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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Brown: Chick-fil-As Cow Appreciation Day Highlights Chaotic Consumer Perception of Industrial Livestock Production

Brown: Chick-fil-A’s Cow Appreciation Day Highlights Chaotic Consumer Perception of Industrial Livestock Production

By Jacob Brown September 11, 2018

Every July 10th since 2004, thousands of people put on polka dot patterned jumpsuits, don homemade cow ears and congregate at their nearest Chick-fil-A restaurant to get a free meal at any of the 2,200...

Chart of Bitcoins USD value, with an all-time high of 20,000 it has lost 65% of is value since then.

Brown: The Naive Economics of Cryptocurrency Highlight The Failures of a Completely Free Market

By Jacob Brown September 10, 2018

In the genesis block of Bitcoin, a message was left in the parameters by Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for the mysterious and unknown creator(s) of Bitcoin. This message reads: “The Times 03/Jan/2009...

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By Jacob Brown September 4, 2018

Sometime between the development of ARPANET and the Senate hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, the tech industry transformed from an industry offering consumers a new world of personal freedom and productivity...

Brown: Silicon Valley Has Deliberately Designed Habitually Addictive Platforms

Brown: Silicon Valley Has Deliberately Designed Habitually Addictive Platforms

By Jacob Brown August 12, 2018

In 2014, the viral mobile game Flappy Bird was suddenly taken off Apple's App Store by its creator. Intended only to be played casually, the creator had accidentally implemented what he considered "addictive"...

Brown: Utahs Notorious Alcohol Laws Are Keeping You Safe

Brown: Utah’s Notorious Alcohol Laws Are Keeping You Safe

By Jacob Brown July 25, 2018

A state-oriented regulatory liberalization effort has begun to form between the Utah state government and the alcoholic beverage industry. Last year, approximately $178.9 million dollars in sales tax were...