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.
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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…
Can We Ever Really Own Ideas? Action-Based Property
Can we ever really own ideas? 🤔…
So, where is everybody? How Bitcoin solves Fermi Paradox
Roughly eighty years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi pondered intelligent life beyond ourselves.
Bitcoin and germs, or how central banks practice economic phlebotomy
William Harvey demonstrated blood circulation in the 1620s, demolishing ancient knowledge.
Behemoth
The massive ship had just docked their home, Steadfast #2, and Flint Molvesper was ready to board.
The Journal's Alchemists
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
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.
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…
Musings on the Human Condition
It is not weird that religions have gained a foothold when we realize how improbable each of us is.