Values, Axial Currencies, and Computational Axiology: Digital Currencies Can Do More than Buy Stuff
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عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0278-0097,1937-416X
DOI: 10.1109/mts.2018.2857639