In Search of Freedom: Life, Death, and Sovereignty in the Himalaya
My trek through the villages of the Annapurna Circuit brought unexpected insights about what it means to be free.
Lue vapaasti vapaasti
Tutustu 95 kirjoitusta aikaketjufiktiosta, taloudesta ja vapaudesta – julkaisijana Konsensus.
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
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
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.
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…
10 Quotes from Satoshi Nakamoto (Book of Satoshi, 2nd Edition)
Satoshi Nakamoto's public life was short but intense…
Can We Ever Really Own Ideas? Action-Based Property
Can we ever really own ideas? 🤔…
A Brief History of Bitcoin Books and Publishing
The history of Bitcoin publishing through a timeline of key books and publications.
Fork War
Date: May 7, 3011 Standard…
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
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
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
‘I’ll do it,’ Ada said, stretching out her palm with steely resolve…
Yourself Myself E-self
By the fifth meeting, no one around the table is real…
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
My response to 'revolutionary publishers' shilling AI.
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
I am a noderoid, a half-flesh, half-machine creature harnessed to propagate and store the timechain.
Bitcoin and germs, or how central banks practice economic phlebotomy
William Harvey demonstrated blood circulation in the 1620s, demolishing ancient knowledge.
Transit
Viktor peeled out of his training gear in the tiny hygiene pod. Then the first dull thud hit the door.
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
For money to have meaning it needs to have a relationship to energy.
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
Before the ocean and the earth appeared — the face of nature was naught but chaos.