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Les 3 livres qui ont changé ma vie : ma trilogie de la souveraineté
EconomicsPhilosophyHistoryTechnology

Les 3 livres qui ont changé ma vie : ma trilogie de la souveraineté

À vingt-trois ans, j'avais un poste correct, un salaire qui tombait chaque mois et l'impression tenace d'avoir signé pour une vie que je n'avais pas vraiment choisie. Trois livres ont fait voler…

The Hive or the Archipelago
PoliticsPhilosophyEconomics

The Hive or the Archipelago

A world without rival nation-states offers the mobile individual no leverage. Competition between jurisdictions is what protects the sovereign individual; a unified global system would strip away his only asset: the ability to leave.

The Locked Door
PoliticsPhilosophyEconomics

The Locked Door

Authority that cannot be refused is not earned but endured. A functioning society requires that citizens retain the right to leave, which disciplines both rulers and markets in ways no other mechanism can replicate.

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Praxeozoology: Animal Spirits Finally Explained
EconomicsPhilosophyScience

Praxeozoology: Animal Spirits Finally Explained

Have you ever wondered what really drives human behavior? Are we creatures of reason, calmly weighing our choices in pursuit of optimal outcomes, or are we…

Can We Ever Really Own Ideas? Action-Based Property
PhilosophyPublishing

Can We Ever Really Own Ideas? Action-Based Property

Can we ever really own ideas? 🤔…

Fork War
FictionEconomicsTechnology

Fork War

Date: May 7, 3011 Standard…

Proxy — Temet Nosce
FictionTechnology

Proxy — Temet Nosce

‘Big day ahead?’ the security guard at the front desk asked, looking up from his book and gesturing at the extra-large coffee in Ada’s hand…

The Big Slash
FictionEconomicsTechnology

The Big Slash

I was in a grocery store when The Big Slash happened. I was bagging my own groceries at the self-checkout stand, as is the right of…

The Fixer: Medical Device Exorcist
FictionTechnologyHealth

The Fixer: Medical Device Exorcist

It’s that kind of crappy day: so cold the rain’s freezing to the windows and the roads are gridlocked. I don’t drive, and sometimes gridlock is…

The Last Node
FictionTechnology

The Last Node

‘I’ll do it,’ Ada said, stretching out her palm with steely resolve…

Yourself Myself E-self
FictionTechnology

Yourself Myself E-self

By the fifth meeting, no one around the table is real…

The Echo of Tomorrow — Part One
FictionTechnologyPolitics

The Echo of Tomorrow — Part One

Join Mia, a girl longing for a world of love, freedom, and truth, on a thought-provoking journey into the unknown, where she confronts a disturbing future……

Response to revolutionary publishers
PublishingTechnologyBusiness

Response to revolutionary publishers

My response to 'revolutionary publishers' shilling AI.

So, where is everybody? How Bitcoin solves Fermi Paradox
ScienceEconomicsPhilosophy

So, where is everybody? How Bitcoin solves Fermi Paradox

Roughly eighty years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi pondered intelligent life beyond ourselves.

The Noderoid Saga: Dreamers
FictionTechnology

The Noderoid Saga: Dreamers

I am a noderoid, a half-flesh, half-machine creature harnessed to propagate and store the timechain.

Transit
FictionTechnology

Transit

Viktor peeled out of his training gear in the tiny hygiene pod. Then the first dull thud hit the door.

Panama One
FictionTechnologyEconomics

Panama One

Ricardo Castillo climbed the last few steps to the observation deck of Panama Four.

The Dao of Bitcoin: Towards a Cosmology of Energy Money
EconomicsPhilosophy

The Dao of Bitcoin: Towards a Cosmology of Energy Money

For money to have meaning it needs to have a relationship to energy.

Is the counterfeiter a criminal or a hero?
EconomicsPhilosophy

Is the counterfeiter a criminal or a hero?

In a system where money is no longer backed by tangible assets, counterfeiting is everywhere.

Hello World
FictionTechnology

Hello World

Before the ocean and the earth appeared — the face of nature was naught but chaos.

Decoding Bitcoin: A Journey Through its Metaphors and Mechanisms
EconomicsPhilosophy

Decoding Bitcoin: A Journey Through its Metaphors and Mechanisms

How do we explain Bitcoin? With metaphors. Lots and lots of them. We’re already about a decade and a half into the life of Bitcoin and…

The Galactic Playbook
FictionTechnology

The Galactic Playbook

External Memo 263 from the Emerging Civilizations Council (ECC)…

Musings on the Human Condition
PhilosophyReligion

Musings on the Human Condition

It is not weird that religions have gained a foothold when we realize how improbable each of us is.

Harnessing Computing Operations To Curb Wasted Resources
EconomicsTechnology

Harnessing Computing Operations To Curb Wasted Resources

Bitcoin miners are the dung beetles of the energy world — the ultimate waste reduction tool.

Bitcoin, the Barrow Scale, and a Great Future
EconomicsTechnology

Bitcoin, the Barrow Scale, and a Great Future

Before conquering Mars, we need to conquer outer space.

Unstoppamoney: The Internet's Heroic Journey to Peer-to-Peer Commerce
TechnologyEconomicsHistory

Unstoppamoney: The Internet's Heroic Journey to Peer-to-Peer Commerce

I've been a denizen of the online world since 1995, a time when the internet was still a novelty, and the possibilities it held seemed boundless…

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