Friday afternoon at The Preston of Park Cities retirement home, 16 seniors look up expectantly at their teacher: a 21-year-old former president of the blockchain club at the University of Texas at Austin.
Elevator music plays in the background of the quiet meeting room as he introduces his presentation titled, “Crypto Crash Course.”
A few seconds into the lecture comes the first comment from the crowd: “I can’t hear.”
The luxury senior living facility on Sherry Lane has regular classes but this is the first one delving into the complexities of cryptocurrencies and NFTs – topics with few experts even among younger generations.
“I was a guest lecturer at my university for an intro to blockchain course just because there aren’t a lot of people who know enough to teach this stuff,” said Owen Robertson, the young crypto lecturer who’s majoring in the management of information systems. He’s also on the board of the McCombs School of Business Blockchain Initiative and works as a marketing...
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