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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Sep 7, 2018, 6:52 PM UTC

How to Explain Blockchain So Newbies Really Get It

How do you explain blockchains and decentralization to someone so that their eyes don't glaze over? How can you get someone to actually understand blockchain technology, and why it matters? How can y…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Jul 26, 2018, 6:24 PM UTC

Ten Days With Brock Pierce: EOS, Puerto Rico, Giving Away His Entire Crypto Fortune, and Burning Man Meets Blockchain

As you all know, from the Steemit article I wrote in Rolling Stone, I've started covering crypto and blockchain for the magazine whenever I can. Today, we broke new ground there, and did the first ma…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Mar 15, 2018, 5:09 PM UTC

How The Blockchain Can End World Poverty

“You know, if I can gut it out for five more years, five billion people would have a different life.” Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock, says as he stands in the stern of his boat. Overstock, of co…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Mar 15, 2018, 4:53 PM UTC

Overstock CEO talks Steemit, Poverty, and The Blockchain

One of the most frustrating things about the mainstream is people pinning the success of this revolution on the price of bitcoin. They don't understand just how far-reaching the implications of the b…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Jan 28, 2018, 2:46 AM UTC

That one time Bozo the Clown ran for President and almost got assassinated in Dallas (a true story, as told to me by Bozo himself)

One day, Bozo the Clown asked me to write about the time someone tried to assassinate him when he ran for President. It was cognitive overload. There was too much going on in that sentence: 1.) It wa…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Jan 20, 2018, 12:10 AM UTC

THE TRUE STORY OF THE DEATH OF KURT COBAIN

“Kurt Cobain just committed suicide.” The voice on the other end of the phone was my Rolling Stone editor. “What!?” I exclaimed, shocked out of my sleep. “Turn the radio on! How quickly can you get t…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Jan 6, 2018, 2:05 AM UTC

I Was a Psychic Spy for the CIA, and I Found God – A True Story

This man right here told me he could kill me with his mind... http://i63.tinypic.com/eq6xqq.jpg For twenty-four years, the U.S. government had a spy program that involved psychics. And not just ordin…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Dec 22, 2017, 7:08 PM UTC

Elon Musk: The Unedited, Uncensored Version of My Rolling Stone Cover Story

Going to begin a new chapter in my Steemit adventures. And also give some of you something to help you forget about this week's crypto drop and keep your eye on the big picture... Last year was all a…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Mar 26, 2017, 4:58 PM UTC

Requiem for a Dream: Session Two of the Second Steemit Book Club, Plus Details for Session Three

http://i65.tinypic.com/25fu3yt.png “Fiction's about what it is to be a human being.” ― David Foster Wallace. While the first chapter gave us a small yet mysterious introduction to young Hal, the seco…

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Neil Strauss
@neilstrauss Mar 19, 2017, 2:44 AM UTC

Infinite Jest: First Session of the Second Steemit Book Club, Plus Details for Session 2

http://i63.tinypic.com/alovpu.jpg We are happy to announce the successful launch of the second Steemit Book Club last Monday. It was a great meeting with a lot of new participants, interesting conver…

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