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Future Tools: Ghost
Yesterday’s issue was an important reminder of why our Future Tools series is not only relevant to our readers, but essential to this publication’s production and survival. The issue was published at 11:26am, but was not distributed until close to 2pm. Relying upon substack.com for distribution means that we had no idea why this delay happened, and for those two plus hours, it’s not unreasonable to assume the worst.
The Collapse of Main Street and Local Tax Revenues Cannot Be Reversed
The core problem is the U.S. economy has been fully financialized, and so costs are unaffordable.To understand the long-term consequences of the pandemic on Main Street and local tax revenues, we need to consider first and second order effects. Th…
What the Pandemic Revealed: a Morally Bankrupt Culture
Monopolies, quasi-monopolies and cartels are inherently exploitive and thus evil.What was “normal” for the past two decades was to turn a blind eye to the moral and financial bankruptcy of the American culture, the rot at the heart of its social, …
#AxisOfEasy 145: Software Model Behind Global Lockdown Turns Out To Be Garbage
CCP monitors foreign WeChat to tune domestic censorship…Negative oil price triggers trading software bug, wipes out trader…
What to do about fake news when the gatekeepers are worse …and more in AofE #145
Symptoms of a larger spectre
Previous to this pandemic, our discourse was neither civil nor consistent. While there was a modest change of tone in the weeks immediately following the shock of this shutdown, I fear we’re rapidly returning to the polarized political environment we lamented not to long ago. There’s even reason to believe it’s becoming worse.
The Way of the Tao Is Reversal
As Jackson Browne put it: Don’t think it won’t happen just because it hasn’t happened yet.We can summarize all that will unfold in the next few years in one line: The way of the Tao is reversal. This is the opening line of Chapter 40 of Lao T…
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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.
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.
Charles Hugh Smith
Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.
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