Category: Research
-
Cypherpunk and the Law
About this version of my talk planned for ETHDam 2025… Submitted Abstract (ETHDam 2025) This presentation will focus on my current research project on a media virus called Dystopian Cyber Future 1984 (DCF-84). For ETHdam, we will explore the hypothesis that cyberpunk literature influenced movies which in turn influenced the tech oligarchs of today. These…
-
The Block/Apple of Discord
Barcelona style https://www.casabatllo.es/en/antoni-gaudi/barcelona/block-discord Architects search for the prettiest one on the streets of Barcelona, which later becomes an attraction in itself.
-
Revisiting Open Data Commons
I’ve been reflecting more recently on the work I did on the Open Data Commons project at the beginning of my career (back in 2007) and the impact it’s had. A first… We were the first or one of the first to create a major public open license for data, including: Some background on the…
-
Discordian theatre is alive and well
If you have any doubts, meet Stephen Mollah: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bizarre-event-names-stephen-mollah-satoshi-nakamoto Among other claimed accomplishments, besides inventing Bitcoin, include being inventor of “the euro bond,” “the Twitter logo,” and “the ChatGPT protocol.” Or perhaps this is the latest incarnation of Operation Mindfuck? What the KLF continued cannot be undone.
-
Age of Consent at 40
Bronski Beat were truly amazing – their album Age of Consent, turns 40, and the BBC’s Front Row has a really great interview that helps give a lot of context as to just how powerful this album was at the time (and has continued to be). Why is it powerful? They were openly gay, singing…