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So, to answer an earlier question about how a new social network takes hold, let’s add this: a new Status as a Service business must devise some proof of work that depends on some actual skill to differentiate among users. If it does, then it creates, like an ICO, some new form of social capital currency of value to those users.
Status as a Service
Eugene Wei
To understand this dark side of video games, lets review what we have learned about ADHD and drugs. A stimulant drug floods the brain with higher than normal levels of dopamine. This overstimulation causes dopamine receptor sites to downregulate causing a dependence on the stimulant. In the case of video games, this stimulation increases blood flow to the “nucleus accumbens” or pleasure center in the middle of the brain. At the same time blood flow decreases to the prefrontal cortex.29 Activity in the prefrontal cortex is associated with decision-making and control over impulses.
Staying Focused in a Hyper World
John Gray
When you meet someone new, treat that person as a friend. Assume he or she is a winner and will become a positive force in your life.
Byron Wien’s 20 Life Lessons - Blackstone Private Wealth Solutions
Blackstone Private Wealth Solutions
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