A historical collection of our writing.
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. Today’s section is about technological deflation and how its interaction with UBI enhances economic freedom. If you are currently struggling to pay for your basic needs, the world will seem like an expensive place to you. Yet the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Nouriel Roubini has done the crypto ecosystem a great service by pulling together pretty much all issues and criticisms in a single document. While he is prone to hyperbole (not unlike some people in crypto) and plays fast and loose with technical issues, everyone who cares about crypto should read […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
People worry about many risks, but generally about the wrong ones. We tend to be obsessed with personal and societal risk that is “fast.” What will the Fed Reserve announce next? Should I trust Tesla’s auto steering? These are risks where outcomes are realized quickly. That’s why I call them fast […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
NOTE: I am resuming posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. The last post was the beginning of Part Three of the book. Today’s post is the the introduction to the concept of economic freedom and how universal basic income makes this freedom possible. Unfortunately the current online […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I was in Berlin a couple of weeks ago and there appear to be at least half a dozen bicycle and scooter networks in the city. This makes for a terrible experience because you have to sort of guess which network you might want to use and if that one doesn’t have equipment nearby try […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Our most recent read for the USV book club was the Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. The book chronicles the lives of siblings who as adolescents were foretold the dates of their deaths. One of the key questions we talked about when discussing the book was whether or not one would to know such […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
