Moths to a Flame: The Light and Dark of Reading Accidents in \u3ci\u3eNorth American Mountaineering\u3ci\u3e

A climber finds two issues of the American Alpine Club’s annual accidents reports from 2013 and 2014 and ruminates on his obsessions

At the Military Cemetery

Poetry by Leath Tonino

Is Bitcoin Reminiscent of Past Bubbles?

Bitcoin, an open-source decentralized peer-to-peer payment system, has made an unprecedented rise to notoriety in the last decade. In 2018, Bitcoin reported its worst year in history with depreciation of more than 70% from its year opening price. Consequently, the narrative of a bubble that surrounded Bitcoin was amplified by this news. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the presence of a bubble within Bitcoin by comparing its price volatility and the psychological factors that influence its price formation to that of two historic bubbles, the Dotcom Bubble and the Tulip Mania