Dumb State Principle - The less the state needs to know to perform its function, the better.

When media outlets, politicians, presidential administrations, and their representatives repeat the same phrases every few days, every week, every month, and every year—“we strive to end the conflict” or “we strive for peace”—it is brazen lying...

Some people love calling Edward Snowden a traitor. That’s their right — free opinion and all.

But they either don’t get it, or they deliberately refuse to get it: traitors are the ones who actually commit crimes against the American people, not the ones who expose those crimes.

Stop saying stupid stuff like:
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."

Start saying:
"A free country doesn't track innocent citizens."

I’ve noticed something interesting: a lot of people seem to treat federation as one of the “good” end states for a protocol, even though that’s far from the case.

The two-party (uni-party) system in the United States is highly problematic and needs to be dismantled and replaced — if not with a full multi-party system, then at least with a 4-to-6 party system. Rankings can shift over time, and parties can drop out and be replaced by others.

No one should have enough power to arbitrarily control the lives of others.

I am not particularly keen on the idea of ​​UBI as such; existing studies and experiments already point to problems regarding implementation burdens, scalability, costs, and so on.

AI, especially as it moves actively toward AGI and potentially ASI, could lead to significant levels of mass unemployment.

The Russian authoritarian regime of the bloody dictator Putin should know one thing: any encroachment on any NATO country will cost them dearly—or, more precisely, internal collapse and regime change. And the people of Ukraine will continue to fight for their independence and democracy.

The market can undoubtedly resolve many issues on its own—the key word being many, not all. The core problem is that while the market can function, it cannot save itself from collapse or stabilize during crises.

I’m strongly against any suppression of free speech or opinions. Censorship disguised as fighting 'hate speech' just creates dangerous self-censorship in society.

"I can see how most people would be bullied into submission by a threat like that." Will Freeman created DeFlock.me to track the locations of ALPR surveillance cameras. When Flock Safety came after him with legal threats, EFF helped him fight back. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

It’s my birthday today, but I’ve got zero desire to celebrate. Spending the day on work, research, and leveling up instead. Better use of my time, plus I don't have anyone to celebrate with IRL anyway.

All the best, everyone.