TechnoAgorist

Both government and so-called private companies love playing with words, like when Apple recently announced new "features" which significantly harm user privacy and security.

Everyone seemingly has their favorite crypto project and blockchain. But, is there such a thing as a one-size-fits-all blockchain? Should there be?

Many people are moving to Signal, the messaging application. But, how secure is it? Can we trust that messages sent on it will remain private?

After decades of the almost completely free spread of information, the web has now become the center of history's greatest censorship battle. Don't let yourself be memory-holed.

People who think of cryptocurrencies as something to hold, something to invest in miss the point. Crypto is designed to do things that only crypto can do and its value is in its utility, in its use as money.

My goal for 2021 is to live simply. This means focusing on the things which I value most and setting aside the things I don't.

What About Bob was funnier when it was just a movie.

When Samuel Konkin III described Agorism, he described it as a means toward an end. Agorist purists miss the point when they describe it as an end in and of itself.

Gilligan and the other castaways had a straightforward problem. They needed to dig a well. The funny thing is that their solution and the consequences of that solution are surprisingly relevant to our lives today.

I have always enjoyed Philip K. Dick's work and the movies based off of it. Recently, I found myself contrasting the real-life NPCs in the world today with the replicants portrayed in the movie Blade Runner.