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Published in The Startup

·Feb 28, 2019

On the Analytic, the Emergent, and Avocados

Escaping Our Epistemic Path-Dependence, From the Ground Up — Are you infected with the Logic Memeplex? Let’s run a quick field test, just to be sure: have you heard about the Law of the Excluded Middle? If so, you’re most likely infected. At least partly. It may be dormant. This memetic infection, which dates back to Plato and his…

Philosophy

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On the Analytic, the Emergent, and Avocados
On the Analytic, the Emergent, and Avocados
Philosophy

11 min read


Feb 27, 2019

On the Limits of Archetypal Representation

Do our evolved archetypes serve us in a time of exponential change? — In a few decades of reconstruction, even the mathematical natural sciences, the ancient archetypes of theoretical perfection, have changed habit completely! — Edmund Husserl We presently stand witness to a resurgence in the archetypal interpretation of our collective experience. Our return to the narrative well of archetypal wisdom makes a…

Archetypes

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On the Limits of Archetypal Representation
On the Limits of Archetypal Representation
Archetypes

5 min read


Feb 22, 2019

On The Phenomenology of Hyper-Connectivity

A brief, albeit deep, dive into the dynamics of techno-social fragmentation — The below represents an experiment with stream-of-consciousness writing in a single sitting. As Pascal said: “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” Therefore, the ideas herein are presented as a working outline of these thoughts. Caveat lector. Lately I’ve been studying the topological…

Complexity

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On The Phenomenology of Hyper-Connectivity
On The Phenomenology of Hyper-Connectivity
Complexity

8 min read


Published in HackerNoon.com

·Jan 10, 2019

Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 5

Trust, Time, and Coordinating Our Shared Future — This is the fifth installment of a long form essay — or short book — outlining my macro perspective on how the emerging crypto ecosystem fits within the greater context of biological, cultural, and economic evolution. I intend to initially publish each installment separately. …

Economics

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Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 5
Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 5
Economics

55 min read


Published in The Startup

·Jun 21, 2018

Data Slavery and Decentralized Emancipation

Facebook, Google, and the Future of Data Ownership — Only 400 short years ago, humanity slowly awoke to the truth that ownership of individual human beings constituted a great moral evil. …

Economics

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Data Slavery and Decentralized Emancipation
Data Slavery and Decentralized Emancipation
Economics

20 min read


Published in HackerNoon.com

·Jun 4, 2018

Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 4

The Primary Dimensions of Sacrifice: Time and Quality — This is the fourth installment of a long form essay — or short book — outlining my macro perspective on how the emerging crypto ecosystem fits within the greater context of biological, cultural, and economic evolution. I intend to publish each installment weekly, over a period of 3–4 weeks. …

Crypto

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Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 4
Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 4
Crypto

19 min read


Published in HackerNoon.com

·May 14, 2018

Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 3

Civilization’s Centralization of Value Symbols — This is the third installment of a long form essay — or short book — outlining my macro perspective on how the emerging crypto ecosystem fits within the greater context of biological, cultural, and economic evolution. I intend to publish each installment weekly, over a period of 3–4 weeks. …

Politics

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Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 3
Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 3
Politics

14 min read


Published in HackerNoon.com

·May 5, 2018

Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 2

Money, Utility, and the Symbolic Abstraction of Value — This is the second installment of a long form essay — or short book — outlining my macro perspective on how the emerging crypto ecosystem fits within the greater context of biological, cultural, and economic evolution. I intend to publish each installment weekly, over a period of 3–4 weeks. …

Bitcoin

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Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 2
Crypto Beyond Capitalism: Part 2
Bitcoin

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Published in HackerNoon.com

·Apr 25, 2018

Crypto Beyond Capitalism: The Rise of Distributed Valerism

An evolutionary survey of human value representation and exchange — Welcome to the first installment of a long form essay — or short book — outlining my macro perspective on how the emerging crypto ecosystem fits within the greater context of biological, cultural, and economic evolution. I intend to publish each installment weekly, over the next 3–4 weeks. …

Economics

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Crypto Beyond Capitalism: The Rise of Distributed Valerism
Crypto Beyond Capitalism: The Rise of Distributed Valerism
Economics

10 min read


Dec 28, 2017

Strangers

Complexity lurking beneath shallow mirrors. They may well surround humanity, for that is all we are. Search for yourself in another. Delve into your consciousness, portrayed upon their face. Evolve into the nothing, be the human race. Why the mind objects, the deft may only know. Divided into sects, perpetuate the flow. Be the ever growing, conscious yet divine, innocently distancing the proverbial sublime.

Life

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Strangers
Strangers
Life

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