# HIMULATION > Exploring the Codex of HIM ## Recent Posts - [As Gods Among Men](https://paragraph.com/@him/as-gods-among-men): The History of Wealth in the West - [Renaissance Cryptography](https://paragraph.com/@him/renaissance-cryptography): encryption as an art and a working tool - [Centralization is Inevitable Under Capitalism](https://paragraph.com/@him/centralization-is-inevitable-under-capitalism): At its core, cryptocurrency is, or becomes, centralized for a simple economic reason: Capitalism. - [a Cyberpunk Primer](https://paragraph.com/@him/cyberpunk-primer): notes about another society - [ATTAC{less} / a privacy Manifesto](https://paragraph.com/@him/pingpong): a new layer of secure e2ee - [New Year's Resolutions ](https://paragraph.com/@him/new-years-resolutions): People often promise themselves to change for the better in the new year, but most of them have their plans that fail. There is indeed a direct connection between the new period and the emergence of an incentive to change. And knowledge of cognitive traps set on the way to the goal will help not to lose motivation. - [The Battle of Bretton Woods ](https://paragraph.com/@him/the-battle-of-bretton-woods): 80 years ago, the Bretton Woods Agreement was signed, establishing a global monetary and financial system. It was designed to protect countries from the repetition of currency chaos that plunged them into crises, and replace currency wars with the ability to cooperate in solving financial problems. - [The All State Banker ](https://paragraph.com/@him/allstatebanker): How Amadeo Giannini created the Bank of America - [Information sources and inflation expectations](https://paragraph.com/@him/information-sources-and-inflation-expectations): Consumers in countries with high inflation trust official sources of information less and are more likely to rely on personal observations, a study of 47 countries showed. These observations, being unrepresentative, lead to an overestimation of inflation expectations. - [Space Economy ](https://paragraph.com/@him/space-economy): Humanity went into space because of the desire to develop science and national security considerations. But as the cost of launching decreases and the presence of private business increases, the space sector is turning into an area of economic opportunities. - ["The Pygmalion Effect": How self-fulfilling prophecies work](https://paragraph.com/@him/the-pygmalion-effect): If a person considers the situation real, it becomes real in its consequences. - [The ?/acc Playbook ](https://paragraph.com/@him/the-acc-playbook): How illusory races towards advancement lead us to corporate domination. - [Blockchain as coercion to impartiality](https://paragraph.com/@him/blockchain-a-brief-history-of-patents-1): A brief history of patents - [How currencies for online games were created](https://paragraph.com/@him/gamingcurrencies) - [Fantasmas in a FIATocracy ](https://paragraph.com/@him/fantasma): A Blueprint of Freedom - [Main Character Diagnostics ](https://paragraph.com/@him/main-character-diagnostics): A modern paradox - [10 years, $10 million](https://paragraph.com/@him/afriqiyah-one-10-years-and-dollar10-million-later-1): The scandalous story of Afriqiyah One, a decade long payday - [The Power of Suffering ](https://paragraph.com/@him/thepowerofsuffering): a gateway of being human - [Why? ](https://paragraph.com/@him/why): Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist {Book Review} - [The ‘Cost of Cash’ ](https://paragraph.com/@him/the-cost-of-cash): markets tour de force part 2 ## Blog Information - [Homepage](https://paragraph.com/@him/): Main blog page - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@him): Subscribe to updates - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/abradeux): Follow on Twitter ## Optional - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@him/): Complete post archive - [Sitemap](https://paragraph.com/@him/sitemap-index.xml): XML sitemap for crawlers