In 2014, Jonathan Logan and I started on this book, ultimately releasing it in 2016. Being involved in online #privacy on a daily basis at cryptohippie.com, we saw where things were headed and decided that we had to warn people. #PlebChain #FollowForFollow #PrivacyMatters

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Here’s how serious this is: These people have already demonstrated their willingness for non-compliers to die. This is the same #psychology that drove inquisitors and their heretic hunts: The names and titles are new but the pathology is the same. #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #Morality https://freemansperspective.com/everyone-needs-to-ditch-the-status-quo-now/

The Bible has been loudly and publicly criticized for centuries now. At the same time, it’s most vocal defenders have been those who demand that it be treated as a mandatory oracle. As a result, the public has been given a binary choice: Either the Bible is horrible, or else it’s divine and you’ll go to hell if you don’t think so. I think that’s a false choice, but it’s the one most people see. #PlebChain #FollowForFollow #Religion #Christianity

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Good Things in the Bible

The Bible has been loudly, publicly, and repetitively criticized for a long time, and it’s most vocal defenders have been those who demand that i...

A few people remember President Dwight #Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, where he warned #Americans about the rise of a #military-industrial complex… a #warning that was stunningly accurate and almost fully ignored. #PlebChain #FollowForFollow

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Humanity Crucified on a Cross of Iron

A few people remember President Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, where he warned Americans about the rise of a military-industrial complex�...

The #truth of the matter is that the ruling structures of our world are abject failures – relics of a brutal and ignorant past. And Eisenhower was right when he said they were crucifying #humanity on a cross of iron. We can do better. #History #PlebChain #FollowForFollow

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Humanity Crucified on a Cross of Iron

A few people remember President Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, where he warned Americans about the rise of a military-industrial complex�...

As I write this, #Bitcoin has just passed 985 million transactions. A quick, “back of the envelope” calculation says that it will process its one billionth transaction in six or seven weeks… somewhere around May 20th. I think this is a milestone we should note. #PlebChain #FollowForFollow #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #CryptoCommunity https://freemansperspective.com/bitcoins-one-billionth-transaction/

I doubt that any of my readers would consider these as healthy attitudes for a child to assume. And that’s why we warn before we punish. We want them to understand that there are rational reasons for punishment, and we don’t want them cowering in perpetual fear. Warning, then, is an essential tool, and yet it plays almost no role in modern #law. And this begs the question: Why not? #PlebChain #FollowForFollow #Ethics #Morality

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Why Does the Law Not Warn?

Everyone who has children, or even nieces and nephews, understands that you have to warn a child before punishing him or her. If not, you teach the...

What if, just once, you got out of bed and imagined that you were a fresh being in the universe? And more than that, a good, #creative, potent being. What if you imagined yourself free of obligations and intimidations, charting a #fresh course? What if you looked at your life as if it were #beginning anew? #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #Happiness #Innerwork

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A New Day, a New Chance to Be Wonderful

Most people fail to appreciate the fresh opportunity that each day brings them. Their programming requires them to snort derisively at concepts lik...

What happens when the young and healthy see themselves cast in the role of “the permanently abused,” then, is quite predictable, all the more so because they’re expected to thank their abusers: They rebel. As they should. #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #Crypto #CryptoCommunity https://freemansperspective.com/more-revolutionaries-are-coming/

What happens when the young and healthy see themselves cast in the role of “the permanently abused,” then, is quite predictable, all the more so because they’re expected to thank their abusers: They rebel. As they should. #Crypto #CryptoCommunity #Plebchain #followforfollow #whistleblowers https://freemansperspective.com/more-revolutionaries-are-coming/

I don’t oppose #science. In fact I advocate for it. But it’s also clear that “science” has been turned into an #idol, and then into a social weapon. I’m going to explain briefly how that happened. #plebchain #followforfollow #christian #history

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How Science Became an Idol

I do not oppose science. In fact I advocate for it. But it’s also clear to me that science has been turned into a social weapon. More than that, ...

This video, which was made for #Google employees, was designed to confuse them into supporting their employer’s plans and to feel like they were smart for doing so. That pissed me off. #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #Tech #PrivacyMatters https://freemansperspective.com/googles-mendacity-the-selfish-ledger-decyphered/

I’m obviously passionate about this subject, and I think you’ll shortly see why. But I also want to present the facts clearly. #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #CryptoCommunity #DarkWeb #FreeRoss https://freemansperspective.com/justice-condemned-ross-ulbricht-case/

Free Ross #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #FreeRoss https://freemansperspective.com/justice-condemned-ross-ulbricht-case/

I’ve been in and around the US #justice system for most of my life. I’ve always had relatives and friends who were lawyers, and I worked as an expert witness for more than 30 years. And however much I may disregard the state as an institution, I hold great regard for the common law, upon which the US justice system was based. So, when I tell you that Ross Ulbricht’s prosecution shocked me, please understand that this is not the judgment of an antagonist or a neophyte. #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #Cryptocurrency #Crypto #CryptoCommunity #FreeRoss https://freemansperspective.com/justice-condemned-ross-ulbricht-case/

I’ve been in and around the US #justice system for most of my life. I’ve always had relatives and friends who were lawyers, and I worked as an expert witness for more than 30 years. And however much I may disregard the state as an institution, I hold great regard for the common law, upon which the US justice system was based. So, when I tell you that Ross Ulbricht’s prosecution shocked me, please understand that this is not the judgment of an antagonist or a neophyte. #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #Cryptocurrency #Crypto #Community https://freemansperspective.com/justice-condemned-ross-ulbricht-case/

#Panarchy is moral. It’s a better model. It delivers actual liberty. Panarchy would secure the blessings of #liberty to ourselves and our posterity, and if not perfectly (nothing is going to be perfect at this stage of human development), it would certainly be better than the political systems that killed 262 million people over the 20th century. And so the bar for panarchy to pass is frightfully low. All that truly stands in its way is superstition. #Plebchain #FollowForFollow https://freemansperspective.com/the-blessings-of-panarchy/

Most of the time I live in my own little world, trying to understand and to build good things. But once in a while new pollutions seep in and require my attention. And so it has become with “white privilege.” #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #EndRacism https://freemansperspective.com/white-privilege-is-a-racist-enterprise/

None of us, however, are about to deny ourselves: what we are, what we love. We’re still going to live our lives our way. But neither do any of us want to be locked into cages; that helps no one, save self-righteous enforcers. (About whom I can’t help remembering a line from Jesus: Whoever kills you will think he’s doing God a service.) And so we’ll simply change tactics and survive into another day. https://freemansperspective.com/rosc-21-roll-move-along/ #Bitcoin #BTC #Plebchain #FollowForFollow

The first cypherpunks, being clever lads, began using the internet and #encryption because they were interesting and fun. Shortly, however, they realized that they were actually building a terra nova and were instantly confronted with a huge question: How should we arrange our new world? That cranked everything into high gear. #Bitcoin #BTC #Plebchain #FollowForFollow #Cryptocurrency #Crypto

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The Discovery of Terra Nova by the Cypherpunks

Ten years ago the #cypherpunks were almost entirely forgotten. But now – and quite shockingly to those of us who were involved – cypherpunks ar...