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NFTs could potentially be used to make secure and traceable digital contracts for real-world assets like cars and houses. But these applications still remain rare apart from a few buzzy experiments; legal requirements make those processes difficult to fully replace.
It’s Okay to Opt Out of the Crypto Revolution
technologyreview.com
A “difference in differences” approach can help us identify the effects of some intervention by doing two things. First, we examine the “before” and “after” data for whatever group or jurisdiction has received the treatment, such as the unemployment figures for a county that has implemented a job training program. Second, we compare those data with the unemployment figures over the same time period for a similar county that did not implement any such program.
Naked Statistics
Charles Wheelan
You could yank a knife from a patient’s heart and still watch him bleed to death.
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