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Open data – full circle
My work on open data came full circle with having the opportunity at The Grid to implement an open data core business model together with use of the ODbL I helped co-create many years ago. I’m more than a bit excited about this. See more at: https://about.thegrid.id/resources/the-grid-open-data-release
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EU Inc
There’s a great petition going around: https://www.eu-inc.org/ The drive for this: Unlike in the US, continent-wide investments and collaboration are rare in Europe—less than 18% of first-round investments are pan-European. The complexity of navigating multiple legal systems is a key barrier. Founders are stuck in national silos, which are limiting opportunities, slowing funding, and hindering…
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Working in crypto IS more fun
Couldn’t agree more with https://dune.com/blog/work-in-crypto. This part really hit home for me: Most folks work in an industry. Crypto is not an industry, crypto is a community. Both in the sense that people across the world come together to make a better financial system, but also as a cultural phenomenon. The community is composed of…
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ASD and vulnerability
The FT Magazine has an article just out about the UK’s Prevent programme (which is a counter-terrorism programme) and its impact on neurodivergent youth, particularly those with ASD. It’s behind a paywall, but reference is here: “Weaponised autism and the extremist threat facing children”, by Helen Warrell, 18 October 2024, Financial Times Magazine. https://www.ft.com/content/536c0f10-5011-4329-a100-c2035e32e602 This…