From e3aa6c2d989ba8aca70f85d7ef203b6cfd53de2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sdiehl Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:21:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Move ideologies to top level --- claims/is-bitcoin-currency.md | 2 +- claims/narrative-economics.md | 20 ++++++------- claims/weird-culture.md | 2 +- claims/what-type-of-asset.md | 2 +- concepts/{ideologies => }/accelerationism.md | 0 .../{ideologies => }/anarchocapitalism.md | 0 .../{ideologies => }/austrian-economics.md | 0 concepts/bitcoin.md | 2 +- concepts/blockchain.md | 1 - concepts/{ideologies => }/capitalism.md | 0 concepts/{ideologies => }/cryptoanarchism.md | 2 +- concepts/dollar.md | 2 -- .../{ideologies => }/financial-nihilism.md | 2 +- concepts/gold-standard.md | 2 +- concepts/{ideologies => }/inevitablism.md | 0 .../{ideologies => }/keynsian-economics.md | 0 concepts/{ideologies => }/libertarianism.md | 2 +- .../{ideologies => }/market-fundamentalism.md | 2 +- concepts/{ideologies => }/marxism.md | 2 +- concepts/meme-stock.md | 2 +- concepts/memecoin.md | 2 +- .../post-state-technocracy.md | 2 +- concepts/sound-money.md | 4 +-- .../{ideologies => }/techno-collectivism.md | 0 concepts/techno-obscurantism.md | 2 +- .../{ideologies => }/technolibertarianism.md | 4 +-- .../{ideologies => }/technosolutionism.md | 2 +- guide/index.md | 24 ++++++++-------- meta/concepts-todo.md | 28 +++++++++---------- notes/market-fundamentalism.md | 2 +- notes/neo-metallism.md | 2 +- notes/post-state-technocracy.md | 8 +++--- notes/recent-events.md | 2 +- site/content/about.md | 2 +- 34 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/accelerationism.md (100%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/anarchocapitalism.md (100%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/austrian-economics.md (100%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/capitalism.md (100%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/cryptoanarchism.md (96%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/financial-nihilism.md (92%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/inevitablism.md (100%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/keynsian-economics.md (100%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/libertarianism.md (95%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/market-fundamentalism.md (87%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/marxism.md (84%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/post-state-technocracy.md (98%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/techno-collectivism.md (100%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/technolibertarianism.md (86%) rename concepts/{ideologies => }/technosolutionism.md (96%) diff --git a/claims/is-bitcoin-currency.md b/claims/is-bitcoin-currency.md index c4f913a..44a23e3 100644 --- a/claims/is-bitcoin-currency.md +++ b/claims/is-bitcoin-currency.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Bitcoin cannot function as a currency Unlike the namesake of "cryptocurrency" might imply, [bitcoin](../concepts/bitcoin.md) is not a [currency](../concepts/currency.md). It does not fulfil the economic definition of [money](../concepts/money.md). Instead bitcoin is best understood as a [speculative](../concepts/speculation.md) [cryptoasset](../concepts/cryptoasset.md) or [gambling](../concepts/gambling.md) product. -Since bitcoin is not issued by a sovereign state or [central-banks](../concepts/central-banks.md) there is no central party to manage the [deflationary](../concepts/deflationary.md) spirals that occur in the [price-formation](../concepts/price-formation.md) of the asset. Therefore it is subject to wild and uncontrollable volatility that makes it unsuitable as a *means of exchange*. No amount of technology can fix the volatility problem as it is a function of the economic design of the asset and its fixed supply. This arises out of the political imaginaries of the [neo-metallism](../notes/neo-metallism.md) school and [Austrian economics](../concepts/ideologies/austrian-economics.md) that informed the design of the bitcoin to resemble the historical [gold-standard](../concepts/gold-standard.md) and the conception of heterodox ideas of [sound money](../concepts/sound-money.md). +Since bitcoin is not issued by a sovereign state or [central-banks](../concepts/central-banks.md) there is no central party to manage the [deflationary](../concepts/deflationary.md) spirals that occur in the [price-formation](../concepts/price-formation.md) of the asset. Therefore it is subject to wild and uncontrollable volatility that makes it unsuitable as a *means of exchange*. No amount of technology can fix the volatility problem as it is a function of the economic design of the asset and its fixed supply. This arises out of the political imaginaries of the [neo-metallism](../notes/neo-metallism.md) school and [Austrian economics](../concepts/austrian-economics.md) that informed the design of the bitcoin to resemble the historical [gold-standard](../concepts/gold-standard.md) and the conception of heterodox ideas of [sound money](../concepts/sound-money.md). As evidenced by real world context there are very few businesses that are willing to transact in bitcoin because of the price volatility. Companies that attempt to do this, such as Tesla, effectively issue an [option](../concepts/derivative.md) in which the goods or services payed are quoted at a strike price and if the transaction is reversed or goods returned the amount will be returned to the customer in a different currency at the strike price. This terms commerce into a [security](../concepts/security.md) transaction and is a taxable event. diff --git a/claims/narrative-economics.md b/claims/narrative-economics.md index 6d95520..93f8d0c 100644 --- a/claims/narrative-economics.md +++ b/claims/narrative-economics.md @@ -5,23 +5,23 @@ The economist Robert J. Shiller defines [narrative economics](../concepts/narrat The phenomenon of [cryptoasset](../concepts/cryptoasset.md) and their [bubble](../concepts/bubble.md) nature is largely driven by narratives, which may differ drastically between projects. These narratives speak to different human needs and beliefs that touch upon ideas as vast as culture, [value](../concepts/value.md), money, art, law, identity and politics. -Bitcoin has a [narrative economics](../claims/narrative-economics.md) based on [libertarianism](ideologies/libertarianism.md), [regulatory arbitrage](regulatory-arbitrage.md) and aspirations of [private money](private-money.md). +Bitcoin has a [narrative economics](../claims/narrative-economics.md) based on [libertarianism](../concepts/libertarianism.md), [regulatory arbitrage](regulatory-arbitrage.md) and aspirations of [private money](private-money.md). -Ethereum has a [narrative economics](../claims/narrative-economics.md) based on [technosolutionism](ideologies/technosolutionism.md), [libertarianism](ideologies/libertarianism.md), [regulatory arbitrage](regulatory-arbitrage.md) and aspirations of [private money](private-money.md). +Ethereum has a [narrative economics](../claims/narrative-economics.md) based on [technosolutionism](../concepts/technosolutionism.md), [libertarianism](../concepts/libertarianism.md), [regulatory arbitrage](regulatory-arbitrage.md) and aspirations of [private money](private-money.md). -Dogecoin is an example of a crypto asset with no political imaginaries, no [currency](currency.md) narrative, no pretense of [use value](use-value.md), no [fundamental value](fundamental-value.md), and no narrative economics whatsoever. it is a pure manifestation of the [greater fool theory](greater-fool-theory.md) with an investment thesis rooted purely in [financial nihilism](ideologies/financial-nihilism.md). +Dogecoin is an example of a crypto asset with no political imaginaries, no [currency](currency.md) narrative, no pretense of [use value](use-value.md), no [fundamental value](fundamental-value.md), and no narrative economics whatsoever. it is a pure manifestation of the [greater fool theory](greater-fool-theory.md) with an investment thesis rooted purely in [financial nihilism](../concepts/financial-nihilism.md). ## Narrative Claims * Cypherpunk * Anarchism -* [Libertarianism](../concepts/ideologies/libertarianism.md) -* [Cryptoanarchism](../concepts/ideologies/cryptoanarchism.md) -* [Financial Nihilism](../concepts/ideologies/financial-nihilism.md) -* [Post State Technocracy](../concepts/ideologies/post-state-technocracy.md) +* [Libertarianism](../concepts/libertarianism.md) +* [Cryptoanarchism](../concepts/cryptoanarchism.md) +* [Financial Nihilism](../concepts/financial-nihilism.md) +* [Post State Technocracy](../concepts/post-state-technocracy.md) * [Technolibertarianism](../concepts/idelogies/technolibertarianism.md) -* [Technosolutionism](../concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md) -* [Technocollectivism](../concepts/ideologies/techno-collectivism.md) -* [Accelerationism](../concepts/ideologies/accelerationism.md) +* [Technosolutionism](../concepts/technosolutionism.md) +* [Technocollectivism](../concepts/techno-collectivism.md) +* [Accelerationism](../concepts/accelerationism.md) ## References 1. Shiller, Robert J. 2017. ‘Narrative Economics’. American Economic Review 107 (4): 967–1004. diff --git a/claims/weird-culture.md b/claims/weird-culture.md index 7d10f33..d755ab8 100644 --- a/claims/weird-culture.md +++ b/claims/weird-culture.