It is not a political requirement that the Ukrainian military pushes the Russian forces out of Donbas. If they don’t want to do it, if they can not do it, that is not a problem. The only requirement is that they keep contesting the territory. Because the economic sanctions have to continue and further tightened. And that is an unfair arrangement for the ordinary people in Russia. I don’t blame them for Putin any more than I blame the dinosaurs for the asteroid. Putin has been imposed upon the...

It is not a political requirement that the Ukrainian military pushes the Russian forces out of Donbas. If they don’t want to do it, if they can not do it, that is not a problem. The only requirement is that they keep contesting the territory. Because the economic sanctions have to continue and further tightened. And that is an unfair arrangement for the ordinary people in Russia. I don’t blame them for Putin any more than I blame the dinosaurs for the asteroid. Putin has been imposed upon the...

The military campaign in Donbas is important, and the economic sanctions are important, but ultimately what matters is that liberty rings inside every human heart. The challenge is to ignite that among Muscovites. And then Putin is cotton candy.The work has to start in the diaspora. If the Russian diaspora will not brave the streets in New York City, London, Paris, or Berlin, then what are the chances in Moscow? There is a need for weekly protests that keep snowballing. Cheering the military ...

The military campaign in Donbas is important, and the economic sanctions are important, but ultimately what matters is that liberty rings inside every human heart. The challenge is to ignite that among Muscovites. And then Putin is cotton candy.The work has to start in the diaspora. If the Russian diaspora will not brave the streets in New York City, London, Paris, or Berlin, then what are the chances in Moscow? There is a need for weekly protests that keep snowballing. Cheering the military ...

Guns are like cigarettes. And they have to be tackled like cigarettes were tackled. All families and friends of the victims of gun violence have to come together, rally and make legal moves. That is how tobacco was brought to the knees. A lot of people wonder, will America slide into civil war? The country is divided. Will there be a civil war? Look at the annual gun deaths in America and compare that to the death figures in any civil war country, or all of them combined. America beats all of...

Guns are like cigarettes. And they have to be tackled like cigarettes were tackled. All families and friends of the victims of gun violence have to come together, rally and make legal moves. That is how tobacco was brought to the knees. A lot of people wonder, will America slide into civil war? The country is divided. Will there be a civil war? Look at the annual gun deaths in America and compare that to the death figures in any civil war country, or all of them combined. America beats all of...

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crowdfund://0x2F2A3D020cfbD506AE64D31421231187b92963b1?features=overview,editions,podium,backers Free Speech And Just Society Should Elon Musk Be Owning All Of Twitter? Marc Andreessen Is A Dud When It Comes To Politics The Masses, Not Mars crowdfund://0x0F99BB35788D2EC13E214e01aaFdFe64A2CB0f0e?features=overview,editions,podium,backers Literacy is a bias. Knowledge can go back and forth pretty well in the oral tradition. I am not opposed to literacy. But I don’t think we ought to be limited t...

crowdfund://0x2F2A3D020cfbD506AE64D31421231187b92963b1?features=overview,editions,podium,backers Free Speech And Just Society Should Elon Musk Be Owning All Of Twitter? Marc Andreessen Is A Dud When It Comes To Politics The Masses, Not Mars crowdfund://0x0F99BB35788D2EC13E214e01aaFdFe64A2CB0f0e?features=overview,editions,podium,backers Literacy is a bias. Knowledge can go back and forth pretty well in the oral tradition. I am not opposed to literacy. But I don’t think we ought to be limited t...

I am no military expert, and I defer to military experts on the specifics, like the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense that makes specific asks on Twitter. https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1529715892803739648 My expertise is getting people out into the streets of Moscow. But this military angle is unavoidable. And I see the political aspects of it. This is what I see. Putin is not trying to liberate anybody. Pay attention. He is busy destroying Donbas. He does not speak for the ethnic Russians ...

I am no military expert, and I defer to military experts on the specifics, like the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense that makes specific asks on Twitter. https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1529715892803739648 My expertise is getting people out into the streets of Moscow. But this military angle is unavoidable. And I see the political aspects of it. This is what I see. Putin is not trying to liberate anybody. Pay attention. He is busy destroying Donbas. He does not speak for the ethnic Russians ...

