I got this badge during my school years in the 1980s. It says on it: Society of Book Lovers.
I was 9 or 10 years old when I started reading a lot. I'd borrow 4 or 5 books from the library and read them all in a week. Children's encyclopedias, books about space, books about animals, and so on.
At 11, I started reading science fiction. I'd devour a 200-page book in two days; sometimes I'd read for four hours a day and could finish a book in a single day. I had time to play outside with friends, which took up many hours, and read in the evenings.
During my school years, I read only what interested me: science fiction, history books, scientific journals.
When I entered university in 1994-1995, I started reading computer newspapers and magazines. I would buy them for the six-hour train ride and read them voraciously.
Reading computer newspapers, I constantly saw ads for computer components (new and used). I was inspired to build my own computer from inexpensive used components. I only did so in 1998. I built a Pentium-90 MHz computer with a black-and-white monitor, CD-ROM, and modem.
I installed Windows 95 and the hissing sound of the modem, at a speed of 14400, opened up the vast world of the Internet to me.
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In 2017, I discovered the world of blockchain, and Hive was already around then. I registered with the Golos blockchain in May 2017.
I don't often read paper books these days. But I haven't stopped reading; I read a lot on the computer screen. News feeds, science news, AI news, and analytics. I also read Hive; I'm interested in following this project. This blockchain turns 10 this year.