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Crypto has a weird subculture The crypto subculture is an example of a self-organizing [high control group](../concepts/high-control-group.md) whose existence organically creates a market mania, [bubble](../concepts/bubble.md) and [narrative economics](../concepts/narrative-economics.md) that entices the public to invest in the asset class or join the group and its subculture. -Since the asset class is [non-productive](../concepts/productive-asset.md) and [negative-sum](negative-sum.md) the crypto scheme entirely depends on attracting new investor inflows based on narratives of "money for nothing" and "easy wealth" that clash with traditional readings of [economics](../concepts/ideologies/keynsian-economics.md). These schemes may also depend on [technosolutionism](../concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md) or [libertarianism](../concepts/ideologies/libertarianism.md) to justify bringing more [greater fools](../concepts/greater-fool-theory.md) into the scheme. +Since the asset class is [non-productive](../concepts/productive-asset.md) and [negative-sum](negative-sum.md) the crypto scheme entirely depends on attracting new investor inflows based on narratives of "money for nothing" and "easy wealth" that clash with traditional readings of [economics](../concepts/keynsian-economics.md). These schemes may also depend on [technosolutionism](../concepts/technosolutionism.md) or [libertarianism](../concepts/libertarianism.md) to justify bringing more [greater fools](../concepts/greater-fool-theory.md) into the scheme. Crypto culture depends heavily on a distortion of language to signify belonging to an ingroup and leans heavily on [thought terminating cliches](../concepts/thought-terminating-cliches.md) to quell dissent and rational discourse. Within the crypto [subculture](../claims/weird-culture.md) there are several thought-terminating cliches. diff --git a/claims/what-type-of-asset.md b/claims/what-type-of-asset.md index c2a1565..9ecedfa 100644 --- a/claims/what-type-of-asset.md +++ b/claims/what-type-of-asset.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ While crypto assets are securities contracts, they are a pathological form of a * [Equity](security.md) with no cashflows or dividends * Exchange traded [pyramid scheme](pyramid-scheme.md) * [Derivative](derivative.md) contract with no underlying -* [Libertarian](ideologies/libertarianism.md) performance [art](art.md) +* [Libertarian](../concepts/libertarianism.md) performance [art](art.md) * Self-organizing [Ponzi scheme](ponzi-scheme.md) * Tulip [bubble](../concepts/bubble.md) * [Indulgences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence) diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/accelerationism.md b/concepts/accelerationism.md similarity index 100% rename from concepts/ideologies/accelerationism.md rename to concepts/accelerationism.md diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/anarchocapitalism.md b/concepts/anarchocapitalism.md similarity index 100% rename from concepts/ideologies/anarchocapitalism.md rename to concepts/anarchocapitalism.md diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/austrian-economics.md b/concepts/austrian-economics.md similarity index 100% rename from concepts/ideologies/austrian-economics.md rename to concepts/austrian-economics.md diff --git a/concepts/bitcoin.md b/concepts/bitcoin.md index 523b2da..fff9aa1 100644 --- a/concepts/bitcoin.md +++ b/concepts/bitcoin.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Bitcoin is a [security](security.md). Bitcoin is [artificial scarce](artificial-scarcity.md). -Bitcoin is allegedly a [sound money](sound-money.md) in the [Austrian economics](ideologies/austrian-economics.md) school of thought. +Bitcoin is allegedly a [sound money](sound-money.md) in the [Austrian economics](austrian-economics.md) school of thought. Bitcoin is based on [consensus algorithm](consensus-algorithm.md) known as Proof of Work [mining](mining.md). diff --git a/concepts/blockchain.md b/concepts/blockchain.md index 4be82a5..5d96a32 100644 --- a/concepts/blockchain.md +++ b/concepts/blockchain.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ In computer science terms, a blockchain is an [immutable](immutability.md) data The term has been overloaded extensively and other data structures and topologies have been described as blockchain regardless of their use. See [permissioned blockchain](permissioned-blockchain.md). ## References - 1. Schneier, Bruce. 2019. ‘There’s No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology’. Wired Magazine. https://www.wired.com/story/theres-no-good-reason-to-trust-blockchain-technology/. 1. Jeffries, Adrianne. 2018. ‘Blockchain Is Meaningless’. The Verge 7: 2018. 1. Rosenthal, David. n.d. ‘Stanford Lecture on Cryptocurrency’. Accessed 2 March 2022. https://blog.dshr.org/2022/02/ee380-talk.html. diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/capitalism.md b/concepts/capitalism.md similarity index 100% rename from concepts/ideologies/capitalism.md rename to concepts/capitalism.md diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/cryptoanarchism.md b/concepts/cryptoanarchism.md similarity index 96% rename from concepts/ideologies/cryptoanarchism.md rename to concepts/cryptoanarchism.md index e82604d..daa15dc 100644 --- a/concepts/ideologies/cryptoanarchism.md +++ b/concepts/cryptoanarchism.