Pluralistic: How tech does regulatory capture; Part 2 of the Red Team Blues serial (18 Apr 2023)

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How tech does regulatory capture: An extremely frank and open look inside the ugliest of sausage-factories.
Red Team Blues Chapter One, part two: How Danny Lazer came back from the brink.
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Pluralistic: Kickstarting the Red Team Blues audiobook, which Amazon won't sell (21 Mar 2023)

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Kickstarting the Red Team Blues audiobook, which Amazon won't sell: Narrated by Wil Wheaton!
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Pluralistic: The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble (09 Mar 2023)

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The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble: Someday, we're gonna feel pretty silly about our autocomplete worship.
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Pluralistic: Podcasts are hearteningly enshittification resistant; Red Team Blues excerpt (27 Jan 2023)

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Podcasts are hearteningly enshittification resistant: Walled gardens considered harmful (to performers and audiences).
Red Team Blues excerpt: The final adventure of Marty Hench.
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Pluralistic: Booklist on "Red Team Blues" (13 Jan 2023)

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Booklist on "Red Team Blues": "Another winner from an sf wizard who
has always proved himself adept at blending genres for both adults and teens."
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Pluralistic: 23 Nov 2022 Citizens United and the FTX meltdown

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Citizens United and the FTX meltdown: The Keating Five were amateurs.
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Pluralistic: 15 Nov 2022 Tracers In the Dark

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Tracers in the Dark: Andy Greenberg's gripping true crime tale of cryptocurrency forensics.
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Pluralistic: 04 Apr 2022

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Podcasting "The Best Defense Against Rubber-Hose Cryptanalysis": The cypherpunks were wrong (but also right)
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Pluralistic: 28 Mar 2022

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Podcasting "The Byzantine Premium": The contradiction at the heart of Bitcoin advocacy.
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Pluralistic: 17 Mar 2022

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Late stage capitalism is weird capitalism: A planned economy run by Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street.
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