BlogHide Resteemsneilstrauss (68)in cryptocurrency • 6 years agoHow to Explain Blockchain So Newbies Really Get ItHow 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…neilstrauss (68)in cryptocurrency • 6 years agoTen Days With Brock Pierce: EOS, Puerto Rico, Giving Away His Entire Crypto Fortune, and Burning Man Meets BlockchainAs 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…resteemedcarneasadafilms (41)in introduceyourself • 7 years agoI WAS PEN PALS WITH BUKOWSKI AND KICKED VIN DIESEL'S ASSDear Steemits, You don't know me. I’m just a regular guy who’s figured out clever ways to make his dreams come true. Here are a few examples: BECOMING A SCREENWRITER: I've been a…neilstrauss (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoHow 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…neilstrauss (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoOverstock CEO talks Steemit, Poverty, and The BlockchainOne 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…neilstrauss (68)in life • 7 years agoThat 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:…neilstrauss (68)in music • 7 years agoTHE 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…neilstrauss (68)in life • 7 years agoI Was a Psychic Spy for the CIA, and I Found God – A True StoryThis man right here told me he could kill me with his mind... For twenty-four years, the U.S. government had a spy program that involved psychics. And not just ordinary psychics, but often…neilstrauss (68)in elonmusk • 7 years agoElon Musk: The Unedited, Uncensored Version of My Rolling Stone Cover StoryGoing 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…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoRequiem for a Dream: Session Two of the Second Steemit Book Club, Plus Details for Session Three“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 second chapter of Infinite…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoInfinite Jest: First Session of the Second Steemit Book Club, Plus Details for Session 2We 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 conversations, and unique…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoPenelope: The Final Session of the “Ulysses” Era of the Steemit Book Club (Session 19)Welcome to the Steemit Book Club: The only online book club where you get paid to read great works! You may be shocked to hear that less than eight percent of those who started Ulysses…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoPsychological Monsters: Session 18 of the Steemit Book ClubIn this fascinating journey called Ulysses , we’ve witnessed James Joyce experiment with all sorts of writings styles, and this chapter was certainly no different. Catechism, in this occasion…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoReturn of the Wanderer: Session 17 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 18In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus finally arrives home after a long and precarious journey. Once in Ithaca, he reunites with his son Telemachus at the place of a friendly swineherd named Eumaeus, who…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoThe Birth of Language: Session 15 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 16“Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.” ― James Joyce Happy holidays and New…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoA New Bloom: Session 14 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 15“I was born anew, owner of my own darkness.” ― Pablo Neruda In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus washed ashore on the land of the Phaeacians after his ship has wrecked in the Ocean. Exhausted and…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoYou Can’t Argue with Cyclops: Session 13 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 14"A nation? says Bloom. A nation is the same people living in the same place." — James Joyce, Ulysses. Chapter twelve opens at 5pm with an unnamed, first-person narrator describing the…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoA Song of Sirens: Session 12 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 13NOTE FROM NEIL: A special shout-out to @the-alien for writing and researching this post in the middle of a local emergency, where he has no electricity or cell service. It is yet another sign of his…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoThe Wandering Rocks: Session 11 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 12‹ "It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we…neilstrauss (68)in books • 8 years agoThe Ghost Versus the Machine: Session 10 of the Steemit Book Club, plus details for session 11“There's a man going around taking names And he decides who to free and who to blame Everybody won't be treated all the same There'll be a golden ladder reaching down When the man comes…