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The idea revolves around the politics that individuals are self-sovereign and th The ideas behind [bitcoin](../bitcoin.md) can be traced to another seminal work *The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto*. -See also [anarchocapitalism](anarchocapitalism.md), [libertarianism](libertarianism.md) and [post-state technocracy](../../notes/post-state-technocracy.md). +See also [anarchocapitalism](../anarchocapitalism.md), [libertarianism](libertarianism.md) and [post-state technocracy](../../notes/post-state-technocracy.md). ## References * May, Tim. 1994. ‘Cyphernomicon’. diff --git a/concepts/dollar.md b/concepts/dollar.md index e22e838..2ea509f 100644 --- a/concepts/dollar.md +++ b/concepts/dollar.md @@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ The dollar is a [currency](currency.md). The dollar is issued by a [central bank](central-banks.md). -The dollar is a [public good](public-goods-problem.md). - The dollar is [inflationary](inflationary.md). The dollar has no [fundamental value](fundamental-value.md). diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/financial-nihilism.md b/concepts/financial-nihilism.md similarity index 92% rename from concepts/ideologies/financial-nihilism.md rename to concepts/financial-nihilism.md index 387b733..2545ed2 100644 --- a/concepts/ideologies/financial-nihilism.md +++ b/concepts/financial-nihilism.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Financial Nihilism -A philosophy on investing and markets in which [value](../value.md) does not exist or is inherently unknowable. The claims of this ideology stems from an underlying belief that [markets](../market.md) have no purpose and cannot or does not exist to do [price formation](../price-formation.md) on [assets](../assets.md) because of a belief that [capitalism](capitalism.md) does not work. +A philosophy on investing and markets in which [value](../value.md) does not exist or is inherently unknowable. The claims of this ideology stems from an underlying belief that [markets](../market.md) have no purpose and cannot or does not exist to do [price formation](../price-formation.md) on [assets](../assets.md) because of a belief that [capitalism](../capitalism.md) does not work. This is a belief system held by some who participate in [meme stock](../meme-stock.md) and [meme coin](../memecoin.md) projects. diff --git a/concepts/gold-standard.md b/concepts/gold-standard.md index b2f7bca..9e0d617 100644 --- a/concepts/gold-standard.md +++ b/concepts/gold-standard.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Gold Standard -A monetary standard for a [currency](currency.md) based on precious metal [commodities](commodity.md), espoused as [sound money](sound-money.md) in [Austrian economics](ideologies/austrian-economics.md). +A monetary standard for a [currency](currency.md) based on precious metal [commodities](commodity.md), espoused as [sound money](sound-money.md) in [Austrian economics](austrian-economics.md). ## Criticisms diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/inevitablism.md b/concepts/inevitablism.md similarity index 100% rename from concepts/ideologies/inevitablism.md rename to concepts/inevitablism.md diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/keynsian-economics.md b/concepts/keynsian-economics.md similarity index 100% rename from concepts/ideologies/keynsian-economics.md rename to concepts/keynsian-economics.md diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/libertarianism.md b/concepts/libertarianism.md similarity index 95% rename from concepts/ideologies/libertarianism.md rename to concepts/libertarianism.md index d319df4..378943c 100644 --- a/concepts/ideologies/libertarianism.md +++ b/concepts/libertarianism.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ A political ideology that aims to minimize the role of government in the lives o Libertarians generally believe in a minimal nation state whose role exists to provide for public defense, the rule of law, and to enforce civil contract law. -See also [technosolutionism](technosolutionism.md), [cryptoanarchism](cryptoanarchism.md) and [post-state technocracy](../../notes/post-state-technocracy.md). +See also [technosolutionism](technosolutionism.md), [cryptoanarchism](../cryptoanarchism.md) and [post-state technocracy](../../notes/post-state-technocracy.md). ## References * Wolf, Martin. 