Thinking Moon

How My Thinking Has Changed

J.P. Koning | Moneyness | 17th December 2024

Reflections on twelve years of covering Bitcoin. An"early optimist", the writer gradually realised that the coin is not "a monetary thingamajig... akin to gold, cash, or bank deposits" as widely assumed. It is rather an example of an "early-bird game", like a pyramid or Ponzi scheme. Although it is generally innocuous, he wonders whether it would have been better to ban it back in 2014 (3,300 words)

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Moon

Bartosz Ciechanowski | 17th December 2024

Everything you could want to know about the Earth's closest celestial neighbour, with attractive visual aids. The Moon affects our tides, our light, and even the planet's rotation. No wonder it has dominated human culture for millennia in one form or another; it is simply always there. It is "a fellow companion that gently affects our own existence" and "never leaves us completely alone" (16,000 words)

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