2021
Marx’s Stolen Theory
It was not Marx’s labor theory of value. As Lutz (2018) argues, it is the position of several French philosophers, aligned with [...]
Understanding Medieval Documents: Part II
A commentary on the following charter: Carta Lucie de Brintona de tota terra quam Godwinus filius Leurich Carta Hugonis de [...]
Understanding Medieval Documents
A translation of the following: Omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis Herebertus de Bolebek salutem. Sciatis quod Alexander de Kenebelle consilio [...]
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau captured the accurate naturalism developed in the time following scientific advances such as those made by Darwin. Geographic [...]
Rome and the Indian Ocean: The Classical World in a Global Context
Scholarly Review De Romanis, F. (2015). Comparative Perspectives on the Pepper Trade. F. De Romanis and M. Maiuro (eds.), Across the [...]
Merchants and the Tokugawa Political Order
The Tokugawa political order was maintained by a system that some researchers have referred to as centralized feudalism. The structure [...]
Taproot: Building a Mixer
BTC (Core) developers have recently instigated another major change, moving the BTC network further away from Bitcoin. Some reported of [...]
The Tale of Genji
Having studied theology and mediaeval history before, I come to today’s subject with a particular bias and worldview. Yet, having [...]
Banking Old Wine in New Bottles
There is this Bitcoin thing that doesn’t need trusted intermediaries. So, what do people do? Well, you build a series [...]
Shares 2.0
I want you to imagine for a minute a new form of shares that security companies can issue. The security [...]
The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan
Throughout the world, the 16th century was a time of change, whether Western or Eastern. The Tokugawa shogunate had taken [...]
Infinite and Unbounded
Unfortunately, a major problem stems from a lack of understanding of many common terms today. Turing completeness does not require [...]