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Be Motivated Dec 3, 2015

Things in the newsmedia are often very motivating, especially where privacy technologies are concerned.

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Government Is an Assault on Private Property Nov 11, 2015

Authoritarian control of borders isn't the libertarian position.

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Chaos and Central Planning Nov 2, 2015

The economy is a coupled chaotic non-linear system. Therefore, central planners cannot make meaningful long term forecasts. They know that the economy has these features, they know their forecasts are nonsense. You should know it, too.

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Look before you leap

Finding Monetary Freedom Oct 9, 2015

Recently, the Digital Cash Alliance's founder Kevin Wilkerson wrote, "Begging tyrants for freedom is not only a dead end, but also an exercise in moral cowardice and demonstrated practical futility. If you lack monetary freedom, the responsibility is yours, not the government's." We were immediately reminded of E. C. Riegel's statement in A New Approach to Freedom: "To desire freedom is an instinct. To secure it requires intelligence. It must be comprehended and self-asserted. To petition for it is to stultify oneself, for a petitioner is a confessed subject and lacks the spirit of a freeman. To rail and rant...

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Who Should Issue Money? Aug 27, 2015

Who should issue money? FA Hayek wrote that issuers should compete, and not be nation-states. Digital Cash Alliance agrees.

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Misinformed Jul 27, 2015

People are misinformed about the Federal Reserve and would be better served by digital cash.

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Look before you leap

There Are Risks Mar 27, 2015

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." ~ Benjamin Franklin The above quote from Franklin is often translated into French as "Qui ne risque rien n'a rien."  It is generally translated as "Who risks nothing gains nothing," but the more literal meaning is, "Who risks nothing has nothing."  It is one of those situations where nuance matters.  And in all things, risk exists.  It is real, and it is evident.  Although you can choose in whom you place trust, you cannot function without ever trusting anyone. Recently, these facts and thoughts came up in connection with the work I do for SilentVault.  The...

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Google Is Pro-War Mar 26, 2015

“Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages." ~ Samuel Johnson, The Idler, No. 30, 11 November 1758 I've spent a good bit of the last few days thinking about Google's recent attack against Antiwar.com. My first thought was: If they've determined that images accurately portraying war in a news context that have been on the Antiwar site for years are a violation of their terms, why now, for what benefit? Obviously, some research was in order. It turns out that Google has...

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Why Ferguson Matters Mar 12, 2015

Why Ferguson matters, to me.

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Your Wireless Router Mar 2, 2015

The dangers of leaving default settings on your wireless router.

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