{"id":717,"date":"2019-10-02T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/blog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2019-10-02T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:54:08","slug":"on-becoming-a-soveriegn-individual-owning-your-life-and-other-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/on-becoming-a-soveriegn-individual-owning-your-life-and-other-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"On becoming a Soveriegn Individual, owning your life and other ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On becoming a Soveriegn Individual, owning your life and other ideas\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QvmDFA5krY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Know the benefits of applying the blockchain to  business transactions; decriminalize the scene for many assets; technologies are there but needs state-verification, public trust, a progressive and forward-thinking system.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><em>Interviewee: David Meszaros<br \/>Position: Meszaros Law Founder; ICO Advisor; Serial Entrepreneur<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Know the benefits of applying the blockchain to business transactions; decriminalize the scene for many assets; technologies are there but needs state-verification, public trust, a &#8230; <a title=\"On becoming a Soveriegn Individual, owning your life and other ideas\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/on-becoming-a-soveriegn-individual-owning-your-life-and-other-ideas\/\" aria-label=\"More on On becoming a Soveriegn Individual, owning your life and other ideas\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[296],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>On becoming a Soveriegn Individual, owning your life and other ideas - English Forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/on-becoming-a-soveriegn-individual-owning-your-life-and-other-ideas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On becoming a Soveriegn Individual, owning your life and other ideas - English Forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Know the benefits of applying the blockchain to business transactions; decriminalize the scene for many assets; technologies are there but needs state-verification, public trust, a ... 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