Epsilon Theory Podcast

The Fast and Furious movies are famous for intense action and ridiculous plots. But the truth about how these stories get made has more to do with the drama happening behind the camera than in front of it.

We write a LOT about work. And the responses we get are ... weird. Once again, the most important narratives are the ones we tell ourselves.

The Long Now has severed the tether between taxation and spending – the most important policy relationship in our social lives. Here’s what we’re going to do about it.

They have mastered the art of stealing our tells. At scale. Here’s how we resist. At scale.

It’s time to start a fire. To burn, yes, but also to illuminate. How? Make – Protect – Teach.

The Long Now is the economic stimulus and the political fear that we pull forward from the future into the present. Tick-tock.

What made Bitcoin special is nearly lost, and what remains is a constructed narrative that exists in service to Wall Street and Washington rather than in resistance.

How do we change the world? Not through corporations and political parties from the top-down, but through men and women of good will from the bottom-up. Not as an alienated flock, but as a cooperative pack. Not with abstractions and transactions, but with making, protecting and teaching. Let's gooooooo!

Gell-Mann Amnesia: Despite having this searing experience with media articles where we actually have meaningful personal knowledge, we believe without hesitation the next story we read where we don’t!

https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/

Take back your vote.

Take back your distance.

Take back your data.

How to make our way as citizens in a fallen world, with Clear Eyes and Full Hearts to make it better.

Originally published November 19, 2018