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  Tokens - The Future of Money in...

  Rachel O’Dwyer

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  Wherever you look, money is being replaced by tokens. Digital platforms are issuing new kinds of money-like things, from phone credit, to shares, gift vouchers, game tokens, and customer data. These tokens are used to turn invisible stuff into assets, to pay wages, to track purchases, and to program and specify the terms of financial and political access and inclusion. What does it mean when online platforms become the new banks? What new types of control and discrimination emerge when money is tied to specific apps, or actions, politics, or identities?By exploring the history of experiments in extra-monetary economies, O'Dwyer shows that private and grassroots tokens have always ghosted the real economy. But as the large tech platforms issue new money-like instruments, tokens are suddenly everywhere. Amazon's Turk workers getting paid in gift cards. Online streamers trading in wish lists. Gamers working for virtual gold. Coined memes selling for thousands. Bitcoin, gift cards, NFTs, customer data, and game tokens are the new money in an evolving economy. This challenges the balance of power between online empires and the state. For platforms, tokens can be an extra-regulatory sleight of hand. But for everyday users, workers, and online subcultures, tokens can also be subversive, a way of imagining what money could be, now and in the future.

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  Higher Education? - How Colleges...

  Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus

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  What's gone wrong at our colleges and universities—and how to get American higher education back on track  A quarter of a million dollars. It's the going tab for four years at most top-tier universities. Why does it cost so much and is it worth it? Renowned sociologist Andrew Hacker and New York Times writer Claudia Dreifus make an incisive case that the American way of higher education, now a $420 billion-per-year business, has lost sight of its primary mission: the education of young adults. Going behind the myths and mantras, they probe the true performance of the Ivy League, the baleful influence of tenure, an unhealthy reliance on part-time teachers, and the supersized bureaucracies which now have a life of their own. As Hacker and Dreifus call for a thorough overhaul of a self-indulgent system, they take readers on a road trip from Princeton to Evergreen State to Florida Gulf Coast University, revealing those faculties and institutions that are getting it right and proving that teaching and learning can be achieved—and at a much more reasonable price.

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  Why Businesses Fail? S01E08

  Amar Deshpande

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  Till a few years ago, Cyber security was considered an emerging risk. Today, it represents a reality. This episode of Why Businesses Fail will focus exclusively on Cyber Security.
  The days of hacking into someone's account and changing passwords or sending malicious mails are long gone. Cyber security incidents today represent the use of sophisticated machinery, software algorithms, and systems that can unlock or decrypt many robust pieces of code. Shutdown of ports, airports, electricity grids, theft of IP and sensitive financial and medical records are getting common day by day.
  Listen to the interview of Cyber Security expert Vivek Chudgar, who cites specific instances where lack of a robust cyber security protocol in companies has led to failure. He highlights that failure to report, or to respond to a data breach effectively is also a failure on the part of organizations.

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  The Baby Boomer’s Guide to...

  C.B. McGee

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  Finally, discover the answers to your most pressing retirement questions… 
  When it comes to retirement, most people have some idea of what to expect. Once you stop working, you'll find yourself with more free time to pursue your passions, but you'll also be facing life on a fixed income. 
  But is that all there is to it? 
  According to the American College of Financial Services, nearly 7 in 10 Americans don't have a written retirement plan -- which is like having no plan at all. 
  Having an idea of what you want from retirement is a crucial first step, but have you taken the time to consider every aspect? 
  When you get down to it, retirement is so much more than making sure you have enough to live on. It's a social, emotional, and mental experience that totally changes your way of life. 
  With so much importance placed on being appropriately prepared for this next stage, it's no wonder that many people feel lost or frustrated with their attempts to plan ahead. 
  It feels as if everyone has a different opinion on what's best and where you should be devoting your time and attention. 
  C.B. McGee knows how you feel. 
  As an early retiree, he's followed the path that now lies ahead of you. Having navigated budgeting, travel, returning to work, and discovering his passions, he's now compiled all the information you'll need in this one simple guide.

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  Work Life Balance - Prioritize...

  Steve Pavlina

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  This is a collection of writings by the world famous author Steve Pavlina. The following topics are contained in this audio recording:    1. DO A FULL DAYS WORK IN 90 MINUTES  2. CONTROLLING YOUR OWN SCHEDULE  3. HOW TO PRIORITIZE  4. YOU CAN CHANGE TODAY

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  Stop Guessing - The 9 Behaviors...

  Nat Greene

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  Solving complex problems is very difficult and usually can't be done by simply brainstorming. Readers will learn how to successfully apply nine behaviors in a systematic and methodical way to solve any problem.
  
  
  Most problems are fairly easy: they have a few likely potential root causes. The most important problems often have hundreds or thousands of potential root causes within very complex systems. Such problems are hard problems and are highly resistant to guessing, brainstorming, or problem-solving methodologies that require conjuring a list of possible causes. Great problem solvers are armed with a set of behaviors that allows them to avoid guessing. They consistently solve hard problems in a way that can seem magical to most people.
  
  In Stop Guessing, you will learn nine behaviors that are critical to success and how to adopt them from Nat Greene, who has twenty years of experience leading great problem solvers. Developing strength in these behaviors will help you
  ¥	Have confidence to solve the hard problems you face
  ¥	Easily build alignment to implement the right solution
  ¥	Identify more important and valuable opportunities that are being ignored
  ¥	Help others become better problem solvers
  ¥	Stop wasting time and money and trying your patience
  
  Each of the nine behaviors comes with stories of great problem solving in action, including a best-in-class chemical processor that had hundreds of millions of dollars of upside hidden behind a hard problem, a losing baseball team without the budget for star players, and the scourge of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

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