Perspectives on Libra
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1 min readJul 19, 2019
By Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland, Gary Gensler, and collaborators
Sandy Pentland, head of the Human Dynamics group, and Gary Gensler, senior advisor to the Digital Currency Initiative, offer historical and research perspectives on the circumstances that led to the rise of Facebook’s new financial platform, Libra. They share their concerns about its structure, potential pitfalls and opportunities for its use, and alternative platforms and ideas for achieving similar goals.
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This post was originally published on the Media Lab website.