2019. ‘The Libertarian Fantasies of Cryptocurrencies’. Financial Times, February. https://www.ft.com/content/eeeacd7c-2e0e-11e9-ba00-0251022932c8. diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/market-fundamentalism.md b/concepts/market-fundamentalism.md similarity index 87% rename from concepts/ideologies/market-fundamentalism.md rename to concepts/market-fundamentalism.md index 0256631..cdde24c 100644 --- a/concepts/ideologies/market-fundamentalism.md +++ b/concepts/market-fundamentalism.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Market Fundamentalism -The belief that [market](../market.md) are inevitable and desirable feature of [capitalism](capitalism.md) and that efficient and transparent [market making](../market-maker.md) enables capital formation and general public prosperity. +The belief that [market](../market.md) are inevitable and desirable feature of [capitalism](../capitalism.md) and that efficient and transparent [market making](../market-maker.md) enables capital formation and general public prosperity. Often coincides with the belief that [market manipulation](../market-manipulation.md), [asymmetric information](../asymmetric-information.md), and [cartels](../cartel.md) in markets is undesirable because these phenomenon destroy trust in markets and inhibit [price formation](../price-formation.md). diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/marxism.md b/concepts/marxism.md similarity index 84% rename from concepts/ideologies/marxism.md rename to concepts/marxism.md index 0e2d847..62862e1 100644 --- a/concepts/ideologies/marxism.md +++ b/concepts/marxism.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Marxism -A political ideology rooted in the ideas of Karl Marx which asserts the inherent intellectual contradictions at the heart of [capitalism](capitalism.md) and [market](../market.md). Marx defines a heterodox reading of [value](../value.md) based on philosophy and history and attempts to derive a new system in which [price-formation](../price-formation.md) can occur without the existing superstructure of capitalism. +A political ideology rooted in the ideas of Karl Marx which asserts the inherent intellectual contradictions at the heart of [capitalism](../capitalism.md) and [market](../market.md). Marx defines a heterodox reading of [value](../value.md) based on philosophy and history and attempts to derive a new system in which [price-formation](../price-formation.md) can occur without the existing superstructure of capitalism. See also [[commodity fetishism]] and [sign value](../sign-value.md). diff --git a/concepts/meme-stock.md b/concepts/meme-stock.md index 98c9a69..18c55c4 100644 --- a/concepts/meme-stock.md +++ b/concepts/meme-stock.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Meme Stock The trading of a public [stock](stock.md) detached from its [fundamental value](fundamental-value.md) as pure [speculation](speculation.md). Timing a meme stock [bubble](bubble.md) is a [zero-sum game](zero-sum-game.md). -See also [financial nihilism](ideologies/financial-nihilism.md). +See also [financial nihilism](financial-nihilism.md). ## Examples * Gamestop diff --git a/concepts/memecoin.md b/concepts/memecoin.md index 3108b76..146c569 100644 --- a/concepts/memecoin.md +++ b/concepts/memecoin.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Memecoin A meme coin is a [cryptoasset](cryptoasset.md) which has no pretense of [fundamental value](fundamental-value.md) or [utility](use-value.md) but instead is a [greater fool](greater-fool-theory.md) investment based trend-following of an image or symbol in popular culture. -See [dogecoin](dogecoin.md) and [financial nihilism](ideologies/financial-nihilism.md). +See [dogecoin](dogecoin.md) and [financial nihilism](financial-nihilism.md). ## References 1. Warzel, Charlie. 2021. ‘The Absurdity Is the Point’. Substack newsletter. Galaxy Brain (blog). 11 May 2021. https://warzel.substack.com/p/the-absurdity-is-the-point. diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/post-state-technocracy.md b/concepts/post-state-technocracy.md similarity index 98% rename from concepts/ideologies/post-state-technocracy.md rename to concepts/post-state-technocracy.md index e553b6f..3746f0c 100644 --- a/concepts/ideologies/post-state-technocracy.md +++ b/concepts/post-state-technocracy.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Post-state Technocracy The political ideology that [blockchain](../blockchain.md) and [cryptoasset](../cryptoasset.md) are a tool to dismantle nation states and install a form of anarchism in which governance and institutions are replaced with technology and a new global transnational plutocracy of those holding crypto assets. -See also [technosolutionism](technosolutionism.md), [cryptoanarchism](cryptoanarchism.md) and [libertarianism](libertarianism.md). +See also [technosolutionism](technosolutionism.md), [cryptoanarchism](../cryptoanarchism.md) and [libertarianism](../libertarianism.md). ## References * Eich, Stefan. 