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Crypto-Anarchism and Holistic Self-Assessment
Editors Note: This video can be a bit slow between Derrick Broze and James Corbett. It is still a solid video regarding cryptocurrencies and decentralization. It is also a fantastic philosophy video using the crypto space. Enjoy, the talk and give it some time. SHOW NOTES AND MP3 AUDIO: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=26355 Today James welcomes back Derrick Broze of TheConsciousResistance.com for a wide-ranging conversation on the pros and cons of cryptocurrency and its potential to fund independent journalism. We also go in-depth into Derrick’s new (free) Holistic Self-Assessment and the importance of better understanding and improving ourselves before we change the world. Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content…
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Putting Innovation to a Vote? Majoritarian Processes versus Open Playing Fields
Author: Gennady Stolyarov II Originally Published Putting innovation to a vote is never a good idea. Consider the breakthroughs that have improved our lives the most during the 20th and early 21st centuries. Did anyone vote for or ordain the creation of desktop PCs, the Internet, smartphones, or tablet computers? No: that plethora of technological treasures was made available by individuals who perceived possibilities unknown to the majority, and who devoted their time, energy, and resources toward making those possibilities real. The electronic technologies which were unavailable to even the richest, most powerful men of the early 20th century now open up hitherto unimaginable possibilities even to children of poor…
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Cryptocurrencies as a Single Pool of Wealth: Thoughts on the Purchasing Power of Decentralized Electronic Money
Author: Gennady Stolyarov II The recent meteoric rise in the dollar price of Bitcoin – from around $12 at the beginning of 2013 to several peaks above $1000 at the end – has brought widespread attention to the prospects for and future of cryptocurrencies. I have no material stake in Bitcoin (although I do accept donations), and this article will not attempt to predict whether the current price of Bitcoin signifies mostly lasting value or a bubble akin to the Dutch tulip mania of the 1630s. Instead of speculation about any particular price level, I hope here to establish a principle pertaining to the purchasing power of cryptocurrencies in general,…
