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Future Fibre: Gig City and the continent’s fastest internet

April 29, 2020

Just about every day I experience a moment of significant Internet related frustration. The primary impact is that I avoid video conferencing or producing video, cause my upload speeds are not stable or fast enough. Although avoiding doesn’t mean I don’t do it, but rather I try not to. Which is pointless, since I need to do it more, yet take a look at this salon I did with Mark Jeftovic and Charles Smith, and note how often my video drops out, and how lagged my audio is.

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With Superfluous Demand in Free-Fall, What’s the Upside of Re-Opening a Small Business?

April 28, 2020

Since superfluous demand was the core driver of most consumer spending, and that demand is in free-fall, what’s the upside of re-opening?The mainstream view assumes everyone will be gripped by an absolutely rabid desire to return to their pre…

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YouTube Deplatforms California doctors who criticize lockdown policy in viral video

April 28, 2020

On April 22nd two doctors who run a private healthcare facility in California held a press conference and spent about an hour outlining why they think continuing the lockdown has become deleterious. Note that they both agreed the public policy track originally taken was the correct thing to do and that had they been in that position, they would have done the same.

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#AxisOfEasy 143: Tony Blair Institute: State Surveillance Is A Price Worth Paying To Solve COVID-19

April 27, 2020

Weekly Axis Of Easy #143 Last […]

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The Crash Has Only Just Begun

April 27, 2020

Everything, including a rational, connected-to-reality, effective financial system, is on back-order and unlikely to ship any time soon.While the stock market euphorically front-runs the Fed and a V-shaped recovery, the reality is the crash has only ju…

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No, This Is Not Another 1929, 1973, 1987, 2000, or 2008

April 24, 2020

Basing one’s decisions on analogs from the past is entering a fool’s paradise of folly.Like addicts who cannot control their cravings, financial analysts cannot stop themselves from seeking some analog situation in the past which will clarify the swirl…

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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.