2019. ‘Old Utopias, New Tax Havens: The Politics of Bitcoin in Historical Perspective’. Regulating Blockchain: Techno-Social and Legal Challenges, 85–98. diff --git a/concepts/sound-money.md b/concepts/sound-money.md index 3b022e8..573d813 100644 --- a/concepts/sound-money.md +++ b/concepts/sound-money.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Sound Money -An [Austrian economics](ideologies/austrian-economics.md) philosophy that an idealized [currency](currency.md) should be backed by a finite unchanging supply and fixed supply of a [commodity](commodity.md), or more recently a [cryptoasset](cryptoasset.md). +An [Austrian economics](austrian-economics.md) philosophy that an idealized [currency](currency.md) should be backed by a finite unchanging supply and fixed supply of a [commodity](commodity.md), or more recently a [cryptoasset](cryptoasset.md). -See [gold standard](gold-standard.md) and [libertarianism](ideologies/libertarianism.md). +See [gold standard](gold-standard.md) and [libertarianism](libertarianism.md). ## References * Doctorow, Cory. 2022. ‘Money Is Power’. 3 February 2022. https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/03/liquidation-preference/. diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/techno-collectivism.md b/concepts/techno-collectivism.md similarity index 100% rename from concepts/ideologies/techno-collectivism.md rename to concepts/techno-collectivism.md diff --git a/concepts/techno-obscurantism.md b/concepts/techno-obscurantism.md index 23beebf..149d1a3 100644 --- a/concepts/techno-obscurantism.md +++ b/concepts/techno-obscurantism.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ # Techno-obscurantism -The use of deliberately obtuse or confusing technical jargon as a means to promote investment scams. Often used in projects that promote [ICO](ico.md) tokens or proposed [technosolutionism](ideologies/technosolutionism.md) projects +The use of deliberately obtuse or confusing technical jargon as a means to promote investment scams. Often used in projects that promote [ICO](ico.md) tokens or proposed [technosolutionism](technosolutionism.md) projects See [ICO](ico.md). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/technolibertarianism.md b/concepts/technolibertarianism.md similarity index 86% rename from concepts/ideologies/technolibertarianism.md rename to concepts/technolibertarianism.md index a8b2a64..da2d36b 100644 --- a/concepts/ideologies/technolibertarianism.md +++ b/concepts/technolibertarianism.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ # Technolibertarianism - Technolibertarianism is an extension of [libertarianism](libertarianism.md) with the belief that technology is a liberatory force to ensure civil liberties, encourage the operation of free markets without government intervention and avoid over-regulation. + Technolibertarianism is an extension of [libertarianism](../libertarianism.md) with the belief that technology is a liberatory force to ensure civil liberties, encourage the operation of free markets without government intervention and avoid over-regulation. Technolibertarianism is particularly aligned with the use of cryptography, [cryptoasset](../cryptoasset.md) and [censorship-resistence](../censorship-resistence.md) tools to protect against what they see as government overreach into the financial lives of citizens. The ideology is predicated on a distrust of institutions and command-and-control structures, and a preference for technical solutions with philosophical appeals to [decentralization](../decentralization.md). -See also [cryptoanarchism](cryptoanarchism.md), [libertarianism](libertarianism.md), and [post-state-technocracy](../../notes/post-state-technocracy.md). +See also [cryptoanarchism](../cryptoanarchism.md), [libertarianism](../libertarianism.md), and [post-state-technocracy](../../notes/post-state-technocracy.md). ## References * Wolf, Martin. 2019. ‘The Libertarian Fantasies of Cryptocurrencies’. Financial Times, February. https://www.ft.com/content/eeeacd7c-2e0e-11e9-ba00-0251022932c8. diff --git a/concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md b/concepts/technosolutionism.md similarity index 96% rename from concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md rename to concepts/technosolutionism.md index caf3369..3dea1b9 100644 --- a/concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md +++ b/concepts/technosolutionism.