Earlier this month, I underwent a cataract surgery. Today, we take it for granted that cataract removal is a simple outpatient procedure. But for nearly two millennia, blunt couching—pushing the cloudy lens to the back of the eye—was the standard. It was not until the Enlightenment era that lens extraction was pioneered. In the 20th… Continue reading The Beginning of Infinity
Tag: Technology
The Technology of Immortality and a Galactic Future
Decentralized science is disrupting the stagnation in science and ushering in a new era of human progress. Guided by the philosophy of Cosmism, now is the time to be bold in our ambitions: to transcend death and expand across the cosmos. CryoDAO is spearheading the charge to cosmical fulfilment and the awakening of consciousness, moving us one step closer to a morality of interplanetary immortality.
Is Bitcoin a Technology or Ideology?
To accurately characterise Bitcoin and predict its trajectory in the decade ahead, it helps to revisit the message embedded in its genesis block: “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”. Bitcoin kicked off the blockchain revolution and became a poster child of fintech. Over time, it is regarded as a monetary… Continue reading Is Bitcoin a Technology or Ideology?
The Free Trade Hypocrisy
It is a very common clever device that when anyone has attained the summit of greatness, he kicks away the ladder by which he has climbed up, in order to deprive others of the means of climbing up after him. In this lies the secret of the cosmopolitical doctrine of Adam Smith, and of the… Continue reading The Free Trade Hypocrisy
Your Place in the Digital Economy
In five years' time, I predict that you'll see Uber rides in which both drivers and passengers are not humans. It's easy to see on the driver side: Uber has already announced that it is testing self-driving cars. On the passenger side, you'll soon see decentralised autonomous investment funds running on blockchains, not controlled by humans.… Continue reading Your Place in the Digital Economy
Andy Yee 