Swastik Mohan Bhattarai

Across the globe, it is a rough season for those in power. Incumbents are being ousted by voters in a series of dramatic electoral defeats, indicating a shift that spans continents and political systems.

Our economy has created countless possibilities to earn wealth, but we have always known that money must be created from something real. However, this does not apply to cryptocurrencies since billions of dollars are being created through a virtual process known as ‘mining’.

The coronavirus is not the only epidemic ravaging the nation, the epidemic of misinformation has also peaked, and is getting stronger. We have become more outraged, narcissistic, polarized and misinformed.