Latest Issues of #AxisOfEasy
Dreaming of a Christmas Without Stuff Nobody Wants or Needs
Freeing ourselves of unwanted/unneeded gift-giving is not just heresy in a debt-funded consumerist economy–it is tantamount to treason. Did you see the new “gotta-have” coffee-pod flavors this Christmas? Crayfish, Spanish Moss, Pumpkin Spicy Radish and Jungle Rot. Yowza, it doesn’t get any better than this….
The case to breakup Facebook
While the antitrust action against Facebook was anticipated, the lawsuits filed this week, one by the FTC, and another by 46 US states (plus DC and Guam), are nonetheless bold, and foster cautious optimism that the era of digital robber barons could be coming to an end.
Cycles, Systems and Seats in the Coliseum
The idea that debt, leverage, speculation, greed, exploitation and parasitic elites can expand exponentially forever is magical thinking. Contrary to first impressions, I am not a doom-and-gloomer; I’m a systems-cycles-er meaning I’m interested in where systems and cycles are heading.
FireEye and the value of information
We’re a couple of weeks away from the darkest day of the year, and while there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, what if that light is a train headed towards us and not an exit from the situation we’re in?
#AxisOfEasy 175: Secrecy Around Top Canadian Cyber-Security Intelligence Officer Caught Spying For China
Secrecy around top Canadian cyber-security intelligence officer caught spying for China
S&P to launch crypto-currency indexes in 2021 as Niall Ferguson endorses Bitcoin (OOtc article) plus Salon #33: Ethereum 2.0 could be the scaffolding of the Network State.. and more in Axis of Easy #175
Welcome to the U.S.S.A.’s Banquet of Consequences
The incontestable incompetence of the USSA’s monopolies, institutions and agencies is about to take center stage in 2021. When I mention that the U.S.A. feels increasingly like the U.S.S.R., a surprising number of people tell me they feel the same way.
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