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Crash Course: Cryptocurrencies Vs. Reality
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One of my favorite scenes in The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin’s takedown about Facebook’s founders, is when the actor playing Harvard president Larry Summers upbraids the actor playing the dual role of the Winklevoss twins. Don’t ask the university to intervene in your petty dispute with Mark Zuckerberg, he tells them. “Everybody at Harvard is inventing something,” he adds. “I suggest again that the two of you come up with a new, new project.”