Techno-Agorist

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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?

The world might be going crazy, but a pause for perspective keeps us sane in the midst of it.

Two days ago was the 27th anniversary of the slaughter of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. Today, I am sharing the final episode of a three part miniseries about those events. It is a recast from the Make Liberty Great Again podcast. This will blow your mind.

Yesterday was the 27th anniversary of the slaughter of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. Today, I am sharing the second of a three part miniseries about those events. It is a recast from the Make Liberty Great Again podcast. Strap in, because this is going to hurt.

On today, the 27th anniversary of the slaughter of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, I wanted to share the first of a three part miniseries about those events. It is a recast from the Make Liberty Great Again podcast. This will blow your mind.

Having open, decentralized, free market solutions is a good thing, regardless of who utilizes them.

PayPal recently cut off Pornhub from its service and consequently put the livelihoods of over one hundred thousand performers at risk. How did Pornhub respond? What can we learn from this?

Thousands of people protest, yet the state doesn't care. Is politics the solution? Or, is politics actually the problem?

Whether you realize it or not, augmented reality is steadily growing and making its way into our lives. It will eventually open up incredible new possibilities for agorists and anyone else.

No matter how much we know, there are always holes in our knowledge and understanding. It is essential that we always stay open to learning new things, even if it reveals that we were wrong about something.

People are talking about the Boogaloo, but what is it? Should it scare us?

We live in a connected world where information spreads like wildfire. In this connected world, memes have become more than just cute images to be shared among friends. They are tools to sneak truth into the public consciousness, and governments are beginning to dip their feet into that world. Could we be witnessing the beginning of the first meme war?

The market itself is amoral, it has no concept of right and wrong. We, meanwhile, have consciences which affect how we interact with the market. Some people use the violence of government to try and shape the market, others simply follow their own consciences.

Aaron Swartz had a passion for the free and open exchange of information. He did what he knew was right, and modeled agorism in a powerful way.

Seemingly everyone is interested in internet security. They want everything encrypted and secure. But, few people even give a thought to the DNS requests we send all day every day and which are still sent in plain text over the internet.

Who are our champions of freedom?

What is the Ethereum Virtual Machine and how is it the perfect agorist tool?

When businesses censor our speech and limit our freedoms, is it really fair to give them a pass because they are considered private companies?

Privacy goes hand in hand with autonomy. One strategy for protecting your personal information online is to decentralize your data.

Perspective is critically important. Too few people realize that our inward state of mind is primarily determined by our perspective.

Can you really be free if you don't know how to utilize the materials available around you to teach yourself?

Democracy is a popular concept that is often equated with freedom and equality. But, is that really fair? Might democracy just be another form of slavery?

Does one person's preferences trump another person's right to their body?

We often argue all day long over who is right and who is wrong. How do we know who are the right enemies to be fighting?

Statists will often say that they are just being pragmatic, and that is why they want the state to solve problems for them. But, is using the state to solve our problems really pragmatic?

These days, more and more teenagers are not interested in having cars and driving. Might this be a problem? Is it possible for you to be free if you can't transport yourself?

Many people are quick to discount or dismiss cryptocurrencies in favor of gold. But, could crypto actually be a better currency?

While governments are doing their best to collect every type of information on their citizens, countless people are willingly giving that information up. Should we be concerned about who we give our genetic information to?

Joe Lieberman is back from neocon retirement to declare that measles is a national security threat. His proposed solution is for the government to invade the privacy and security of people's lives.

All throughout history, people have searched for where they can be free. What are our options today? Where can we really find freedom at this point?

For decades, there has been a shortage of human organs for transplant. What would happen if people were free to sell their organs?

People complain that folks are fake online, implying that they are more honest in the so-called "real world." But, is that really the case?

Florida recently announced that they are GIVING Floridians the RIGHT to plant gardens in their front yards. But, is that really how rights work?

People are upset over how businesses are violating their privacy and are turning to government violence to fix these problems. But, who ultimately are hurt by these regulations, and who are helped by them?

There is a cancer which infects many ideologies, even agorism.

What is the most valuable limited resource in the world? Who should decide how that resource is used?

In 1999, file sharing caught on like never before. Some people wanted to stop it while others thought it was the greatest thing since personal computers. But, how do property rights play into this?