Ben Butz-WeidnerDemocrats: Your Angry Tweets Will Do You No GoodIf the Algorithm has plugged you into a venue of Twitter like the one I occupy, then you’ve surely seen a bounty of calls for the…Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021
Ben Butz-WeidnerOur Nostalgic Collective: Why Instagram Dwells on a Bygone EraThe classic car parked in the carport of a mid-century home at the top of a well-watered green hill. A rundown gas station, desolate, neon…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
Ben Butz-WeidnerHow Amazon’s HQ2 Presents an Opportunity for the Democratic Socialist Movement to Prove ItselfCo-opting Amazon’s corporate privilege to get a high-speed rail system for everyone else.Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2018
Ben Butz-WeidnerThe Midterms Should Have Been a Lesson The Media Had Already LearnedTwo years ago my family home was the scene of political strife. Not protest in the street a la Antifa, but the private ways our political…Nov 7, 20183Nov 7, 20183
Ben Butz-WeidnerNGOs and Aid Groups Can Look to Blockchain to Help ThemOne of the key utilizations blockchain advocates point to when championing cryptocurrencies is a decentralized ledger’s ability to…Dec 9, 2017Dec 9, 2017
Ben Butz-WeidnerThe Blockchain Ecosystem Looking to Bring the Internet Back to ArtistsWere George Orwell to come back to life, it is not a stretch of the imagination to think he would die of a heart attack moments just after…Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017
Ben Butz-WeidnerInterviews with Da Hongfei & Li JunMy meetings with the founder of NEO and Onchain’s CEO, and the chief architect of Onchain’s newest project, the Ontology Network.Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017
Ben Butz-WeidnerMerging Virtual Good Economies and Cryptocurrency with GoNetworkThe Age of the AppNov 13, 2017Nov 13, 2017
Ben Butz-WeidnerLucidExchange: Another Major Innovation in BlockchainThe first commercial exchanges opened in Europe in the 17th century transformed commerce permanently. Hundreds of years later, brokers…Oct 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017
