Make America Free Again [Part 1]
I always knew something was up... The rules just never seemed to make sense to me and i've always tried to bend and break them wherever i could. Conversations with my brother around the theme, "We ain't supposed to live like this..." have become too commonplace in the recent years. We're frustrated with our condition and it's fueled by the ever-growing access to information about what truths have been neatly tucked away from us by evil, opportunistic capitalists... These disgusting swine-like sub-humans have worked tirelessly to stave off the inevitable flow of information and technology to the people. And I must add that they've been increasingly creative in their adaptations to social change; but evolution has its limits. A creature can only adapt so much before it has to accept that it no longer fits in the world it's trying to adapt to. I'll save my dollars for special art projects, ...more
How Can Blockchain Fix the Criminal Justice System?
I recently took a trip out to Oakland and got to see some pretty amazing landmarks of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. One of them is the Alameda County Court building where the #FreeHuey movement reached a fever pitch and where Huey ultimately was received by the people after his 1970 murder trial acquittal. Now, almost 50 years later, we're no closer to realizing a truly unbiased justice system that fairly prosecutes the people of this country. With the industry-disrupting power of blockchain, i think we have the tools to begin reconstructing a system that has unjustly destroyed so many lives. There are many organizations involved with prison-reform, school-to-prison pipeline work, and other areas. In a country that boasts the largest prison population in the world, how can we use blockchain to help address the many blaring issues and disparities we encounter with the American...more
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