The Tinkering Society

“The USD is backed by the full strength and might of the US military.”This line is repeated frequently in debates about Bitcoin or ‘sound’ money, so I...

The 2016 Brexit referendum was a sobering experience in governance for anyone to the right of the Atlantic.To many younger voters, ticking ‘Remain’ fe...

What’s Left When Everything Is Commoditized?As a simple mind experiment, let’s plug in our brains and visualize an extreme case of AI disruption.In th...

Are fair launches really that equal? And, if not, how can we improve them?(Fair) Launch CodesTo add context, here’s a quick primer on the concept.Thes...

Whether it’s recognizing hubris, understanding responsibility, or not eating bugs, there’s a lesson in Disney’s The Lion King for all of us.Just as Si...

Ethereum will not be a core position in the gm Portfolio anytime soon. Why not?First, it’s too big already with a current market cap of around ~$215B ...

I’ll start with the bad news: if you were hoping for FUD, this isn’t it.Let’s discuss the role of society’s curators and how these Quiet Elves of Orde...

Our governance aggregator, co-developed with ChatGPT, gets a round of sizzling upgrades. This is what's new at spicy.vote.

The NFT space, in its primary form as an art marketplace, is doomed.History has already shown why. The advent of the printing press skewed the value o...

The recent news of ancient crypto wallets coming alive got me thinking about those early days in Bitcoin’s existence.After some time, an alternative r...