The Future of Money and Historical Perspective

[Williamsmith]

Why couldn’t I teach an online criminal justice class?

[Tybee]

Do you have a masters degree in criminal justice, William? That is required in many places.
If you do, then you should definitely apply!

[Williamsmith]

Do you have a masters degree in criminal justice, William? That is required in many places.
If you do, then you should definitely apply!

I have a B.S. in Environmental Resource Management and 25 years of work experience in law enforcement......So I’m qualified to noodle around on the guitar, sip bourbon by the fire and watch Vanna White turn letters for $4million a year. But thanks for your vote of confidence.

[jp1]

and watch Vanna White turn letters for $4million a year.

Personally I think they should have given Vanna a paycut when technology enabled her to simply touch the panels instead of having to actually turn them around.

[Tybee]

I have a B.S. in Environmental Resource Management and 25 years of work experience in law enforcement......So I’m qualified to noodle around on the guitar, sip bourbon by the fire and watch Vanna White turn letters for $4million a year. But thanks for your vote of confidence.

Oh, I thought you were asking what was required in the places I teach--my bad, I thought you wanted to teach online.

I only know about the places I have taught-- if you wanted to teach, you would definitely ask around and see what was required.

[bae]

It’d be hilarious if we manage to accelerate global warming by mining virtual currency....

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...ricity-ireland

[bae]

“each individual bitcoin transaction uses almost 300KWh of electricity” - so now I’m feeling a bit guilty about the $300 in Bitcoin I sent to some guy in Europe for payment for a hand-forged axe.

[Williamsmith]

“each individual bitcoin transaction uses almost 300KWh of electricity” - so now I’m feeling a bit guilty about the $300 in Bitcoin I sent to some guy in Europe for payment for a hand-forged axe.

Thank you for the link. I followed it to an explanation of the whole bitcoin phenomenon. Very helpful. I did not realize all this computing is simply a competition to see who/what computer can solve a random algorithm problem simply to claim the next release of crypto currency generated. And I didn’t realize that the currency is finite and someday will expire. A virtual digital gold.

It would seem to me to be a wonderful opportunity for cybercrime, or economic sanction avoidance or spy networking. Imagine all the coal that is being burned in electrical grid production in the world, just for a chance to claim the next ten minutes of bitcoin.

Im supposed to feel guilty about my contribution to global warming?

[LDAHL]

I see that the Chicago Merch and the CBOE are authorized to start bitcoin futures trading later this month.

[Tybee]

Jack Bogle also issued a warning about Bitcoin within the last few days.
So it must be going more mainstream.