• the trouble with ephemeralization

    by  • May 4, 2008 • 2 Comments

    http://www.alternet.org/story/84190/ – interesting piece about somebody’s observations on Ikea and how it affected her family business, although she still buys it. Bucky called this ephemeralization – stuff gets cheaper and lighter and less complex. Really surprising to see how it is playing out.

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    identity theft insurance

    by  • May 4, 2008 • 0 Comments

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michealene-cristini-risley/jp-morgan-chase-fear-tact_b_95654.html This is why you need CheapID to authenticate your identity, without disclosing it. And, for special bonus points, proposal for warehousing the DNA data of newborns in America. Because that’ll never be abused.

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    FREE Guptastan

    by  • April 29, 2008 • 6 Comments

    For a long time, I’ve been joking with people about Guptastan – the state which is in the box. It only recently occurred to me that people don’t realize that I’m absolutely serious about starting a new nation state within three or four years if conditions are historically right. This is not a joke. It’s [...]

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    Natural rights limits to property?

    by  • April 27, 2008 • 30 Comments

    I think I stumbled on something today, in a discussion with Arto. Here’s the idea. The right to free speech has some natural limits – the classic statement of this being “shouting fire in a crowded theater” – a phrase with a very interesting history. Similarly, very few people think that the right to bear [...]

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    Common Sense II

    by  • April 27, 2008 • 1 Comment

    http://www.stanley2002.org/CSII.htm . Very good reading so far. It’s stuff like this that could get me re-invested in the political process. Should that happen… hide.

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