Apples to apples, the blockchain is like the Internet. It is not one company, one technology, it is an entire paradigm. It is a broad canvas. If I had to put a number to it I would say the blockchain is going to be at least 100 times bigger than the Internet itself. The tricky part is that the blockchain stays at the back end. You still interact with the good old Internet. The Internet has been the continental shelf. The Blockchain is the deep ocean. The Internet democratized media. Every per...

Apples to apples, the blockchain is like the Internet. It is not one company, one technology, it is an entire paradigm. It is a broad canvas. If I had to put a number to it I would say the blockchain is going to be at least 100 times bigger than the Internet itself. The tricky part is that the blockchain stays at the back end. You still interact with the good old Internet. The Internet has been the continental shelf. The Blockchain is the deep ocean. The Internet democratized media. Every per...

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1524881263470993435 By now I am beginning to think this has been the only reason Elon Musk has wanted to buy Twitter. Edit button? You can already compose a new tweet. Free speech does not mean you can incite violence, which is what Trump did on January 6. It is a well-documented act, minute by minute. Trump is a violent fascist. Germany was a country of high culture and science, it was a democracy. And some of the leading minds in the country fell for Hitl...

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1524881263470993435 By now I am beginning to think this has been the only reason Elon Musk has wanted to buy Twitter. Edit button? You can already compose a new tweet. Free speech does not mean you can incite violence, which is what Trump did on January 6. It is a well-documented act, minute by minute. Trump is a violent fascist. Germany was a country of high culture and science, it was a democracy. And some of the leading minds in the country fell for Hitl...

Elon Musk came up with this vision of underground tunnels under Los Angeles when one day he found himself stuck in traffic. And I think he should still go for it. But, just like with Mars, he gets the physics right but misses out on the human element. Being underground for long periods of time is psychologically hard. And only a few accidents could be a PR nightmare. A much better global idea would be to design and build self-driving electric buses of various sizes that come in fleets. So a c...

Elon Musk came up with this vision of underground tunnels under Los Angeles when one day he found himself stuck in traffic. And I think he should still go for it. But, just like with Mars, he gets the physics right but misses out on the human element. Being underground for long periods of time is psychologically hard. And only a few accidents could be a PR nightmare. A much better global idea would be to design and build self-driving electric buses of various sizes that come in fleets. So a c...

Monkey chap Aping the com com Art that moves markets A remote orchestra of 70 Going strong Don't tell Vitalik Buterin We are selling apes On his Ethereum I am waiting For my crowdfund train To Moscow And while I wait Let me ask Is poetry invited?

Monkey chap Aping the com com Art that moves markets A remote orchestra of 70 Going strong Don't tell Vitalik Buterin We are selling apes On his Ethereum I am waiting For my crowdfund train To Moscow And while I wait Let me ask Is poetry invited?

The most cynical characterization of the brutal invasion of Ukraine I have come across in the tech circles is Marc Andreessen calling it the current thing. Many people in tech have been comparing this year to 1995. As in, 2022 is to the Blockchain what 1995 might have been to the Internet. You might see a lot of froth but this is for real. There will be market ups and downs, as there always are, but this thing is for real. Ukraine is 1989, it is 1991 all over again, or can be. This is not som...

The most cynical characterization of the brutal invasion of Ukraine I have come across in the tech circles is Marc Andreessen calling it the current thing. Many people in tech have been comparing this year to 1995. As in, 2022 is to the Blockchain what 1995 might have been to the Internet. You might see a lot of froth but this is for real. There will be market ups and downs, as there always are, but this thing is for real. Ukraine is 1989, it is 1991 all over again, or can be. This is not som...

crowdfund://0x4C2380d1548bbf533F0336225Bb9A7784BCDF2f8?features=overview,editions,podium,backersFree speech is between the citizen and the state. The only thing it means is that the state will not arrest you for expressing your opinions peacefully. This means, you can say stupid things, and not get arrested, you can say hateful things, and not get arrested. Unless you are in a position to arrest people, you are not really debating free speech. You are debating social mores. There is no free s...

crowdfund://0x4C2380d1548bbf533F0336225Bb9A7784BCDF2f8?features=overview,editions,podium,backersFree speech is between the citizen and the state. The only thing it means is that the state will not arrest you for expressing your opinions peacefully. This means, you can say stupid things, and not get arrested, you can say hateful things, and not get arrested. Unless you are in a position to arrest people, you are not really debating free speech. You are debating social mores. There is no free s...