Capitalism (that is, the accrual of capital as life’s purpose) might get a bad name sometimes, but it has been able to survive because the more exploited individuals still often manage to have their needs met well enough that they don’t join a rebellion.

There’s a widely held belief in the West that a day’s labour is some sort of noble deed. Being unemployed is a stain on your reputation, something you should actively hide.

From 1978 to 1995, the Freedom Club (FC) sent bombs through the mail, to universities and airlines, triggering an FBI investigation named UNABOM. In an agreement that would end the bombings, the “manifesto” of the Freedom Club, Industrial Society and its Future, was published in the New York Times and the Washington Post in 1995.

Hearts and minds are abandoning governments, because governments are failing to keep themselves relevant to our online lives. While there are certainly a few anarchists and libertarians who are thrilled at the prospect of reduced “interference”, this transition really calls for an urgent evaluation of whether we should let our governments die; and what value they could provide us, if we updated them for the web3 era of user-generated content, with decentralised finance.

Upon introducing the Non-Human Party to excited fans of democracy, a common question is what it really means to give rights to Tamagotchis; robots; or IoT toasters − “they can’t vote!

As a consumer of food; has it ever occurred to you that despite the great power of government; and its involvement in the food supply; there are still black markets for food?

As a sentient being, thinking about your own existence and your place in the world; you must’ve asked yourself what runs the world. Money! That’s what it used to be, but now, it’s undeniable that software has to be included in the answer too.