Top Stories published by Light on a Dark Mountain in 2016

Bitcoin: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Bitcoin was an interesting proof of concept, but little more. It is useless as a currency.

An exciting new idea in Basic Income
Jordan Hall
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Cost of stuff tending to zero

There is a different way of looking at what Kartik Gada calls technological deflation, that is the price of stuff tending to zero, and that is from the viewpoint of its information content, but let us first go back to 2008.

These were the top 10 stories published by Light on a Dark Mountain in 2016. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2016 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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