Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Is Bitcoin Unsustainable?

An excerpt:
Motherboard points out that using bitcoin is incredibly energy-intensive: "A single bitcoin transaction uses roughly enough electricity to power 1.57 American households for a day... That makes Bitcoin about 5,033 times more energy intensive, per transaction, than VISA"
Read more in The Motherboard at Vice.

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .