Daniel De Crescenzo > Daniel's Quotes

“You never know where one step will take you, and you never know where the next one will lead. The”
― James M. Kouzes, The Truth about Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know

“–La gente no habla de nada. –Oh, tienen que hablar de algo. –No, no, de nada. Citan automóviles, ropas, piscinas, y dicen ¡qué bien! Pero siempre repiten lo mismo, y nadie dice nada diferente, y la mayor parte del tiempo, en los cafés, hacen funcionar los gramófonos automáticos de chistes, y escuchan chistes viejos,”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Que la gente intervenga en concursos donde haya que recordar las palabras de las canciones más populares, o los nombres de las capitales de los Estados, o cuánto maíz cosechó Iowa el último año. Llénalos de noticias incombustibles. Sentirán que la información los ahoga, pero se creerán inteligentes.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Fuego brillante Posfacio de Ray Bradbury, febrero de 1993”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Se refería a la posibilidad de quemar libros sin cerillas ni fuego. Porque no hace falta quemar libros si el mundo empieza a llenarse de gente que no lee, que no aprende, que no sabe.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the universe.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

“In other words, after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

“Bitcoin is a strange financial instrument that is both a currency and an investment. You can use bitcoins to buy and sell things online, or you can buy and hold (or hodl) bitcoins in the hopes of turning a profit. Bitcoin is like Venmo (or PayPal), but if you sent and received stocks. This makes Bitcoin a truly unique financial invention”
― Neel Mehta, Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

“Bitcoin isn’t the only cryptocurrency in town. There are well over 2000 competing cryptocurrencies, known as altcoins,[410] each with its own features, mining algorithms, and (in some cases) blockchains. Some are specialized for particular kinds of payments, others aim to build a platform for apps, and others just seek to improve on Bitcoin’s flaws. Altcoins have gotten bigger and bigger over time — Bitcoin controlled 90% of the cryptocurrency market back in 2015 but just over 60% at the time of writing.”
― Neel Mehta, Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

“The blockchain… is the biggest innovation in computer science—the idea of a distributed database where trust is established through mass collaboration and clever code rather than through a powerful institution that does the authentication and the settlement. —Don Tapscott, author of The Blockchain Revolution[575]”
― Neel Mehta, Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies