Background & Context
Historical context and foundational knowledge about finance, economics, and mass communication that led to Ethereum.
Getting Started
Introductory
- Mass Communication Technology
In 1994, Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen founded Mosaic Communications and released Netscape, introducing the general public to the internet.
7 min readUpdated 2022-12-08 - The Printing Press
Our story begins in Europe at the dawn of the 16th century.
6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
Intermediate
- Afghanistan
September 11th, 2001: 19 terrorists hijacked 4 airplanes and flew them into the pillars of American dominance
4 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - AIG
American International Group (AIG) was founded in 1919 in Shanghai as a generalized insurance agency called American Asiatic Underwriters.
5 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - Bear Stearns
was founded as an equity trading house on May 1, 1923.
6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - Dot Com Bubble
2022 is an incredibly volatile and stressful year, especially in the crypto industry.
13 min readUpdated 2022-12-08 - Trad-Fi, Trad-Business and Meat Space Entities1 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
- The Federal Reserve System
Before we understand modern central banking, we need to understand how we got here.
5 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - Global Financial Crisis
At the turn of the 21st century, American-brand capitalism was at its peak.
19 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Our story begins in 1916 with the creation of the first (GSE), the Farm Credit System.
6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - The History of Finance
By definition, history does not begin nor end; everything comes from before, everything leads to something.
6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
7 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch, founded in 1914, grew to be the worlds largest securities firm by 1957.
6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - Sanctions
, when the Athenian Empire banned traders from Megara, strangling the rival city-state’s economy.
5 min readUpdated 2022-12-07 - Tomorrow-Fi
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5 min readUpdated 2023-01-22
Advanced
- Computer
Computers only know how to "think" in numbers and math, while humans think is words and ideas.
4 min readUpdated 2022-12-07