I've said before that Vitalik Buterin's place in human history is comparable to Confucius and Newton. Confucius was the founder of Confucian ideology. Newton was the founder of the scientific era's ideology. At its core, science is fundamentally a cognitive paradigm — and that paradigm is itself a powerful ideology. It has become the foundation supporting the legal and moral systems of most modern nations. Vitalik will be the founder of the algorithmic age's ideology, carried by blockchain crypto.