The AoE crew laments the demise of Mad Magazine and commemorates its impact on the zeitgeist, we continue on our recurring theme of “The Great Opt-Out” and whether it can scale to meet the needs of a modern urbanized, industrial scale populace. Also the state of rural internet and how important it is especially today. […]

In this issue: WSJ: Justice Department poised to hit Google with antitrust lawsuit Announcing: Free Jitsi-based video conferencing French law to remove hate-speech within 24 hours passes senate Gaming Google to suppress unfavourable results with DMCA requests Human behaviour during pandemic messing up models generated by AI US Senate misses opportunity to vote down warrantless data collection by single vote Facebook […]

For various reasons, which Charles, Jesse and Mark discuss, there will be no return to normalcy, as we knew it. So what comes after the failure of Neo-Liberalism? Something better? Or something worse?

In this issue:

CCP monitors foreign WeChat to tune domestic censorship

Negative oil price triggers trading software bug, wipes out trader

What to do about fake news when the gatekeepers are worse

Open server triggers privacy fears around contact tracing apps

- and more

In this episode, the band reconvenes with Charles, Jessie and Mark taking a deep dive into the concept of "The Saviour State" and and whether it’s possible to be a survivalist without any social capital. We look at how our desire for safety causes us to take a leap of faith that makes surveillance look deceptively attractive.

In this episode: Apple, Google release first SDKs and APIs for COVID contact tracing Kevin Kelly’s 68 bits of unsolicited advice for happiness ICANN tanks dotORG sale Cimate activists call for Michael Moore film to be deplatformed Amazon used data from third-party sellers to create knock-off products China arrests volunteers who uploaded coronavirus data to Github […]

Jesse Hirsh and Mark Jeftovic discuss kleptrocracy as the central organizing principle of our society, deplatfoming all non-conforming thought as misinformation, and are the Big Tech mavens modern day philosopher kings, or just self-indulgent narcissists?

In this episode: Florida Man attempts Coronavirus domain speculation, hilarity ensues NYC mayor encourages citizens to report quarantine breakers, hilarity ensues Mega major iPhone security flaw discovered in email app. Hilarity does not ensue Tony Blair Institute: State surveillance is price worth paying amid pandemic Foxit PDF reader vulnerable to remote execution attack WHO, Gates Foundation password […]

Our first ever AxisOfEasy Salon wherein Charles, Jesse and Mark hop on a video chat (or audio) and discuss the undercurrents and tectonic shifts occurring against the backdrop of today’s coronavirus pandemic. You tube video here:

Our first ever AxisOfEasy Salon wherein Charles, Jesse and Mark hop on a video chat (or audio) and discuss the undercurrents and tectonic shifts occurring against the backdrop of today’s coronavirus pandemic. You tube video here: