Philosophy
On Talking
I have been giving oral presentations for a long time. The methodology I used in learning the necessary skill has
On ‘Bullshit’
Franfurt (2005; originally 1986, in his essay On Bullshit) assembled a modern philosophical concept that presents perhaps one of the
Jan Van Eyck — A Study in Optics
When people discuss Renaissance art, they generally look to Florence and the northern Italian peninsula. In doing so, they bypass
What Is Censorship Resistance?
Bitcoin has nothing to do with ‘censorship resistance’, and it never did. The entire term is rather asinine. The only
On Civil Disobedience
I believe in law. To me, it holds the convictions of all that is valuable. Having said so, all systems
Statement of Dec 27, 2019
Recently, we have received many questions and seen much public conjecture about what will happen in January 2020 with bitcoin
Work Is Infinite…
Many in Silicon Valley and others like to promote the false concept of artificial intelligence (AI) and, specifically, how AI
Satoshi; or, The Solution to Nakamoto’s Dilemma
Tominaga Nakamoto (1715–46) was a Japanese philosopher trained in the Osaka merchant academy called the Kaitokudō. His research and writings
Satoshi’s Vision: The Art of Bitcoin
The book Satoshi’s Vision: The Art of Bitcoin is the product of a compilation of a selected number of Craig’s
Zeno’s Paradoxes and Bitcoin
A part of the reason for the number of bitcoin relates to a simple sequence that allows you to see
The Genetic Fallacy
The genetic fallacy avoids an argument by shifting the focus onto something’s or someone’s origins. It’s similar to an ad
From the Bygone Days of Yore — Part 1
In today’s post, I will go back to 2012: Panopticrypt had been running since 2011, and I was ready to