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to whom will the technology give greater power and freedom? And whose power and freedom will be reduced by it?
Cambridge’s Centre for Alternative Finances estimates that bitcoin’s annualised electricity consumption hovers just above 115 terawatt-hours (TWh) while Digiconomist’s closely tracked index puts it closer to 80 TWh. A single transaction of bitcoin has the same carbon footprint as 680,000 Visa transactions or 51,210 hours of watching YouTube, according to the site.
Electricity Needed to Mine Bitcoin Is More Than Used by 'Entire Countries' | Technology | the Guardian
Lauren Aratani
When we promote problem solvers, we incentivize having problems. We fail to unite everyone towards a clear goal. Because most organizations reward problem solvers, it can seem like a better idea to let things go wrong, then fix them after. That’s how you get visibility. You run from one high-level meeting to the next, reacting to one problem after another.
It’s great to have people to solve those problems but it is better not to have them in the first place.
Solve Problems Before They Happen
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