE STORY OF THE DEATH OF KURT COBAIN“Kurt Cobain just committed suicide.” The voice on the other end of the phone was my Rolling Stone editor. “What!?” I exclaimed, shocked out of my sleep. “Turn ...699
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neilstrauss(25)•in #elonmusk•2943 days agoElon Musk: The Unedited, Uncensored Version of My Rolling Stone Cover StoryGoing to begin a new chapter in my Steemit adventures. And also give some of you something to help you forget about this week's crypto drop and keep your eye on...560neilstrauss(25)•in elonmusk•2943 days agoElon Musk: The Unedited, Uncensored Version of My Rolling Stone Cover StoryGoing to begin a new chapter in my Steemit adventures. And also give some of you something to help you forget about this week's crypto drop and keep your eye on...560
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3215 days agoRequiem for a Dream: Session Two of the Second Steemit Book Club, Plus Details for Session Threehttp://i65.tinypic.com/25fu3yt.png “Fiction's about what it is to be a human being.” ― David Foster Wallace. While the first chapter gave us a small yet mysteri...20neilstrauss(25)•in books•3215 days agoRequiem for a Dream: Session Two of the Second Steemit Book Club, Plus Details for Session Threehttp://i65.tinypic.com/25fu3yt.png “Fiction's about what it is to be a human being.” ― David Foster Wallace. While the first chapter gave us a small yet mysteri...20
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3222 days agoInfinite Jest: First Session of the Second Steemit Book Club, Plus Details for Session 2http://i63.tinypic.com/alovpu.jpg We are happy to announce the successful launch of the second Steemit Book Club last Monday. It was a great meeting with a lot ...4neilstrauss(25)•in books•3222 days agoInfinite Jest: First Session of the Second Steemit Book Club, Plus Details for Session 2http://i63.tinypic.com/alovpu.jpg We are happy to announce the successful launch of the second Steemit Book Club last Monday. It was a great meeting with a lot ...4
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3242 days agoPenelope: The Final Session of the “Ulysses” Era of the Steemit Book Club (Session 19)http://i63.tinypic.com/2h3bzna.png Welcome to the Steemit Book Club: The only online book club where you get paid to read great works! You may be shocked to hea...14neilstrauss(25)•in books•3242 days agoPenelope: The Final Session of the “Ulysses” Era of the Steemit Book Club (Session 19)http://i63.tinypic.com/2h3bzna.png Welcome to the Steemit Book Club: The only online book club where you get paid to read great works! You may be shocked to hea...14
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3252 days agoPsychological Monsters: Session 18 of the Steemit Book Clubhttp://i63.tinypic.com/10rpz6g.png In this fascinating journey called Ulysses, we’ve witnessed James Joyce experiment with all sorts of writings styles, and thi...6neilstrauss(25)•in books•3252 days agoPsychological Monsters: Session 18 of the Steemit Book Clubhttp://i63.tinypic.com/10rpz6g.png In this fascinating journey called Ulysses, we’ve witnessed James Joyce experiment with all sorts of writings styles, and thi...6
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3267 days agoReturn of the Wanderer: Session 17 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 18http://i66.tinypic.com/14l6io9.png In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus finally arrives home after a long and precarious journey. Once in Ithaca, he reunites with his s...9neilstrauss(25)•in books•3267 days agoReturn of the Wanderer: Session 17 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 18http://i66.tinypic.com/14l6io9.png In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus finally arrives home after a long and precarious journey. Once in Ithaca, he reunites with his s...9
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3295 days agoThe Birth of Language: Session 15 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 16http://i66.tinypic.com/28mfwp3.jpg “Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading publ...7neilstrauss(25)•in books•3295 days agoThe Birth of Language: Session 15 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 16http://i66.tinypic.com/28mfwp3.jpg “Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading publ...7
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3312 days agoA New Bloom: Session 14 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 15http://i65.tinypic.com/kaj5f.png “I was born anew, owner of my own darkness.” ― Pablo Neruda In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus washed ashore on the land of the Phaea...6neilstrauss(25)•in books•3312 days agoA New Bloom: Session 14 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 15http://i65.tinypic.com/kaj5f.png “I was born anew, owner of my own darkness.” ― Pablo Neruda In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus washed ashore on the land of the Phaea...6
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3321 days agoYou Can’t Argue with Cyclops: Session 13 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 14http://i64.tinypic.com/b7ang4.jpg "A nation? says Bloom. A nation is the same people living in the same place." — James Joyce, Ulysses. Chapter twelve opens at ...9neilstrauss(25)•in books•3321 days agoYou Can’t Argue with Cyclops: Session 13 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 14http://i64.tinypic.com/b7ang4.jpg "A nation? says Bloom. A nation is the same people living in the same place." — James Joyce, Ulysses. Chapter twelve opens at ...9
neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3325 days agoA Song of Sirens: Session 12 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 13http://i64.tinypic.com/5wy2jo.jpg NOTE FROM NEIL: A special shout-out to @the-alien for writing and researching this post in the middle of a local emergency, wh...6neilstrauss(25)•in books•3325 days agoA Song of Sirens: Session 12 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 13http://i64.tinypic.com/5wy2jo.jpg NOTE FROM NEIL: A special shout-out to @the-alien for writing and researching this post in the middle of a local emergency, wh...6
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neilstrauss(25)•in #books•3343 days agoThe Ghost Versus the Machine: Session 10 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 11http://i64.tinypic.com/28rziba.png “There's a man going around taking names And he decides who to free and who to blame Everybody won't be treated all the same ...7neilstrauss(25)•in books•3343 days agoThe Ghost Versus the Machine: Session 10 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 11http://i64.tinypic.com/28rziba.png “There's a man going around taking names And he decides who to free and who to blame Everybody won't be treated all the same ...7
