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Anomy

What is Anomy? The state of anomy is much the same as smelling some smoke and after which makes you confused and lost. The real definition of it is: "A state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values." This concept has emerged in 1893 with French sociologist Ă‰mile Durkheim. According to him, some people might experience Anomy, especially there's a sudden change in their circumstances. One good example will be the Japanese soldiers after world war 2 where their economy started to pick up after they went back to their homeland after the war. Besides this example, another example could be for the modern world people; as the digital economy started to pick up and transform thousands and millions of lives, those who are not technology savvy might choose to give up learning new things and shows an emotion of apathy. A minority of those might experienced anger and frustration too. Below is a video of

Bitcoin

I wonder who already heard about Bitcoin? I used to hear about them a few years ago and it was selling at Singapore Raffles Place if I don't remember wrongly. It was a new form of "currency" introduced then. Everyone was skeptical and the demand was pretty low then. The value of a bitcoin was less than $1USD in the year 2010. However, today it was valued at USD$764 for 1 Bitcoin.
And the lucky guy who sold his 2 pizza to a programmer, Laszlo Hanyecz for 10,000 Bitcoin which worth around $25 on 22nd May 2010 would now have bitcoin worth $7.64 millions (provided he still keep it).

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