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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…

Why We Tore Down The House and Rebuilt It from the Ground Up
PublishingBusinessPrivacy

Why We Tore Down The House and Rebuilt It from the Ground Up

Konsensus has rebuilt its website from scratch to reflect its core values: empowering sovereign individuals, protecting privacy, and simplifying how authors publish and readers access books. The new site removes tracking, gives authors complete ownership, and integrates publishing, bookselling, and reading in a single lean operation.

Stop Waiting, Start Publishing
PublishingBusinessSelf-Help

Stop Waiting, Start Publishing

Why freedom-minded creators should publish a book — and the three paths that get it into readers' hands.

Open submissionsWrite freelyEssays and fiction from outside voices, published in the Konsensus template.Submit your piece →
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…

The Vision Solution
FictionPrivacy

The Vision Solution

I could hear the drones in the sky above me. Surrounded by hundreds of people on this city street, it was irrational to believe they were…

UNDERWORLD
FictionPrivacy

UNDERWORLD

Fabian Sixsmith leaned closer to the screen. A couple of white pixels fizzed through the frame, and the hairs on his arm prickled. It had to…

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.

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.

When a starfish loses a limb, it doesn't die
Self-Help

When a starfish loses a limb, it doesn't die

Darwin's most famous insight: not the strongest survive, but the most responsive to change.

Panama One
FictionTechnologyEconomics

Panama One

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

Are We or Are We Not
FictionPrivacy

Are We or Are We Not

There was a genuine reason to work the code words in seamlessly.

Hello World
FictionTechnology

Hello World

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

Eye in the Sky
FictionPrivacy

Eye in the Sky

“We should have gone there instead,” Simon Derwall complained…

The Galactic Playbook
FictionTechnology

The Galactic Playbook

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

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…

The Importance of Wielding Bitcoin: Empowerment Through Action
EconomicsSelf-Help

The Importance of Wielding Bitcoin: Empowerment Through Action

Beyond bitcoin's status as investment, there's a compelling argument for actively wielding it.

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