Activism

Outrage sugercoated with decency

Let’s engage with websites!
I use the free website annotation tool hypothes.is to add comments to websites. Made for education, it can also "enhance" (for lack of a better word) public discourse. If nothing else, it makes you read articles more actively, like you're engaging in a conversation with the author. Example:
The only reason you are not a slave is that you are more productive if you are not a slave.
How I invested in altcoins 1 day before the crash…
... and didn't lose my nerves. Honestly, it was not fear of missing out that inspired me to invest in altcoins. I want the protocols that require exponentially less energy than Bitcoin's Proof of Work to thrive. Empowering a global, decentralized, nimble banking platform is a prerequisite for speeding up many other necessary changes as ...
Depression Responder
I'm cleaning up my computer and found this intricate piece of writing from a few years ago. It might prove to be of some use during the current pandemic situation. * * * Dear valued correspondent, The nature of our digital reality compels me to let you know that my online availability is limited, for ...
Why does money corrupt?
So why does it? If you have it in abundance, it fails to give meaning in the obvious ways it does when we need it to meet our basic needs. The thought that the result of our endeavour - the amount on our bank account - is subject to inevitable inflation of meaning, is hard to bear. So we explore other pathways: consumption of expensive goods and services, and comparison to other people's "wealth". This is an impulse that doesn't care about the consequences. Think environmental and social inequality. In other words: it corrupts.
The hallmark of being human is that we can carry a story within us that aspires to more than our own pleasure, to a goal beyond the satisfaction of what we momentarily desire
Wealth redistribution?
During a walk in the forest, I listened to a recent episode of the Oxford-style debate series of Intelligence2. Oxford-style means that the position of the audience is registered before and after the debate, and the side that has gained the most percentage points, wins the debate.) The proposition was simple: Is it time for ...
When I was elected President of the United States
A few nights ago, I dreamed that I was elected President of the United States. Not an unusual dream, as the job of the most powerful person in the world is naturally appealing to the subconscious apparatus that processes our experiences while we sleep. And given the condition of our world, it is no surprise ...