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A Tale Of Two Talebs

or, how to kick your addiction to the Internet’s biggest asshole. * Nam Talebam quidem Amioun ego ipse oculis meis vidi stupe page, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σιβυλλα τι θελεις; respondebat illa: αποθανειν θελω. * ** *** “Never call someone an imbecile (or fucking idiot) unless he causes harm…

Economics

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A Tale Of Two Talebs
A Tale Of Two Talebs
Economics

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Nov 11, 2022

Crypto Is Peak Silicon Valley

… and Silicon Valley has sadly become peak fiat Among all the chortling over the demise of FTX, one hilariously timed document stands out: Sequoia Capital’s puff piece from a mere six weeks ago. Now deleted, but archived here for your reading pleasure, Adam Fischer boasted to the world that…

Crypto

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Crypto Is Peak Silicon Valley
Crypto Is Peak Silicon Valley
Crypto

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Jun 25, 2022

Days of Capital Returns

or, what would Method Man think of Return on Equity? If a company’s cash conversion cycle halved, what would that do to its ROE? This question may seem peculiarly unanswerable. Surely, we need more information, assuming this information alone is relevant in the first place? In fact, we do not…

Accounting

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Days of Capital Returns
Days of Capital Returns
Accounting

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Apr 23, 2022

I Finance The Current Thing

“ESG”, Big Finance, and a Category 5 Shitstorm of Economic Reality DO YOU SUPPORT THE CURRENT THING? I sincerely hope so, dear reader. I hope you at least pretend to support The Current Thing convincingly enough to keep the wokeratti off your back. Like Havel’s sign in the greengrocer’s window…

Finance

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I Finance The Current Thing
I Finance The Current Thing
Finance

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Published in The Bitcoin Times

·Jan 22, 2022

The Separation of Money and State

Changing the course of history — The Bitcoin Times Ed 4 is now available for download, free. We will be publishing each edition, in high quality hard cover this year. Keep an eye out for announcements and remember to follow and support each of the authors. Share their work far & wide. “I don’t believe we…

Bitcoin

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The Separation of Money and State
The Separation of Money and State
Bitcoin

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Jul 5, 2021

Inflation In A Hyperbitcoinized World

a cheeky little brainstorm on the methodological individualism of price inflation and capital formation OMG GUYS WE RECORDED OUR CLUBHOUSE FOR ONCE! What a glorious moment for culture and humanity. Thanks to the good folks at Swan Bitcoin, Aleks Svetski and I spoke to Izabella Kaminska for some ridiculous amount…

Bitcoin

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Inflation In A Hyperbitcoinized World
Inflation In A Hyperbitcoinized World
Bitcoin

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Jun 16, 2021

Soul In The Game

totes emosh, guys, totes emosh So that was pretty wild, huh? Did you guys sleep? I didn’t sleep much. To my eternal shame, at one point of my jet-lagged, emotionally-and-physically-drained-lying-in-bed-not-sleeping at five in the God-damned morning, we decided to have a little impromptu international diplomatic summit with the President of…

Bitcoin

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Soul In The Game
Soul In The Game
Bitcoin

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May 30, 2021

Bitcoin Is For Foxes

hedgehogs beware As Fragile Nassim’s public psychological breakdown continues apace, I recently took 15 hours out of my schedule to reread my magnum opus, A Tale Of Two Talebs. A Tale Of Two Talebs or, how to kick your addiction to the Internet’s biggest asshole.allenfarrington.medium.com In the end, I was interrupted by a person from Porlock, who insisted on talking to me about Samuel Taylor Coleridge…

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin Is For Foxes
Bitcoin Is For Foxes
Bitcoin

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Apr 18, 2021

Antifragile Bitcoin And Fragile Nassim

a bitesize read on Taleb’s Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome to celebrate the one year anniversary If you are somehow unaware of this (and in which case, how on earth did you end up here?) …

Bitcoin

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Antifragile Bitcoin and Fragile Nassim
Antifragile Bitcoin and Fragile Nassim
Bitcoin

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Apr 3, 2021

National Socialism In The Birthplace Of The Enlightenment

an attempt to stir up hatred against the most evil law of which I have ever been a subject It would be so nice if something made sense for a change. - Alice Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland *** On March 11th, the Scottish National Party’s infamous Hate Crime…

Politics

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National Socialism In The Birthplace Of The Enlightenment
National Socialism In The Birthplace Of The Enlightenment
Politics

8 min read

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