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Technosolutionism Technosolutionism is belief and broader ideology that every social, political and access problem has a solution based in development of new technology. -See also [technocollectivism](techno-collectivism.md). +See also [technocollectivism](../techno-collectivism.md). ## References diff --git a/guide/index.md b/guide/index.md index 9009ab4..ba38a34 100644 --- a/guide/index.md +++ b/guide/index.md @@ -124,18 +124,18 @@ Understand crypto and "web3" in terms of recent news events and interviews and e Explore crypto and "web3" in terms of different perspectives on politics and economics. -* [Market Fundamentalism](../concepts/ideologies/market-fundamentalism.md) -* [Financial Nihilism](../concepts/ideologies/financial-nihilism.md) -* [Austrian Economics](../concepts/ideologies/austrian-economics.md) -* [Post State Technocracy](../concepts/ideologies/post-state-technocracy.md) -* [Libertarianism](../concepts/ideologies/libertarianism.md) -* [Technolibertarianism](../concepts/ideologies/technolibertarianism.md) -* [Cryptoanarchism](../concepts/ideologies/cryptoanarchism.md) -* [Anarchocapitalism](../concepts/ideologies/anarchocapitalism.md) -* [Keynsian Economics](../concepts/ideologies/keynsian-economics.md) -* [Technosolutionism](../concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md) -* [Technocollectivism](../concepts/ideologies/techno-collectivism.md) -* [Accelerationism](../concepts/ideologies/accelerationism.md) +* [Market Fundamentalism](../concepts/market-fundamentalism.md) +* [Financial Nihilism](../concepts/financial-nihilism.md) +* [Austrian Economics](../concepts/austrian-economics.md) +* [Post State Technocracy](../concepts/post-state-technocracy.md) +* [Libertarianism](../concepts/libertarianism.md) +* [Technolibertarianism](../concepts/technolibertarianism.md) +* [Cryptoanarchism](../concepts/cryptoanarchism.md) +* [Anarchocapitalism](../concepts/anarchocapitalism.md) +* [Keynsian Economics](../concepts/keynsian-economics.md) +* [Technosolutionism](../concepts/technosolutionism.md) +* [Technocollectivism](../concepts/techno-collectivism.md) +* [Accelerationism](../concepts/accelerationism.md) *** diff --git a/meta/concepts-todo.md b/meta/concepts-todo.md index 6a9c262..fc0e19a 100644 --- a/meta/concepts-todo.md +++ b/meta/concepts-todo.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ # Conceps TODO First pass -- [x] [keynsian-economics](../concepts/ideologies/keynsian-economics.md) -- [x] [libertarianism](../concepts/ideologies/libertarianism.md) +- [x] [keynsian-economics](../concepts/keynsian-economics.md) +- [x] [libertarianism](../concepts/libertarianism.md) - [x] [market-fundamentalism](../notes/market-fundamentalism.md) -- [x] [marxism](../concepts/ideologies/marxism.md) -- [x] [post-state-technocracy](../concepts/ideologies/post-state-technocracy.md) -- [x] [techno-collectivism](../concepts/ideologies/techno-collectivism.md) -- [x] [technolibertarianism](../concepts/ideologies/technolibertarianism.md) -- [x] [technosolutionism](../concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md) +- [x] [marxism](../concepts/marxism.md) +- [x] [post-state-technocracy](../concepts/post-state-technocracy.md) +- [x] [techno-collectivism](../concepts/techno-collectivism.md) +- [x] [technolibertarianism](../concepts/technolibertarianism.md) +- [x] [technosolutionism](../concepts/technosolutionism.md) - [x] [aml](../concepts/aml.md) - [x] [censorship-resistence](../concepts/censorship-resistence.md) - [x] [defi](../concepts/defi.md) @@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ Third pass Ideologies -- [ ] [accelerationism](../concepts/ideologies/accelerationism.md) -- [ ] [capitalism](../concepts/ideologies/capitalism.md) -- [x] [cryptoanarchism](../concepts/ideologies/cryptoanarchism.md) -- [ ] [inevitablism](../concepts/ideologies/inevitablism.md) -- [x] [keynsian-economics](../concepts/ideologies/keynsian-economics.md) -- [x] [technolibertarianism](../concepts/ideologies/technolibertarianism.md) -- [x] [technosolutionism](../concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md) +- [ ] [accelerationism](../concepts/accelerationism.md) +- [ ] [capitalism](../concepts/capitalism.md) +- [x] [cryptoanarchism](../concepts/cryptoanarchism.md) +- [ ] [inevitablism](../concepts/inevitablism.md) +- [x] [keynsian-economics](../concepts/keynsian-economics.md) +- [x] [technolibertarianism](../concepts/technolibertarianism.md) +- [x] [technosolutionism](../concepts/technosolutionism.md) diff --git a/notes/market-fundamentalism.md b/notes/market-fundamentalism.md index 513ccc3..5d0191a 100644 --- a/notes/market-fundamentalism.md +++ b/notes/market-fundamentalism.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ In Episode 2 of the series, Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl discuss the market f ## Topic -[market-fundamentalism](../concepts/ideologies/market-fundamentalism.md) +[market-fundamentalism](../concepts/market-fundamentalism.md) ## Summary diff --git a/notes/neo-metallism.md b/notes/neo-metallism.md index 77caea7..6b7c860 100644 --- a/notes/neo-metallism.md +++ b/notes/neo-metallism.md @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ In Episode 1 of the series, Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl discuss the neo-meta ## Concepts Covered * [gold-standard](../concepts/gold-standard.md) -* [austrian-economics](../concepts/ideologies/austrian-economics.md) +* [austrian-economics](../concepts/austrian-economics.md) * [bitcoin](../concepts/bitcoin.md) * [bubble](../concepts/bubble.md) * [commodity](../concepts/commodity.md) diff --git a/notes/post-state-technocracy.md b/notes/post-state-technocracy.md index 09c484a..3e4b1b4 100644 --- a/notes/post-state-technocracy.md +++ b/notes/post-state-technocracy.