My pleasure; thank you for having me!

One thing I've really loved about Cornell is the incredible backgrounds of people that are here, so "general" is a bit tough. However, I am optimistic! In < 1 year we grew the Cornell Bitcoin Club from 0 - ~130. There have also been 2 positive research pieces done by a Cornell Engineering professor. One MBA student has done a presentation & working paper on Bitcoin (2 projects). And, we are doing the largest Bitcoin adoption study of its kind at the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute. My Bitcoin-focused study was also approved last year! Also, fun fact, Ithaca is home to the longest-running time-based community currency (inactive now) called the Ithaca HOUR. Ezra Cornell received funding for the school as a founder of Western Union, and AD White (the other founder) lectured about the perils of fiat money, so the ethos of Bitcoin is in the school's DNA. I also recently had a positive discussion about Bitcoin payments with a school representative. All that to say, I think things are moving in the right direction!

Hmmm good question! It's actually not about bitcoin - it's about what comes after and what bitcoin as a tool can open up for & protect in your life.

Well, it's not quite fair for me to say this because I don't think it's true in heart. However, in practice, it's been really difficult to fundraise for BSN initiatives recently. Companies often don't see the "ROI" of students (& I've been told this), which I wish wasn't the case, because it's the younger generations that are the future. I wish we could in practice/ in action could show more that we really see and care about students.

Congratulations! I'm happy to be a resource for him! (Outside of Bitcoin, I've loved being an Admissions Ambassador, so it'd be my pleasure!)

For me, and my own journey, I think you have to make the cost feel more tangible. For starters, young people are never taught about "what is money?"/ money in general, or often talked to about it. I'd recommend doing what my parents did when I was ~13 and make a spreadsheet of the cost of their future life. We plotted my average salary, taxes, rent, trash bill - everything. Then, assuming I would stop working at age 67, how much would I have left? (assuming save 20% of my salary/year and invest (with conservative estimates)). I could only afford to live to age 79. And, each year, my expenses way exceed my income. They told me when I turned 22 I was on my own (which I interpreted as a sign of confidence in me), so I had to figure it out.

Here's 2 pieces that might be interesting:

Happy to chat more!

Sitting at Nostriga last year, I felt overwhelmingly purple-pill! Actually, the easiest way (since I'm in NY state) to introduce sending sats to club members, is to on-board them to primal and start sending zaps!

Tacos - always!

Well, we very sadly had to cancel our Layer Zero internship program, which I was really excited and hopeful about. We have a lot of conference partnerships in the works, so I'm glad to be sharing the in-person education in that sense. Also, BSN is working on a "fellowship" type program to help students better foster their local community. I'm also working on the first Bitcoin Adoption study where we are gaining insight into exactly what is supporting/hindering adoption to better inform goals and projects (this will be out May'26). However, internships remain a huge priority for me. I hope that within the next 5 years, we see much more "Bitcoin (& Nostr/ BLEND (h/t Obi Nwosu)) industry recruiting - that students see all there is to contribute to. And to quote Jeff Booth, that we can all be more conscious of & able to "building the world we want to see."

Thank you, Troy!!

Hi Jimmy! I haven't seen him on campus...I do know Avalanche is involved with the Blockchain Club.

I do!

Wrote a somewhat-related section on this for my thesis! You might find this paper interesting: https://kaushikbasu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Binmore_Basu-11a.pdf

May you clarify more what other industries?

Also, I like the framework in the book Resistance Money when the authors talk about money (& language) as a "social kind." In my opinion, companies are not necessarily what I would classify as a "social kind" in the same sense even though they are run by a group of "peers."

In short, no money. However, that's why products like Fold are so great!

Reaching out to your local universities is very helpful! Great way to shared bitcoin education but also career mentoring!

I'll be honest, the only social media I have is Linkedin and Twitter, and I kind of live under a rock in terms of "Gen Z influencers." Also, I think Bitcoin "clicks" when you hear about it from someone who can speak to your experience in life or who can put all that Bitcoin is into your perspective. In some ways, if people are brought in through influencers, I think it's less sustainable and you're not really understanding all that there is to "Bitcoin." So, maybe, none?

Nostr's a bit different though...because you want to go where your audience is and your audience wants to go where you are. Let's just take Taylor Swift since she has such a big and unique fan base. I wonder if she would only move over to Nostr once the bottom-up roots have been built and she knows her community is there? Or, would she find out about it and take her audience with her? Although would she do that because of less advertising and the risk of losing her community?

Yes! The TEDxCornell team was wonderful.

I have been applying since my sophomore year, but I don't think I was truly ready until this year. There's a few application rounds, and I found out I was accepted in December. From then until April I wrote maybe ~14 drafts (haha!). My speaker curation team was very supportive as I figured out the best way I could to craft the message!