‘Computer-Hitler’ Makes a Bid for Power
How apocalyptic prophecies first morphed into “digital gulag” conspiracies, then into everyday speech.
‘Computer-Hitler’ Makes a Bid for Power
How apocalyptic prophecies first morphed into “digital gulag” conspiracies, then into everyday speech.
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.We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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