Reminder “The Duke” is now Thursday nights 5-5:30pm PT in person or online (switched from Fridays to Thursdays for now).

Today’s topic Stellar (payment network) *, and Blockchain as a foundational technology (Iansitti & Lakhani 2017, IWB Blog 2021).

* “Ukraine’s governing body passed a law concerning payment services that mentions the future CBDC as the “yet-to-be-launched electronic hryvnia,” which is the country’s national currency. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has been exploring its own CBDC on the Stellar blockchain since 2018, and though it has not yet launched, it is still a consideration.” (ref)

Please be prepared to share interesting things you are currently reading/listening to/watching….

For me…

Reading this week
Mazzucato (2021) Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Froud et al (2018) Foundational Economy

Recently (last week) Read/ReRead
Arthur (2021) Foundations of Complexity Economics
Gada (2021) ATOM: It’s time to upgrade the economy (second edition) and online
(Fiction) Martha Wells (2017) All Systems Red – robots who are responsible entities (slavery)
(Fiction) Martha Wells (2013) Death of the Necromancer – people with powerful tech vs skill
Hagel (2021) Journey Beyond Fear: The three pillars of positivity to build your success – recommending this book to young people starting their careers during the pandemic that I mentor – suggesting they invest the time to read this book, and then compare Hagel’s three pillars –  narrative, passion, and platform to Nightingale’s three pillars of advice –  set goals (narrative), service to others (passion), and faith that you can learn to do anything you set your mind to do (platform).
Thomas (2021) Sequoia Productive Capital Stratechery – Cloud + Mobile

Favorite read of 2021
Bregman (2021) Humankind: A Hopeful History