The Japanese language can come at us with intimidating complexity. Yet it also has its fun, playful sides. Namely, its two kinds of onomatopoeia. Giseigo imitate artificial and natural sounds. They include animal call sounds, like a dog’s barking, a frog’s croaking, or nature sounds like “raining heavily.” Gitaigo express…

Bottom line: It lets us move value around the globe. Securely. The internet of information transfer — Web1 — got upgraded by Web2 — the internet of social transfers. Web3 goes father by being the internet of value transfer. Web1 is reading. Web2 is reading and writing. Web3 is owning…

Being digital goods on a global ledger, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) represent verifiably scarce and portable pieces of digital property. Their programmable nature mean they can evolve and emit more and more innovative features. The potential for NFTs is essentially unlimited as blockchains become global transaction ledgers for both natively virtual…

Software-enabled organizations better known as DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) are growing big enough that governments can no longer ignore them. Japanese legislators have claimed Web3 can help drive economic growth. Also at a Web3 event in Tokyo in April 2023, NFT entrepreneurs told the audience, “wait til all this Web3…

Five foreign languages in, thought it was time to share the best way I’ve learned each. How? A pocket notebook. Here’s the way to build vocabulary in the easiest way: Get a pocket dictionary and carry it around with a pen. (Note: Using your contacts in a smart phone is…

As finance moves from analog to digital, the quickly-growing Decentralized Financial system (DeFi) being built on Web3 has the promise to help or hurt U.S. foreign policy. DeFi has attracted over $3 trillion in assets as of December 2021. Its largest asset, bitcoin, now has a larger market cap than…

“For all the good we’ve achieved, the web has evolved into an engine of inequity and division; swayed by powerful forces who use it for their own agendas.” — Internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee Our first two internet generations have connected us like never before. They also have generated problems we’ve…

Soon, the world will separate into two types of people: Those with tokens (also known as “crypto”) and those without them. Tokens are what fuel Web3, the internet’s next generation. Owned by users. You’ll want to be one of those owners. We are supposed to understand what we’re investing in…

August 2021. Recently I became yet another covid patient. Despite being fully vaccinated and being a compulsive mask wearer. It was my first time getting it in the 18 months of this health storm, and I isolated at home for ten days. Certain things helped me recover faster and other…