Guaranteed Mirage Income
(Note: this is my article published on IEET.org in May, 2016. The link stopped functioning in 2020. The article is a critique of then-known proposals for UBI, which are found to be either not viable…
(Note: this is my article published on IEET.org in May, 2016. The link stopped functioning in 2020. The article is a critique of then-known proposals for UBI, which are found to be either not viable…
I recently gave a carefully considered answer on Quora, one of my last, to which someone responded simply, “Keep dreaming”. I don’t object to criticism; indeed, we consider it vital to improvement in a systematic…
To be clear, we’re not opposed to for-profit enterprises or to capitalism as a principle. We believe that ACS will become the crowning glory of capitalism, eventually completing it into what Adam Smith envisioned as…
Jennifer Dunne, whose Vision to Reality three-month coaching program is transforming visionaries from thinkers into doers, is also a Distinguished Toastmaster. Less than 1% of all worldwide Toastmasters earn this, their highest award for public…
AI infringement upon performers’ rights is an interesting topic, but I believe that most of the current debate will soon become moot. When CGI can create photorealistic scenes, and AI can string these scenes together…
It surprises some allies to learn that, prior to writing this book, I wrote Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations: a 21st Century Translation and Commentary. I wrote that book accidentally. By this, I mean that…
It was many hours in the making, but we now have a two-hour interview conducted by Prof. Imac Zambrana, of the University of Oslo, on her Chameleons Podcast series. After closely reading the book, she…
Here is a link to Chaplin’s final speech from his movie, The Great Dictator. It was given with all the passion of an anti-Hitler: https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/29-the-final-speech-from-the-great-dictator- Here is the text of this speech: “To those who…
Following are some of the reasons why sovereignty is a prerequisite for starting a new society. In no particular order: System of governance. The four-branch system of government we propose, while similar to that which…
Our ally and good friend Ina Von Turow recently expressed her displeasure at the thought of living under continuous surveillance of designated Public areas. She asked: why not instead allow each individual to have a…