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Jonathan Manzi

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Mar 23, 2020

A Short, Deep Depression-Like Recession

On Thursday, I put together my thoughts in an article about nontrivial, escalating geopolitical tensions which I felt might be going unnoticed due to the pandemic; I also presented my view that a stimulus likely won’t work — in modern times, we’ve never tried to stimulate an economy before on…

Covid 19

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A Short, Deep Depression
A Short, Deep Depression
Covid 19

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Mar 20, 2020

Strongmen and a Stimulus Which Likely Won’t Work: Investments and Mindset

I called a family member in Boston and shared my thoughts on two topics I am deeply concerned about — i. ramping geopolitical tensions which are going unnoticed against the backdrop of the pandemic and ii. my view that any economic stimulus during a prolonged, multinational quarantine is doomed to…

Coronaviruses

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Strongmen and A Stimulus Which Likely Won’t Work: Investments and Mindset
Strongmen and A Stimulus Which Likely Won’t Work: Investments and Mindset
Coronaviruses

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Jun 14, 2019

A Case Worth Reviewing: “Print Kiosks” in Higher-Ed and the Digital Printing Industry

I dropped out of Stanford to co-found ink with Slovenian entrepreneur and technologist Denis Benic. We created the company to be the new face of printing. Like a lot of start-ups before us, we chose our validating market to be higher-ed. I don’t think Denis and I would have ever…

Product Development

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A Case Worth Reviewing: “Print Kiosks” in Higher-Ed and the Digital Printing Industry
A Case Worth Reviewing: “Print Kiosks” in Higher-Ed and the Digital Printing Industry
Product Development

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Published in HackerNoon.com

·Oct 27, 2018

How Blockchain Could Have Stopped the China Chip Hack and Other Acts by the Thugs of our Generation

A crew of unknown men mosey into a chip manufacturer in China and say, “to hell with the blueprints, jam this pencil-tip size chip in the middle of everything; if you do, you get a bunch of money; if you don’t, you fail your next inspection and your factory is…

Blockchain

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How Blockchain Could Have Stopped the China Chip Hack and Other Acts by the Thugs of our Generation
How Blockchain Could Have Stopped the China Chip Hack and Other Acts by the Thugs of our Generation
Blockchain

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Sep 22, 2018

The Sober Case for Blockchain Technology

Originally published February 2, 2018 Blockchain is a useful technology which allows us to assemble data in indestructible way at high velocity. The high rate of velocity owes itself to an incentive structure at the core of most current blockchain architecture. The more data you assemble, the more rewards —…

Blockchain

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The Sober Case for Blockchain Technology
The Sober Case for Blockchain Technology
Blockchain

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Sep 11, 2018

Working with My Father; Bringing Blue Collar Leadership to Tech

Last week, I attended the retirement party for my father held in Gloucester, Massachusetts, a city on the North Shore of Boston. Trained as a civil engineer, upon graduation from Northeastern, Joe Manzi Jr. joined a 12-person construction company building concrete water storage tanks. He worked for the same company…

Startup

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Startup

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Published in HackerNoon.com

·Aug 21, 2018

A New Day — Meaningful Distributed Ledger Technology from Silicon Valley

In January, my Lyft driver, my barber, and a friend’s friend who runs an alternative medicine practice in Kentucky all had cryptocurrency trade tips. Since January, the aggregate market cap of all cryptocurrencies declined by 75 percent. The rapid rise and fall of cryptocurrency prices isn’t an indictment of the…

Blockchain

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A New Day — Meaningful Distributed Ledger Technology from Silicon Valley
A New Day — Meaningful Distributed Ledger Technology from Silicon Valley
Blockchain

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Jul 2, 2018

The Awakening: Beyond Protocol

“Technology marches in seven-league boots from one ruthless, revolutionary conquest to another, tearing down old factories and industries, flinging up new processes with terrifying rapidity.” — Charles A. Beard The Businessman vs. the Engineer Beard, a prominent historian at Columbia University in the first half of the 20th century…

Blockchain

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Blockchain

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Apr 12, 2018

Blockchain Technology: Bloodshed Before the Bloodless Revolution

In a recent Medium post, I wrote about how we are approaching a defining moment for blockchain technology and its financial technology application, cryptocurrency. I further highlighted how the lack of understanding of blockchain technology among US law makers and regulators has stymied innovation, and how the success of blockchain…

Blockchain

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Blockchain Technology: Bloodshed Before the Bloodless Revolution
Blockchain Technology: Bloodshed Before the Bloodless Revolution
Blockchain

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Mar 25, 2018

A Defining Moment: Silicon Valley, Blockchain Tech, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of the US Innovation Economy

Historically, Silicon Valley has been a bastion for innovation. It’s a place which embraces grandiose ideas for how the future might look and where a “betting the farm” mentality is celebrated. People from all walks of life come to Silicon Valley to help build and nurture our future. Founders and…

Blockchain

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A Defining Moment: Silicon Valley, Blockchain Tech, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of the US…
A Defining Moment: Silicon Valley, Blockchain Tech, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of the US…
Blockchain

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Jonathan Manzi

Jonathan Manzi

4.7K Followers

Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Protocol

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