Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a Bank and he can rob the world.

The emperor who entertains his people can distract from his frightening policies.

When people can choose their algorithm freely, many people will choose the echo chamber.

In a system where code is law, if you put yourself above the law, you are the fork. That means you are either irrelevant or you have to control the system.

Only he who does not violate any Law can participate in a system in which Code is Law.

The man who entangles facts with emotions and stories in his mental model of his own identity, creates a detrimental prison for himself. He enslaves himself to his own stories, often not even realizing that he is a slave. By the way: I am one of them. You are one of them.

Spending some time to understand narcissism is a very valuable personal investment. Recognizing narcissists as such can save you from misguided hopes and disappointments.

I wonder why there's so little content about this year's Nobel prize in economics in the Bitcoin community.