On Experts (Long Post)

There’s been quite a bit made lately of the fact that Michael Gove has said that that “British people are sick of experts”. Of course, the reaction has been swift and ruthless, and as always, extended to the point of absurdity. (I’ve always found it interesting that people who attempt to point out what they […]

Why I Voted for #Brexit #Leave #Out – And Why I’ll Never Regret My Vote (Long Post)

The front page of the Daily Mail 25 June 2016. The paragraph in the image above reads: “It was the day the quiet people of Britain rose up against an arrogant, out-of-touch political class and a contemptuous Brussels elite. Read the Mail’s incomparable writers of the most tumultuous event of our times” That first sentence […]

On Animal Spirits

Here’s the thing with Keynesian economics: animal spirits, like regular animals, sometimes come back to bite you. Keynes chose to believe that humans worked based on “a spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction, and not as the outcome of a weighted average of quantitative benefits multiplied by quantitative probabilities”, which he called “animal spirits”. […]

REMAIN Campaign Must Take Us for Fools #LeaveEU #Brexit

Seen on the Reuters ticker outside the Canary Wharf tube station yesterday. Picture by me. I believe the people in the REMAIN camp must take us for fools. As you know, with respect to the #Brexit question, I am most firmly of the opinion that Britain should leave the EU. There’s really no sense in […]

What has the #EU ever done for Us? #leaveEU #Brexit @independent

Picture taken from the linked article. In the Independent, there is this article which talks about Boris Johnson being as trustworthy as David Cameron. Aside from the obvious joke about trusting politicians, there’s an interesting gallery entitled “What has the EU ever done for us?” and which lists seven things, as follows: It gives you […]

#Cybersecurity #Trends for #2015

It’s 2015, and once again I’m going to take a look at what I think will be the trends in cybersecurity for 2015. I’m going to focus on all of them all at once this time, instead of an individual post devoted to each, since it took me so long to do that in 2014. […]

Is Americanism a Virus? Can It Get Blood from a Stone?

Picture from financialcrimeconference.com. With the news that Hong Kong will now be reporting Americans’ incomes to the IRS, it seems that there are few places on earth where one could go to stay away from the prying eyes of the US government. As the only country that taxes its citizens on income earned worldwide, being […]

Are Banks Safe? The End of Bank Secrecy (h/t @zerohedge) #agorism

Image of the G20 nations from wikipedia.org. The idea of bank secrecy is coming to an end. As governments continue to run out of money, they are continuing to look for ways to squeeze every last cent out of any revenue they can. The OECD member nations will now “implement a global standard for automatically […]

#DeepWeb Lesson Number Five: How to Convert #Litecoins to #Bitcoins Easily #agorism

Image from bitcoinboard.net. Bitcoins require ASICs to mine these days, so outside of heading over to butterflylabs.com or kncminer.com and plunking down a fair bit of cash, how does one easily get Bitcoins? The answer is by mining Litecoins and converting them to Bitcoins. Mining Litecoins requires much less power in terms of hardware (for […]

My Visit to Azte.co Today @joonian @coindesk @blockchain #bitcoin #lovelondon #agorism #gloriousagoristfuture

Picture of the Azte.co storefront, taken by me 20140221. I read about Azte.co at coindesk.com, in this article. I posted about wanting to visit the store myself. I had originally planned to do so tomorrow (Saturday) but as I was walking my wife to the bus stop for her meeting anyway, I decided I’d go […]