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What is blockchain? Why does everyone from tech experts to business moguls to philanthropists believe it is a paradigm-shifting technology, bound to revolutionize society as significantly as the internet? Indeed, why is blockchain touted as The Next Everything?
In this deft, fascinating, & easy-to-digest introduction to one of the most important innovations of recent times, Stephen P. Williams answers these questions, revealing how cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are just one example among dozens of transformative applications that this relatively new technology makes possible. He interprets the complexity into digestible anecdotes, metaphors, & straightforward descriptions for readers who don't know tech, & explains all of blockchain's most important aspects: why this so-called digital ledger is unhackable & unchangeable; how its distributed nature may transfer power from central entities like banks, government, & corporations to ordinary citizens around the world; & what its widespread use will mean for society as a whole.
Join us on March 26th for a conversation & book launch with Stephen P. Williams, author of Blockchain: The Next Everything. The conversation will be moderated by Beatriz Helena Ramos, founder of DADA.nyc
Stephen P. Williams is a journalist & author & coauthor of numerous works of nonfiction, including Blockchain: The Next Everything. He has written business & health columns for The New York Times & Newsweek & has contributed regularly to GQ, The Smithsonian, Martha Stewart Living, & other publications. He heads a sustainable fashion startup called Wm. Williams, which uses blockchain technology to manage distributed manufacturing.
He lives in New York & has an MBA in Sustainability from Bard College & an MA in Communications from Stanford University.
Beatriz Helena Ramos is an artist & an entrepreneur, & founder of the innovative social art platform, DADA.nyc, which uses blockchain & cryptoeconomics to create a new system for artists. She has created illustrations for the New York Times, worked on animated series for MTV, Disney & Cartoon Network, exhibited her paintings in New York City galleries, made comics, illustrated several children's books, worked as a photographer, set designer, sculptor, live action director, & even made puppets from scratch in Prague.
In 2002, she founded Dancing Diablo Studio in New York City, a content studio whose clients include Coca Cola, Macy's, Kraft Foods, Jet Blue, Bayer, General Mills, Sesame Workshop, Hasbro, PBS, Nickelodeon, MTV, Disney, ESPN, among others.
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