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Presidents Day: Carter’s Prescient Farewell Address in 1981

February 15, 2021

Regardless of our opinions about President Carter and his legacy, his Farewell Address is worthy of our attention and study. On Presidents Day 2021, I invite you to read/watch President Carter’s Farewell Address from 40 years ago. As a Washington outsider, Carter was relentlessly mocked and undermined by the Establishment, as insiders’ loathing of outsiders knows no bounds.

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Facebook vs Politics and Twitter vs India

February 12, 2021

If the medium is the message than social media platforms wield a tremendous amount of political power. Unfortunately most people focus on the content of the medium, rather than the transformative effect of the media itself.

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Gains Are Unreal, Losses Are Real

February 11, 2021

Why would anyone sell when further gains are guaranteed? Because the gains are unreal but the losses are real. When markets are soaring and your portfolio is rocketing higher, the gains seem unreal. Did I really make that much in one day, week, month? Wow!

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The harms associated with the loss of privacy

February 11, 2021

Digital technology has not only transformed our relationship with privacy, it also changes our understanding of the concept as a whole. While some may lament this as a slippery slope where our definition of privacy is being eroded, there’s reason to believe that our privacy is actually being renewed, and strengthened.

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What Collapsed the Middle Class?

February 10, 2021

The middle class has already collapsed, but thanks to debt and bubbles, this reality has been temporarily cloaked. What collapsed the middle class? In many ways the answer echoes an Agatha Christie mystery: rather than there being one guilty party, a number of suspects participated in the collapse of the middle class.

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#AxisOfEasy 182: Hackers Modify Chemical Levels In Town’s Drinking Water Supply

February 9, 2021

Hackers modify chemical levels in town’s drinking water supply,
German Ex-con’s brain wallet stumps cops from seizing his bitcoin,
DC Riot aftermath: tracked by smartphones, snitched on by banks while Youtube removes raw footage and more in Axis of Easy #182

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