
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.
Tutustu 95 kirjoitusta aikaketjufiktiosta, taloudesta ja vapaudesta – julkaisijana Konsensus.

My trek through the villages of the Annapurna Circuit brought unexpected insights about what it means to be free.

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation took effect in August 2026, making it impossible for Konsensus to distribute printed books across EU borders. The company is winding down print sales and selling stranded stock at production cost.

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.

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.

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.

A few days ago, I was sentenced to death. They offered me a choice — the firing squad, or a one-way voyage into the dark.

The letter lay on Daria’s welcome mat. The fact that the Corporation had sent a physical letter meant they were serious. Paper equated to legal ruling…

‘Welcome to the Hammock Room,’ said the Factotum, pushing the door open. It was gloomy inside, like the Sleeping Bag room had been, only the walls…

June 24th, 2052 – Somewhere along the Mediterranean Coast…

The hangover was still clouding Max’s mind when he woke up that day to a thin sliver of light coming through the window. The party was…

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 woman sold her son for a bag of wheat. She pushed him towards the soldiers, snatched the bag, and turned on her heel. Her eyes…

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…

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…

A note lay on our front step. On the underside were these words: Come to the garden now…

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……

First, the quiet came. Each day, the markets grew quieter, the people hungrier.

The band of warriors relied on the incorruptible time chain and sympathetic resonance.

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

It's amazing how effective the government can get when taxation becomes voluntary.

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

Understand the destructive power of inflation and the consequences of central planning.