Subscribe to Paramendra Bhagat
Paramendra BhagatAmazon Was Web 1
Amazon was a bookstore. But it was not Barnes & Noble digitized. You still got physical books in the mail. What was amazing was the largeness of the offering that simply was not possible in any physical store. This was new. Amazon was launched at a time when you had to be patient and a photo would download. Now Amazon is an everything store. It even sells movies. In fact, it has become a behemoth to disrupt. Web 3 wants to disrupt Amazon, and Google, and Facebook, and Microsoft, and Apple. Ye...
Paramendra BhagatDefeating Putin In Donbas Is The Cheap, Easy Option
As I follow Zelensky in this war, I am constantly reminded of this book I read just a few months ago. At that time there was no inkling of Putin’s invasion. I read the book because I am perennially interested in Abraham Lincoln’s life and work. Lincoln was not even a soldier. It was not a war he had chosen. He became a student of war in the White House. And because his instincts were right, and he stood on the side of justice and liberty, he seems to have made all sorts of right war moves. If...
Paramendra BhagatTo Seek Only A Military Solution Is Dangerous
In eastern Ukraine, to seek only a military solution is dangerous. I admire the work of military strategists, intelligence officials, and governments who have stepped into supplying the needed hardware. Most of all I admire the brave men and women of the Ukrainian military who make the ultimate sacrifice daily. But we can never lose sight of the larger purpose and the higher ground. Ultimately this is about peace, liberty, and justice. Eisenhower warned of the “military-industrial complex.” H...
<100 subscribers
Paramendra BhagatAmazon Was Web 1
Amazon was a bookstore. But it was not Barnes & Noble digitized. You still got physical books in the mail. What was amazing was the largeness of the offering that simply was not possible in any physical store. This was new. Amazon was launched at a time when you had to be patient and a photo would download. Now Amazon is an everything store. It even sells movies. In fact, it has become a behemoth to disrupt. Web 3 wants to disrupt Amazon, and Google, and Facebook, and Microsoft, and Apple. Ye...
Paramendra BhagatDefeating Putin In Donbas Is The Cheap, Easy Option
As I follow Zelensky in this war, I am constantly reminded of this book I read just a few months ago. At that time there was no inkling of Putin’s invasion. I read the book because I am perennially interested in Abraham Lincoln’s life and work. Lincoln was not even a soldier. It was not a war he had chosen. He became a student of war in the White House. And because his instincts were right, and he stood on the side of justice and liberty, he seems to have made all sorts of right war moves. If...
Paramendra BhagatTo Seek Only A Military Solution Is Dangerous
In eastern Ukraine, to seek only a military solution is dangerous. I admire the work of military strategists, intelligence officials, and governments who have stepped into supplying the needed hardware. Most of all I admire the brave men and women of the Ukrainian military who make the ultimate sacrifice daily. But we can never lose sight of the larger purpose and the higher ground. Ultimately this is about peace, liberty, and justice. Eisenhower warned of the “military-industrial complex.” H...
Share Dialog
Share Dialog
In geometry, before you can move on to bigger things, you have to define a point, a line. Just from those two definitions, you end up with all sorts of shapes. That that line need not be straight led to mathematics that helped Einstein describe space-time curvature.
I think there are postulates emerging on the Blockchain that will allow us to tackle some of the biggest problems on the planet. One is inequality. I like to say, if you are serious about fighting climate change, fight inequality. And now we have the tools.
But inequality is a relatively long-term project. Ukraine is an immediate concern. Ukraine and Yemen.
I think, with a correctly structured DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), it is possible to topple Putin with people power. The White House made it clear that regime change is not on its agenda when it comes to Russia. But ordinary Russians don’t need the White House’s permission to bring forth regime change in their own country. The Russian diaspora, I hope, is permissionless.
Tech entrepreneurs like to say innovation happens on the edges. Yemen is on the edges. When the Berlin Wall fell, all sorts of dictators got swept aside. I think the Ukraine-Russia tension has a similar possibility of massive positive change.
I am deeply interested in such a DAO.
In geometry, before you can move on to bigger things, you have to define a point, a line. Just from those two definitions, you end up with all sorts of shapes. That that line need not be straight led to mathematics that helped Einstein describe space-time curvature.
I think there are postulates emerging on the Blockchain that will allow us to tackle some of the biggest problems on the planet. One is inequality. I like to say, if you are serious about fighting climate change, fight inequality. And now we have the tools.
But inequality is a relatively long-term project. Ukraine is an immediate concern. Ukraine and Yemen.
I think, with a correctly structured DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), it is possible to topple Putin with people power. The White House made it clear that regime change is not on its agenda when it comes to Russia. But ordinary Russians don’t need the White House’s permission to bring forth regime change in their own country. The Russian diaspora, I hope, is permissionless.
Tech entrepreneurs like to say innovation happens on the edges. Yemen is on the edges. When the Berlin Wall fell, all sorts of dictators got swept aside. I think the Ukraine-Russia tension has a similar possibility of massive positive change.
I am deeply interested in such a DAO.
No comments yet