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ In episode #4 of our ongoing deep dive into web3 and crypto, Rufus Pollock and S * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ0iCJkM3PU * Podcast: https://anchor.fm/life-itself/episodes/On-Web3-and-Post-State-Technocracy-with-Stephen-Diehl--Rufus-Pollock-e1g4cpe -* Wiki Topic: [Post-state technocracy](../concepts/ideologies/post-state-technocracy.md) +* Wiki Topic: [Post-state technocracy](../concepts/post-state-technocracy.md) *** @@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ In episode #4 of our ongoing deep dive into web3 and crypto, Rufus Pollock and S ## Concepts Covered * [post-state-technocracy](post-state-technocracy.md) -* [cryptoanarchism](../concepts/ideologies/cryptoanarchism.md) -* [technosolutionism](../concepts/ideologies/technosolutionism.md) +* [cryptoanarchism](../concepts/cryptoanarchism.md) +* [technosolutionism](../concepts/technosolutionism.md) * [public-goods-problem](../concepts/public-goods-problem.md) * [narrative-economics](../concepts/narrative-economics.md) * [public-goods-problem](../concepts/public-goods-problem.md) * [free-rider-problem](../concepts/free-rider-problem.md) * [private-money](../concepts/private-money.md) -* [anarchocapitalism](../concepts/ideologies/anarchocapitalism.md) +* [anarchocapitalism](../concepts/anarchocapitalism.md) *** diff --git a/notes/recent-events.md b/notes/recent-events.md index 98a1952..7e4dc77 100644 --- a/notes/recent-events.md +++ b/notes/recent-events.md @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ March 4, 2022 https://www.ft.com/content/879ae372-bb3b-4aa1-a264-ce32304a77d9 -See: [web3](../concepts/web3.md) | [speculation](../concepts/speculation.md) | [technolibertarianism](../concepts/ideologies/technolibertarianism.md) +See: [web3](../concepts/web3.md) | [speculation](../concepts/speculation.md) | [technolibertarianism](../concepts/technolibertarianism.md) *** diff --git a/site/content/about.md b/site/content/about.md index 136b40f..5819813 100644 --- a/site/content/about.md +++ b/site/content/about.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ We will be steel-manning the key claims made by proponents of web3 through consc **Web3 & crypto has become a massive phenomenon** with very big claims made about its actual and potential impact. Claims that go far beyond traditional technology boosterism (better, faster) to claims for radical transformation (and improvement) of our economic and social systems – for example, web3 is revolutionary for X where X is everything from [money](../../concepts/money.md) and the economy to governance to funding [public goods](../../concepts/public-goods-problem.md) like (open) software, carbon removal etc. -**Controversial and polarizing**: At the same time, there is an exceptional level of disagreement about these claims, even on basic points or definitions. The topic is highly controversial and even polarizing, with strong pro and anti camps. For example, within tech it is one of the most controversial topics we have ever seen and, significantly, disagreement cuts across classic ideological lines -- there are pro/anti [libertarian](../../concepts/ideologies/libertarianism.md) as well as pro/anti [socialists](../../concepts/ideologies/marxism.md). +**Controversial and polarizing**: At the same time, there is an exceptional level of disagreement about these claims, even on basic points or definitions. The topic is highly controversial and even polarizing, with strong pro and anti camps. For example, within tech it is one of the most controversial topics we have ever seen and, significantly, disagreement cuts across classic ideological lines -- there are pro/anti [libertarian](../../concepts/libertarianism.md) as well as pro/anti [socialists](../../concepts/marxism.md). **Evaluation and sensemaking are hard**: Finally, and relatedly, this topic exists at the confluence of several major areas of thought: computer science, economics, political economy, law. These topics are a) complex b) largely synthetic not analytic. As a result, few people have enough time and/or expertise to really delve into them sufficiently, especially those who would normally play a major role in our collective sensemaking such as journalists. In short, this is a topic that is difficult to grok/analyse and do collective sensemaking for.