True to some extent. The second option has several practical limitations: you will most probably still be the menu even if you are at the table. The influence of minorities (and we are a minority) is miniscule in democracy and very often backfires. Yet being at the table has huge… Juraj Apr 18, 2024, 10:12 AM
The first hacker event that I attended was Hysteria session. I remember that everyone bought their desktop computer, there was a local IRC server and everyone started networking the way we knew - connect to the IRC server, set their nickname, get a drink. If you wanted to assign a face… Juraj Apr 17, 2024, 7:59 AM
I like the "fear is the mind killer" mantra (or any version of it, such as the elaborate Fear Setting exercise). But although it's nice to point out what fear does to mind, the true power arises when you realize you need it yourself. In that Juraj Apr 16, 2024, 7:16 PM
Wait, what? We all laugh that the insurance companies are old fashioned, but you won't believe what I just read.… Juraj Apr 16, 2024, 7:02 PM
I've got social proof of existence! see you at btcprague and if you are there, don't forget there's cypherpunk meetup as well… Juraj Apr 14, 2024, 9:06 PM
Progress without permission by Robert Chovanculiak is one of the examples of a book that fills the gap of "what would happen if state did not do X". There are many books that theorize how many things could be organized without the state, dreaming of possible market structures Juraj Apr 14, 2024, 7:09 AM
SK/CZ: S Mariannou sa bavíme o koncepte oranžového leta, zmene mindsetu a vytváraní vlastného života. O koncepte oranžového leta som napísal blog, ale povedali sme si, že by to chcelo trošku detailnejšie rozobrať. Podcast je to netradičný, dúfam, že občasné fúkanie vetra nezabráni tomu, aby ste si ho zapli, Juraj Apr 12, 2024, 10:44 PM