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Dec 19, 2021

The Universe as a Statistical Approximation

On the behavior of matter, your brain, and the continuing evolution of humanity. — Every now and then it is our duty to remind ourselves just how much we don’t know… So let us start with you. Listen to that voice in your head currently reading these words. When you read these words, a small cluster of neurons fire near the back of your…

Neuroscience

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The Universe as a Statistical Approximation
The Universe as a Statistical Approximation
Neuroscience

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Dec 19, 2021

How to Herd People in 5 Steps

A Manual on Mass Manipulation — The following excerpts are taken from psychologist and Nazi torture survivor Joost Meerloo, from his 1956 book, Rape of the Mind. We shall use it as the backbone of our manual. Step 1: Isolation Pavlov formulated his findings into a general rule in which the speed of learning is positively correlated with quiet…

Propaganda

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How to Herd People in 5 Steps
How to Herd People in 5 Steps
Propaganda

11 min read


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Coinmonks

·Feb 28, 2021

The Bitcoin Volatility Problem, and Possible Solutions

Can the BTC Vol Problem Be Overcome? — Bitcoin is easily one of the most significant economic experiments in history. It represents hope for a world led by fiscally reckless politicians. But there are several logical hurdles that Bitcoin will have to jump through in order to become anything close to a practical money. …

Bitcoin

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The Bitcoin Volatility Problem, and Possible Solutions
The Bitcoin Volatility Problem, and Possible Solutions
Bitcoin

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Jan 5, 2020

3 Reasons Why the United States Loves Occupying the Middle East

Today we learned that Iran will no longer be abiding by the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Framework, and will enrich its uranium supply “without limits.” …

Foreign Policy

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3 Reasons Why the United States Loves Occupying the Middle East
3 Reasons Why the United States Loves Occupying the Middle East
Foreign Policy

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Sep 29, 2019

The Modern Art of Printing Money

The Complicated Process of Federal Reserve Open Market Operations Made Simple — Since the invention of banking, banks and governments alike have been in the constant pursuit of loaning out money they do not have, or of paying off debts without actual responsibility. These problems spawned the art of printing money. In modern times, one such method is called fractional reserve banking…

Economics

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The Modern Art of Printing Money
The Modern Art of Printing Money
Economics

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Keeping Stock

·Jun 3, 2019

I Built a Web Scraper to Analyze the Economic Soundness of 200 Countries. Here’s What I Found

I once read about the story of investor Jim Rogers, who for 3 years in the early 2000s, traveled the world in a custom Mercedes. He stumbled upon the country of Botswana and immediately fell in love with it. The government was very efficient and tended to take a more…

Economics

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I Built a Web Scraper to Analyze the Economic Soundness of 200 Countries. Here’s What I Found
I Built a Web Scraper to Analyze the Economic Soundness of 200 Countries. Here’s What I Found
Economics

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Keeping Stock

·Dec 17, 2018

Speculating Like an Economist

Methods for Analyzing and Making Sound Predictive Hypotheses in Commodity Markets — In these turbulent financial times, I have had a considerable number of friends and family ask for my advice on speculating, investing and general financial tactics. I have intensely studied the field of economics for nearly a decade, since I was 14, and through the power of social media, (and…

Finance

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Speculating Like an Economist
Speculating Like an Economist
Finance

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Aug 23, 2018

The Law Should Promote Freedom, Not Restrain It

One of the greatest errors in human action is the misapplication of rules. There are many people in this world who believe all problems can be solved if only a rule were installed to prevent that problem. There is an all too common misconception that in order to have security…

Law

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The Law Should Promote Freedom, Not Restrain It
The Law Should Promote Freedom, Not Restrain It
Law

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HackerNoon.com

·Jul 6, 2018

The Moral Robot; 14 Moral Rules for Machines

I’m more worried about an artificial imbecile than I am an artificial intelligence. Although, compared to a calculator we are hopelessly outmatched in basic computation, we seem to be unrivaled in our ability to evaluate decisions and their impacts over the long run. The human brain is still the most…

Artificial Intelligence

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The Moral Robot; 14 Moral Rules for Machines
The Moral Robot; 14 Moral Rules for Machines
Artificial Intelligence

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Apr 14, 2018

The ‘Assad Chemical Attack’ Narrative Has As Many Holes As Craters in Syrian Soil

“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.” — George Orwell For those uninformed about the Syrian Conflict: The Middle East is a total disaster; very little makes sense out there. For the understandably ignorant, here’s a post I wrote up about two years ago…

Foreign Policy

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The ‘Assad Chemical Attack’ Narrative Has As Many Holes As Craters in Syrian Soil
The ‘Assad Chemical Attack’ Narrative Has As Many Holes As Craters in Syrian Soil
Foreign Policy

4 min read

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Alex the Younger

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