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.
Another Brick Through Our Window
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.
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.
Nemesys
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.
Stop Waiting, Start Publishing
Why freedom-minded creators should publish a book — and the three paths that get it into readers' hands.
Daria’s Delightful Dancing Emporium
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…
Dreaming Big
‘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…
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…
Stumble
June 24th, 2052 – Somewhere along the Mediterranean Coast…
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 Confisco
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…
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 Days
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…
The Last Node
‘I’ll do it,’ Ada said, stretching out her palm with steely resolve…
We Are Living Well
A note lay on our front step. On the underside were these words: Come to the garden now…
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.
The Noderoid Saga: Dreamers
I am a noderoid, a half-flesh, half-machine creature harnessed to propagate and store the timechain.
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
Darwin's most famous insight: not the strongest survive, but the most responsive to change.