Freedom, not decentralisation
Why not all free‑internet enthusiasts support decentralisation—and how they argue their case.
The right to be offline
How a class of digital refuseniks is forming—and why privacy is becoming a privilege of the rich.
Staking Your Body
How DNA tokenisation and swapping biometrics for basic income in Web3 turn the human body into a digital asset.
Why Schools? The Timeless Value of Education in a Modern World
From upanayana to ChatGPT: how and why education has changed from antiquity to today.
Sometimes a Scam Is Just a Scam (𓂀)
A moderately paranoid Elena Vasilyeva on why crypto followers believe in conspiracies (and why they’re sometimes right)
Silicon Tanks: “Stay hungry, stay foolish” — Stewart Brand
How the creator of the Whole Earth Catalog anticipated bitcoin’s principles, the information-price paradox and the primacy of perpetual maintenance.
You Can’t Block Them All
Uganda’s government tries to block Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat, now a potent tool for the opposition.We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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