Proof of Work is what we pay to protect us from ourselves

Kathy Hochul tried to color it Green, but Bitcoin is the color of money.

In Defense of Bitcoin | The Pipeline
Instantaneous, secure and very difficult to trace.

How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future, Kindle Edition by Vaclav Smil. Drawing on the latest science and tackling sources of misinformation head on, Vaclav Smil explains the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity – from energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to our environment and its future. This book offers a much-needed reality check and answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead?

Two birds with one stone

Checks paid by robots. Climate reparations from the cemetery.

‘Global Warming’ Meets the Kobayashi Maru | The Pipeline
Do we celebrate the decrease of people in productive economies or fear it?

Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives 2nd Edition by Vaclav Smil. An invaluable resource for anyone interested in a realistic appraisal of the current state of energy transitions in various nations and regions and the likely future development of the global energy supply.

The Twitter Files

New at the Belmont Club. The autocrats take no prisoners.

Pitiless Politics
Everyone’s playing for keeps

How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future, Kindle Edition by Vaclav Smil. Drawing on the latest science and tackling sources of misinformation head on, Vaclav Smil explains the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity – from energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to our environment and its future. This book offers a much-needed reality check and answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead?