The Truth Machine is an unapologetically pro-crypto book. I read it because I’m not a pro-crypto person and I wanted to see what a fawning take on the technology could do to sway my opinion. I am largely unswayed, though cases in which this book covers real world applications of crypto were interesting. To that end, it opens by describing a refugee crisis in Jordan. As an experiment, the UN decided to use blockchain technology to track how refugees were accessing their food allotments. This […]