There are so many things in 🔗 this article by Dana F. Blankenhorn that I have highlighted, that had I spent time calling them out, well, you might just as well have clicked through to read it.
It pretty much opens with;
He (Ali) held his forearms against his body and let George Foreman punch himself out. Ali won in the 8th round.
It ends with;
“In this way Joe Biden is the most consequential President of the 21st century.”
Two minute read. Days of thought.
The 🔗 Beckn protocol “allows you to create open and decentralized digital ecosystems”. So far, the word ‘blockchain’ is mentioned nowhere (that I have found). I also haven’t found how it handles ‘identity’ before it facilitates a transaction, though it says it does ‘identify each other’ but I’m not sure that is the same thing?
Can anyone share their experiences. It looks really interesting from a ‘People First’ perspective.
Extracts from their world …
identify each other and perform transactions with each other without the need for a central intermediary
Beckn Protocol is an open commerce protocol with an abstract core, which is enabling market players to reimagine building seamless digital experiences and networks. This is very similar to how HTTP, while being a simple and open protocol has fueled seamless interaction between multiple systems and led to an explosive growth in internet adoption.
The beckn community is an open community. So, no registrations. No memberships. No partnerships. Just a minimal footprint of an open and equally accessible Beckn Protocol that anyone can use. Multiple businesses and organizations have started using beckn protocol to fuel their digital acceleration. The credo of being an open protocol creates a level-playing field for any market player, small or large.
If you do only one thing today, click on this link and read. So funny.
🔗 Geoff Greer’s site: Gasoline Car Review
via John Naughton
🔗 Rihanna explains decision to reverse Super Bowl boycott
.. clearly a lot has changed in the past 4 years. The Kaepernick issue is obviously sorted - and what is left to do is now clearly best served by doing the performance that just four years ago was a non starter.
🔗 Congressman Ro Khanna: ‘The American dream has slipped away’
Don’t disagree Ro. Do not disagree.
BUT it’s not new news and it has only gotten worse.
Shel Israel writes : 🔗 How ChatGPT Will Change the World, Lower My Fees and Raise My Revenue
I get what he is saying - except I don’t.
His argument centers on his unit price dropping - but he will …
🎛️ English Progressive Redux
🔗 Andrew Hickey’s ‘500 Songs’ includes a good and interesting summary of why the UK and US musicians who ‘arrived’ in the 60s sounded so different, emerging, he argues, from significant social differences and country histories.
What do you think?
🎵 More thoughts on what I call English Progressive
The Full Podcast: 🎙️ 500 Songs - ‘See Emily Play’ by The Pink Floyd
““Over time players go where the money is. The money is here. Once Americans realize that the sport is moving west …. it’s going to stoke anti-American sentiment around the world. It’s something we need to be ready for.”
💬 Dana Blankenhorn
🔗 Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first
Sorry. Didn’t notice. With good reason.
