This. “”You don’t want to get left behind, do you?” They countered.That struck me as a bizarre sentiment. What is there to be left behind from? If BitCoin (or whatever) is going to liberate us all from economic drudgery, what’s… Read More »I’m OK being left behind, thanks!
Why putting servers in space is stupid and more.
Science could be the first victim of AI. But not in a good way.
Economy and Ecology come from the same language concept. Both come from oikos, which means “house”. Economy is joined with nemein, which means “to manage”. Ecology is joined with logia, which means “study of”. Nowadays we focus a lot on… Read More »Economy vs. Ecology
The short version.
If you thought the military spending is high. “Google, $185 billion. Microsoft, $114 billion. Meta, $135 billion. Combined: $650 billion. [Not including OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX/XAI.] That is like buying the US Navy every year. “ https://asymco.com/2026/03/10/the-most-brilliant-move-in-corporate-history/
Institutions and rules matter. “By binding the Crown to honor commitments that Parliament had sanctioned, England created what modern economists would recognize as a credible commitment mechanism. The sovereign could no longer expropriate creditors through inflation, default, or arbitrary taxation… Read More »Financial Power And Imperial Rule
Is this different than the previous maker phases? “This matters because the scenius phase is where the internal transformation actually happens. When you spend two years making useless Arduino projects, you develop instincts about electronics, materials, and design that you… Read More »Vibe Coding and the Maker Movement
Using capitalism as Marxist argument. Fun and interesting read. “This is why its solutions never solve. A solved problem is a eliminated budget line. A managed problem is a permanent revenue stream.” https://tantaman.com/2026-01-27-what-would-marx-say-today
Not everything needs to be monetized. “The entire machinery of online discourse around building and creating has been so thoroughly captured by entrepreneurial “logic” that we’ve lost the language to describe what it feels like to simply make a thing… Read More »The Noble Path