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  • Is Bitcoin Environmentally Friendly?

    Web3 & Bitcoin

    Is Bitcoin Environmentally Friendly?

    This article is an original entry in the 2013 essay contest organized by Bitren and was first published on the Bitren forum, so it did not debut on my blog. At first I thought I stood no chance of winning any prize, so last night I casually posted it on the blog; unexpectedly, it still won the second-place grand prize. Because I reposted it half a day early (to Babbitt), I have voluntarily deducted 10% of the prize money as punishment, and here I would like to apologize to and thank the Bitren website. 1. Does Bitcoin waste resources? Bitcoin’s proof-of-work mechanism, that is, the so-called “mining,” is often criticized:…

    technologyWeb3valueBitcoin
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  • Some Thoughts on the Future of Energy

    AI & the Future of Technology

    Some Thoughts on the Future of Energy

      Today the science-technology-philosophy group discussed energy issues. I’ve jotted down some thoughts here. The present energy system cannot possibly be sustained forever; within a few decades major adjustments will have to be made, and this is beyond dispute. But how exactly to adjust it, and how to anticipate and act, remain questions to be explored. The usual modern Western mode of imagining things is Christian + classical mechanics. By the Christian mode of imagining, I mean a messianic complex: the belief that human beings will eventually be saved, that our fallenness and incompetence do not really matter, and that there will always be some savior who comes to save…

    philosophytechnologyHeideggerpolitics
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