Fiat is not just a little bit evil like a scam or the type of graft and corruption we often see. Fiat is not just Janet Yellen being paid $7.2 million for Zoom calls with big bank cronies. Fiat is not just Elizabeth Warren supporting billions in banker bonus money…

Give good information to low credibility sources Give bad information to high credibility sources Amplify bad information X person does B bad thing Members of the public start to find out about X doing bad thing, rumors / reports begin B — bad thing — gets mixed in with rumors and speculation — with this comes naturally low quality sources & false claims C, D & E …

Risks of Food Shortages Resulting from Supply Chain Issues The chaos and Nth order effects of the virus and the reaction to it have created risks in all aspects of life. Food is such a crucial need that we must examine any risks related to it. We are told that…

Decentralized Response The Ventilator Project in conjunction with the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) / endcoronavirus.org is moving along and we wanted to provide an update to some of the recent activities of the group. …

I am leading the ventilators sub group of the EndCoronavirus.org organization. We need your help. https://www.endcoronavirus.org EndCoronavirus.org is an effort by NECSI, (Twitter: @necsi) The New England Complex Systems Institute, a group of scientists led by Yaneer Bar Yam (Twitter: @yaneerbaryam ) follow the account at @endcovid19 The volunteer group…

Crisis Planning As Part of Your Security Plan — This is a drill. Should you choose to accept this challenge, following the instructions in this drill could save lives and improve your peace of mind and overall security profile. A great piece on safety from Kraken a few years back started with a premise “Let’s begin with the assumption that within 24 hours…

Focusing on a long term plan almost always beats a focus on charts and short term moves Investment selection is the most important part of your financial plan. Every investor should have a written plan which covers a pie chart allocation of the major investment categories they invest in. …

Using the World’s Strongest Chain for the World’s Strongest Use Case — Securities make up a multi deca-trillion global industry that is here to stay. The old rails and systems used by the securities industry can be improved on with distributed ledgers. Every Bitcoin supporter should be excited about this massive use case. …

Creating Offline & Private AML / KYC Compliance — “Since we desire privacy, we must ensure that each party to a transaction have knowledge only of that which is directly necessary for that transaction. Since any information can be spoken of, we must ensure that we reveal as little as possible.” - Eric Hughes, A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto, 1993 Problem Various…