Bitcoin’s Rise And It’s Primordial Origins

Behavioral Economics & The Future of Cryptocurrencies

Abhishek Kothari
8 min readNov 18, 2017
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“Capitalism is not the simple desire to make a profit. Capitalism is the fantasy that growth can continue at a consistent rate indefinitely. When a child is young, it cannot yet imagine being an adult, so it thinks it will keep on growing forever. The fantasy that you can grow forever is exhilarating, one of the many aspects that make children seem so alive. We live in fantasy, all of us, all of the time, to a greater or lesser extent ” — Jacob Wren, Rich And Poor

“The Internet is the first thing humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy we have ever had ”— Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman — Alphabet

Salvator Mundi (savior of the world), a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, was auctioned by Christie on November 15, 2017 for an astronomical value of $450 million. Many…

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Abhishek Kothari

Futurist@The Intersection of Finance, Tech & Humanity. Stories of a Global Language: “Money”. Contributor @ Startup Grind, HackerNoon, HBR