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132 sats \ 3 replies \ @21mmforthe21st OP 11h \ parent \ on: I'm Ella Hough, co-founder of BSN & fellow at Cornell BTPI . AMA! AMA
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!
I'll also add that I think if people can be presented to information in an un-biased way and really see how bitcoin is a tool for their life, they are likely to "get it." Often, it's just not knowing the right question to ask, so I hope the TEDxTalk will be supportive of their journeys!
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That's great! Sounds like you're making some serious inroads.
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Team effort!
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