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For the Rich to Keep Getting Richer, We Have to Sacrifice Everything Else

June 18, 2020

They’re hoping the endless circuses and trails of bread crumbs will forever distract us from their plunder and the inequalities built into America’s financial system..The primary story of the past 20 years is the already-rich have gotten much richer, w…

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The algorithm wants you to send nudes

June 18, 2020

The discussion and understanding of algorithmic bias is still in it’s infancy. Arguably this is true of the study of cognitive bias in general, and the subjective nature of reality.

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The Fed’s Casino Is In Flames, But Please Continue Gambling

June 18, 2020

Here’s the thing about gambling: risk cannot be made to disappear, it can only be transferred to others.Those taking seats at the gaming tables in the Federal Reserve’s casino believe that they can’t lose. Or more precisely, any losses they suffer…

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Future Fibre: Ubiquiti

June 17, 2020

A recurring theme in the research we’ve been conducting into community internet providers has been the role of Ubiquiti. A US based manufacturer and provider of (mostly wireless) networking equipment and products. Their role in the community and wireless internet provider industry has been substantive and has been a catalyst for their proliferation.

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#AxisOfEasy 150: Zoom Shuts Down Dissidents Marking Tiananman Square Massacre

June 16, 2020

Last week, a report surfaced that Zoom had shut down the accounts of student survivors of the Tiananmen Square massacre who were meeting virtually to commemorate the June 4, 1989 event.What to do about fake news when the gatekeepers are worse …and more in AofE #145

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The Fed’s Grand Bargain Has Finally Imploded

June 15, 2020

The Fed has backed itself not into a corner but to the edge of a precipice.Though the Federal Reserve never stated its Grand Bargain explicitly, their actions have spoken louder than their predictably self-serving, obfuscatory public pronouncements.&nb…

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Contributors

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Mark E. Jeftovic

Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture. 

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Jesse Hirsh

Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.

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Charles Hugh Smith

Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.