{"id":235,"date":"2022-04-21T08:26:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T08:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/the-download-how-ai-capitalizes-on-catastrophe-and-the-bitcoin-cities-of-central-america\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T08:26:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T08:26:17","slug":"the-download-how-ai-capitalizes-on-catastrophe-and-the-bitcoin-cities-of-central-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/the-download-how-ai-capitalizes-on-catastrophe-and-the-bitcoin-cities-of-central-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: How AI capitalizes on catastrophe, and the Bitcoin cities of Central America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crypto millionaires are pouring money into Central America to build their own cities<\/h2>\n
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El Salvador’s Conchagua Volcano, home to a lush ecotourism retreat amid its sun-dappled forest, is set to host a glittering new Bitcoin City, the country’s president announced in November 2021. A vast construction project to remodel virgin forest into a vibrant metropolis could soon be underway.<\/p>\n

While some politicians and residents believe in crypto’s potential to jump-start the economy, others see history repeating itself. As El Salvador’s experiment takes shape in the form of Bitcoin City, a similar development is already underway in Honduras—but backlash from locals has put its future in jeopardy. Proponents hope to spawn a hundred more Bitcoin Cities, but others question who these projects are really for, and whether the countries serving as test beds will truly benefit. Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

—Laurie Clarke<\/em><\/p>\n

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Quote of the day<\/h2>\n
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“Hugs for everyone!”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

—A Disney employee celebrates costumed characters being able to hug Disneyland visitors after dropping its enforced no-hugs ban, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The must-reads<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

1 Ukraine’s ‘internet army’ is pressurizing Western brands to exit Russia<\/strong>
And their campaigns seem to be working. (WSJ<\/a> $)
+ More than one in four people in Ukraine have left their homes.<\/em> (WSJ<\/a> $)
+ The US and its allies are sending more weapons to Ukraine<\/em>. (BBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2 What has the zero-covid policy taught China?
<\/strong>It’s saved countless lives, but it is becoming harder and harder to enforce. (The Atlantic<\/a> $)
+ Moderna is optimistic that its new vaccine will offer better protection against variants.<\/em> (NYT<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

3 NASA wants to charter a mission to Uranus
<\/strong>We know surprisingly little about the distant planet. (The Atlantic<\/a> $)
+ Why have we been so focused on sending humans to Mars?<\/em> (Slate<\/a> $)
+ Maybe we should be sending robots instead of astronauts<\/em>. (Wired<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

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4 People are canceling their Netflix subscriptions in their droves
<\/strong>And sneakily sharing passwords between households. (Variety<\/a> $)
+ Netflix may start running ads, too<\/em>. (Hollywood Reporter<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5 Twitter may be preparing to turn down Elon Musk’s offer to buy it
<\/strong>Which would force him to reconsider his position. (WSJ<\/a> $)
<\/strong>+ Regardless of the outcome, Musk’s proposition could ultimately be good for the company.<\/em> (FT<\/a> $)
+ A crypto billionaire wants to get involved, too<\/em>. (Bloomberg<\/a> $)
+ Here’s what making Twitter’s algorithm public could entail<\/em>. (CNN<\/a>) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

6 Maybe the tech bubble really is impenetrable after all
<\/strong>Or maybe we’re just bored of hearing it’s about to burst. (NYT<\/a> $)
+ There may be trouble ahead for the UK’s startups. <\/em>(The Times<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

7 Unmasking the woman behind the Libs of TikTok Twitter account<\/strong> 
A Brooklyn real estate agent has played an outsized role pushing hateful anti-LGBTQ+ narratives in the US. (WP<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

8 Getting sober is about more than just stopping drinking 🍸
<\/strong>Sober influencers are reframing our thinking around alcohol. That’s not always a positive thing. (Wired<\/a> $) 
+ Does paying people to stop drinking keep them sober in the long-term?<\/em> (Boston Globe<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

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9 Why it’s so hard to build unbiased AI<\/strong>
For starters, bias is in the eye of the beholder. (Vox<\/a>)
+ AI might reduce the number of car crashes.<\/em> (NYT<\/a> $)
+ Motorists using self-driving cars in the UK might soon be allowed to watch TV behind the wheel.<\/em> (The Times<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

10 This Twitter account spots writers’ tics
<\/strong>Because you can’t keep repeating yourself. Or can you? (New Yorker<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Crypto millionaires are pouring money into Central America to build their own cities El Salvador’s Conchagua Volcano, home to a lush ecotourism retreat amid its sun-dappled forest, is set to host a glittering new Bitcoin City, the country’s president announced in November 2021. A vast construction project to remodel virgin forest into a vibrant metropolis could soon be underway. While some politicians and residents believe in crypto’s potential to jump-start the economy, others see history repeating itself. As El Salvador’s experiment takes shape in the form of Bitcoin City, a similar development is already underway in Honduras—but backlash from locals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[99,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}