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Understanding potential of mechanism design People have been trying to model how decisions get made for a long time.  In western history, the earliest person we know of to try and model decision making was Aristotle in his studies on...

As part of its overall efforts to modernize the London insurance market and make it easier to do business with, in 2017 the market asked a simple question:   Could a new, more effective, significantly lower cost operating model be created...

In the past three or four weeks I have had no less than six separate requests to offer advice on the viability of various blockchain startups or ICO’s. After thinking about it a bit, I wrote the following article on LinkedIn. View it...

Good VC’s do add a lot of value beyond the funding they provide: advice, expertise, improved market access, and an often-needed dose of adult supervision. But with startups increasingly having the ability to go directly to the market for...

Areiel is featured on MarTechExec, offering a view on how blockchain is poised to disrupt current digital marketing best practice. This is excerpted from a full guide on digital marketing.

This afternoon, I had the singular opportunity to work with Ed Heath and the UK’s Southwest Regional Cyber Cyber Crime Unit.  Working together, we explored ways in which the RCCU could expand their coverage to include crimes committed...

Fascinating article from Wired about DARPA’s foray into social sciences. The howls of rage that are going to come from DARPA even trying to take on this problem are nothing compared to what will happen if they succeed. For a copy of the...

Hackers lift $7.5M by hacking the ICO of CoinDash. I’m wondering if this will put even a dent in the irrational exuberance.  https://www.coindesk.com/7-million-ico-hack-results-coindash-refund-offer/

A few people have asked me how to go about establishing themselves as recognized thought leaders in their respective fields. I make no particular claims to expertise in this regard, but it is something I have thought about consciously...