Both government and so-called private companies love playing with words, like when Apple recently announced new "features" which significantly harm user privacy and security.

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Episode 53 - When a Feature Isn't a Feature

Everyone seemingly has their favorite crypto project and blockchain. But, is there such a thing as a one-size-fits-all blockchain? Should there be?

Episode 52 - The One-Size-Fits-All Blockchain

Many people are moving to Signal, the messaging application. But, how secure is it? Can we trust that messages sent on it will remain private?

Episode 51 - Mixed Signals

After decades of the almost completely free spread of information, the web has now become the center of history's greatest censorship battle. Don't let yourself be memory-holed.

Episode 50 - The Memory Hole

People who think of cryptocurrencies as something to hold, something to invest in miss the point. Crypto is designed to do things that only crypto can do and its value is in its utility, in its use as money.

Episode 49 - Crypto Is Money

My goal for 2021 is to live simply. This means focusing on the things which I value most and setting aside the things I don't.

Episode 48 - Live Simply

What About Bob was funnier when it was just a movie.

Episode 47 - The What About Bobification of America

When Samuel Konkin III described Agorism, he described it as a means toward an end. Agorist purists miss the point when they describe it as an end in and of itself.

Episode 46 - Agorism as a Means, Not an End

Gilligan and the other castaways had a straightforward problem. They needed to dig a well. The funny thing is that their solution and the consequences of that solution are surprisingly relevant to our lives today.

Episode 45 - President Gilligan

I have always enjoyed Philip K. Dick's work and the movies based off of it. Recently, I found myself contrasting the real-life NPCs in the world today with the replicants portrayed in the movie Blade Runner.

Episode 44 - Do NPCs Dream of Electric Sheep?

The feds have once again demanded access to all encrypted data, whether through a front door or a back door. But, what really does this mean? How does this affect our data security?

Episode 43 - Broken Security Is No Security

In case you haven't heard, there was a presidential election yesterday. They say it was the MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME! Instead of freaking out, let's take a step back and check our perspective.

Episode 42 - Whoever Wins... We Live

Many people think that local government is less bad, less destructive than higher levels of government. That just isn't the case and completely misses the real problem.

Episode 41 - Local Politics Is Still Politics

A world with $60 keycaps is better than any world designed by central planners.

Episode 40 - $60 Keycaps

A lot has changed in the US over the last few months. Are you going to go with the flow and signal submission to the authoritarians? Or, are you going to stand for something more?

Episode 39 - Submission Signaling

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