Kevin Werbach

@kwerb
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Wharton professor & chair of Legal Studies and Business Ethics. Interested in tech policy, blockchain & digital assets, gamification, digital China, and AI ethics. Husband-guy, dad, herder of 4 cats, pescatarian cook, sometimes gamer, and Philadelphia Eagles fan. I believe in Spinoza's God.

Follow my blog: @blog@werblog

Author of The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust (https://amzn.to/2MwcYCu); academic director of Wharton's Web3 online programs (https://web3.wharton.upenn.edu).

Kevin WerbachNov 23, 2024

Any other mid-century modern Atomic Age fans out there?

#MCM

Kevin WerbachNov 17, 2024
Hawk Falls at Hickory Run State Park. Nice hike.
Kevin WerbachJan 13, 2024
I’ve made a resolution to do more public writing this year, especially around my work on AI. To that end, I’m experimenting with a few different platforms, including Substack. For my first post there, I argue that what we should be striving for is Accountable AI. https://accountableai.substack.com/p/what-is-accountable-ai
What is Accountable AI?

Beyond responsibility and ethics

The Road to Accountable AI
Kevin WerbachJan 29, 2023
Gameday! #Eagles
Kevin WerbachJan 2, 2023
Nouns DAO #NFT float at the #RoseParade in California.
Kevin WerbachDec 22, 2022
If the SEC is right that FTT, which FTX actively managed to finance growth of its exchange, is a security (it is), surely BNB, which serves the same function for Binance, and perhaps also the BUSD stablecoin Binance oversees, are securities. Note where they sit in the ranking of most valuable cryptocurrencies.
Kevin WerbachDec 2, 2022

"Backup account" you say?

How easy is it to spoof the "joined on" day for a new Twitter account?

Kevin WerbachNov 22, 2022

New @blog post:

Like it or Not, FTX is Crypto

https://werblog.com/like-it-or-not-ftx-is-crypto

When disasters strike, everyone’s natural instinct is to run away. Sometimes, though, it’s not so easy to separate yourself from the source of devastation. The whole blockchain and digital asset world needs to take a look in the mirror after the FTX collapse.

Like it or Not, FTX is Crypto

When disasters strike, everyone’s natural instinct is to run away. Sometimes, though, it’s not so easy to separate yourself from the so...

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Kevin WerbachNov 18, 2022

Every time I use Mastodon, I'm amazed it works so well.

Especially on Mastodon.social, which has a massive percentage of the users. Twitter, a venture-backed company with many employees and centralized control, couldn't handle scaling for years; the "Fail Whale" was a common occurrence. How in the world are a few open-source devs making this thing work with the massive influx of #Twitterrefugees? Sure, it's not perfect, but it's impressive in context.

I donated to the Patreon; you should too!

Kevin WerbachNov 15, 2022

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Three of our #cats are going under general anesthetic today for dental treatments. Please wish Rocky, Adrian, and Lol well!

Here they are in earlier days, when they still fit into one cat bed together.