A historical collection of our writing.
When Brad Smith from Microsoft had called for the regulation of Facial Recognition technology in July I was concerned about where that might go, as it could easily result in stifling innovation. I was therefore relieved to see the principles that Microsoft put forth yesterday, which are for the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
In investing there is uncertainty about returns. Some investments do well, others do poorly. But that is not the only risk that investors are concerned about when they are investing professionally on behalf of others. There is also the issue of perception: it is one thing not to make money in a […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. The previous section introduced the concept of Informational Freedom. Today looks specifically at internet access. On occasion, the Internet has come in for derision from those who claim it is only a small innovation compared to, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
We have entered a new phase of the discussion on what to do about speech on platforms such as Twitter. On the plus side many more people are engaged. On the minus side the calls to treat Twitter as a traditional publisher are growing. Let me start by repeating something I have written before: many […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I have been skeptical about Turing complete on chain computation for a long time. Many early proponents took the position that there is no issue because a mechanism such as Ethereum’s gas limits how long a computation can run. They argued that this means computation will always eventually run out […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. The last few excerpts have been about Universal Basic Income as a way of expanding Economic Freedom. Today’s section introduces the concept of Informational Freedom. Can you read any book you want to? Can you listen to all the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
