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17 Apr 2023 8 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
When some of us hear the name Foucault, we let out a sigh, others ask “Who,” and some even say, “What did you say to me?”. For a time in my life, I was of the first variety. I had heard of Foucault vicariously and, through osmosis, I’d acquired some...
15 Apr 2023 3 minute read 4 comments LateToTheParty
Co-published on Read.cash and Zirkels. Not a week goes by without some drama regarding Elon Musk and Twitter. There was a big hoopla regarding Twitter Blue and the new checkmark system; Twitter open-sourced some of its algorithms onto Github last mon...
14 Apr 2023 32 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Throughout this week, I’ve been reading de Jouvenel’s On Power: The Natural Growth of Its History. On Monday and Wednesday, I covered the first four parts or books of de Jouvenel’s work and today I will be reviewing the last two. The last two section...
14 Apr 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
The following text is based on my work with cryptocurrencies and monetary policies. Pierpaolo Benigno is a professor of macroeconomics who, among other things, is discussing cryptocurrencies and monetary policies. According to him, the potential imp...
12 Apr 2023 5 minute read 3 comments Cje95
Late last week I stumbled across an article that suggested that OpenAI would best be served to move from a company to a DAO. Naturally, this idea caught my attention since it would result in a monumental shift in corporate America that I am not sure...
12 Apr 2023 19 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
"For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm." - Conan On Monday, the 10th of April, I covered the metaphysics and history of de Jouvenel’s Power. Today, what I will endeavor to cover is Power’s essence or character a...
11 Apr 2023 4 minute read 12 comments MintDice.com
President Joe Biden's proposal to introduce a tax on cryptocurrencies has sparked a heated debate within the crypto community. While some argue that the tax is necessary to address the environmental impact of crypto mining and prevent tax evasion, ot...
11 Apr 2023 3 minute read 5 comments ssaurel
Bitcoiners have been telling you for years that governments around the world are planning to introduce CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) sooner or later, which will be a horror for the citizens and a joy for the society of mass surveillance tha...
10 Apr 2023 15 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
As soon as I finished the works by Burnham I could get my hands on, I immediately turned to another mid-20th-century political scientist: Bertrand de Jouvenel. His work On Power: The Natural History of its Growth is monumental. Its lofty aims are mad...
7 Apr 2023 14 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Do the Progressives worship the gods of chaos? Maybe. The Managerial Revolution was primarily driven by ideology put into praxis. While I think James Burnham does a much better job explaining how ideologies work in Machiavellians, I also think he do...
