Is Bitcoin heading to the cliff? Here are a few fundamental questions that, if left unanswered, might eventually push the fledgling cryptocurrency off the cliff.

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Amid the daily chaos in Morocco, one usually wonders: What's wrong with this place? A legitimate question to which there are millions of answers. Here's one!

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To all the young minds out there: In our world you can easily minimize the pain of self doubt, the failures, the uncertainty and the emotional rollercoaster to the time you will be looking for your first job. And steadily grow from there, on a linear path to a guaranteed decent retirement. Or, you can skip the professional, stable, secure life for a life of gambles. A life where you will constantly be rolling dices. A life of great risk. A life of uncertainty. A life of constant emotional changes. A life of entrepreneurship. It’s a choice. Which would you choose?

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On the surface, the world's economy seems to be feeding on ideas and innovation. The flows of value seem biased towards countries where innovative ideas are created while less value flows to other economies that are only reusing old ideas. The argument is usually supported by an abundance of examples, such as the value of computers versus tomatoes, cars versus oranges, smartphones versus tshirts and the list goes on. We have all heard them. Examples used to validate the hypothesis that innovative ideas drive value. And it seems to fit so well with reality… until you meet a skeptic.

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Information can be a blessing but sometimes it’s a temporary curse that pushes us to make our own blessing. In the age of Facebook, Gene mapping, X-47B drones, Baidu, Spotify, iPhones, iPads and all the other great successes that blogs and magazines diligently rub in our faces every day, information becomes, more often than not, a source of frustration (a curse). Sometimes you just wish you didn’t know.

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