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Writing at the intersection of emerging tech and cultural trends.

Samantha Radocchia or “Sam Rad” for short is an avid writer, cultural critic, and published researcher. Her mainstream work on emerging tech, blockchain, entrepreneurship, leadership, and risk taking has been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, Business Insider, Fast Company, Huffington Post, Inc, and many more. Sam is a regular contributor to Forbes Magazine, covering Money & Markets, Cryptocurrencies, and Blockchain.

Her academic research in anthropology, linguistics, and critical theory focuses on ethnographic inquiry at the intersection of technology and society. Sam lived in the virtual world, Second Life, for 6 months in 2009, where she set up a digital t-shirt shop in order to study exchange of virtual assets and currencies. It was then she was introduced to Bitcoin.

She’s continued to write, research, document, and film throughout her journey as an entrepreneur. Sam has been the subject of a television series and she also writes for documentary, film, and creative fiction.

Most recently, Sam grappled with the impacts of decentralization on our culture in her #1 Best Selling book, "Bitcoin Pizza: The No Bullshit Guide to Blockchain."

Content Authenticity Initiative

There has never been a more important time to focus on digital content provenance and transparency.

As a member of Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), I support the tools, technologies, and networks that uphold the integrity of digital and physical media. This includes protecting artist rights, copyright protection, and combatting disinformation.

Radical Next: Reclaiming Your Humanity in a Post-Human World

What’s coming next is radically different.
As humans merge ever more deeply with technologies that seem to be advancing impossibly fast, we have entered a new era—the Age of Acceleration—that will call our very humanity into question. Are you ready for what comes next?
With transformative technologies like artificial intelligence, extended realities, and quantum computing increasingly blurring the boundaries between human and machine, organic and synthetic, reality and virtuality, we find ourselves at a crossroads of history, contemplating:
Who am I? What is real?
And what does it mean to be human in this new reality?

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Bitcoin Pizza: The No-Bullshit Guide to Blockchain

When you think of blockchain, do you see it as a passing trend or are you uncertain about its impact? Regardless of your perspective, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are poised to revolutionize numerous industries worldwide, including finance, supply chain, entertainment, digital rights, automotive, social media, security, and real estate.
In "Bitcoin Pizza," Sam Radocchia provides an engaging exploration of blockchain's potential to transform our world. Whether you're a business leader preparing for a decentralized future or simply curious about blockchain, this guide will boost your confidence and enthusiasm, offering a broader perspective that makes the technology's possibilities exciting rather than intimidating.

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CONTRIBUTOR: Money & Markets, Crypto, Blockchain

We are living during a unique moment in human history – and what’s coming next is radically different.

Socio-cultural paradigm shifts, technological advancements, and evolving geopolitics are fundamentally reshaping our societal backbones – or “operating systems.” The convergence of exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, immersive realities, and quantum computing are accelerating towards “the singularity” and we find ourselves on the cusp of a new era: The Age of Acceleration.