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Foucault's Ethical Model and Biopolitics

19 Apr 2023 10 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Ask not what your state can do for you but what you can do for the state. In my post on Monday, the 17th of April, I explored the relationship between knowledge and Power as identified by Foucault; specifically, learned knowledge or categorical knowl...

Has humanity lost its way?

11 Apr 2023 2 minute read 15 comments alberdioni8406

What is happening with human society? This question may seem banal, but nowadays it is increasingly present in people's minds. What is happening with humans? Today's men have the best tools to live better than men in the past, but they do not use the...

A Photonic Powered AI/ML Blockchain and DAO? Scary without a Leash.

14 Jul 2022 8 minute read 1 comment Thunderboltkid

What happens when Photonic Computing starts to power AI/ML 100X faster than current GPUs and FPGAs? Without human control, I suspect not much good will come the way of the 'herd', that is "we the people", the general population of this little green p...

CRYPTO MYTHBUSTER PART 3: DCA – Is it ok to tell a lie for the greater good?

31 Jan 2022 7 minute read 1 comment Sam from Crypto Ethics

In part 1 & 2 I already talked about Bitcoin as a store of value and index investing in the crypto space. In both cases big names in the crypto community seem to lie to the community or at best don’t know what they are talking about. I suspect that s...

CRYPTO MYTHBUSTER PART 2: Index Investing – Is it ok to tell a lie for the greater good?

7 Jan 2022 8 minute read 1 comment Sam from Crypto Ethics

In my last article I talked about the myth of Bitcoin being a great store of value and established a first part of the ethics of lying: https://www.publish0x.com/crypto-ethics/crypto-mythbuster-part-1-store-of-value-is-it-okay-to-tell-a-xmmwjve This...

The Problem of Banning Offensive Technology Sales

26 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

I like the concept of ‘banning’ the sale of offensive cyber weapons to potential adversaries, but what defines technology as offensive versus defensive? Israel just announced it will ban the sales of hacking and surveillance tools to 65 countries: h...

CRYPTO MYTHBUSTER PART 1: Store of Value – Is it okay to tell a lie for the greater good?

22 Nov 2021 5 minute read 3 comments Sam from Crypto Ethics

“Bitcoin is a great store of value.” You will hear this sentence on almost every podcast, YouTube show or interview regarding Bitcoin and Crypto. However, it is a lie – Bitcoin is not a great store of value! Bloomberg article BTC as store of value  ...

Cryptocurrency and Philosophy

22 Nov 2021 2 minute read 5 comments Shane Wahl

As an academic philosopher by profession, I have often dealt with people asking me "what can you do with philosophy?" Ignoring the silliness of the question in general as it relates to impacting one's life, self-flourishing, etc., the impetus behind...

How to Tell an Altruist From an Activist

25 Oct 2021 3 minute read 6 comments VVoytila

Picture someone you hate. No, not someone you dislike. Image a human being that is not just the radical opposite of you politically, but hates what you love and loves what you hate, who will harm the things you want to protect and do all this intenti...

Are we still building a better future?

17 Sep 2021 3 minute read 4 comments bengy

    Unsplash   By now, I guess most people will have heard of the scandal at OpenSea. If you didn't, this is the brief rundown... OpenSea is the leading platform for NFTs on Ethereum... and arguably the leading platform full-stop. Their Head of...