We’ve all been there. As tech enthusiasts, we spend most of our time conversing with other people in the know. But when I casually mentioned the upcoming Libra crypto to my mom, I was met with a blank stare. It was a bit of a revelation. Until now I had just assumed that Libra was front-page news everywhere. I couldn’t believe that my mom had never heard of it. “But Mum!” I stammered (she’s British) “It’s all over Facebook!” Apparently, it’s only all over Facebook for me. I had forgotten about those algorithms. Who knows what Facebook is feeding my mom? If you’ve ever been stumped by a Baby Boomer’s reaction to technology that will change the course of the future, you’ll know what I was feeling. But it doesn’t have to be so. And thankfully I was able to gather myself together and explain Libra, a blockchain, and cryptocurrency to my mom in a way that she understood. Here’s how I did it. Our Moms Oh, the Baby Boomer generation. They look so cool in those 1960s films, wh
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