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@dscotese Jul 24, 2018, 5:15 AM UTC

Creating a free society: An Index

Keith Knight (@knightrider) created a video with tons of goodies in it. The following is an index of it: 0:0:00 David Friedman on government incompetence 0:0:00 Owen Benjamin and Stefan Molyneux. 0:4…

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@dscotese Jul 23, 2018, 4:54 AM UTC

Onomatopoeia and onopatomoeia

We all recognize onomatopoeia even if we don't know the term. Whoosh, bang, ding, whisper, crack, and other words sound like what they mean. I've been looking for words that sound like the opposite o…

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@dscotese Jul 8, 2018, 9:53 PM UTC

Let Me be Perfectly Honest: I'm Going to Lie

Trust me, you can't trust what other people tell you if you want to succeed. Authorities release information every day about the worst kinds of deception. You can rely on them to guide you through th…

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@dscotese Jul 7, 2018, 9:17 PM UTC

The Crypto-Driven Sorting of Humans

Human evolution proceeds by copying DNA with errors. Some of the errors have the effect of significantly increasing or decreasing the progeny of the resulting individual. This effect is strongest in…

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@dscotese Jun 7, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

My Personal Statement

Many graduate programs require applicants to write a personal statement. I'm planning to go to law school, so I've written the following as part of my application. A few people have indicated that it…

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@dscotese May 22, 2018, 1:08 AM UTC

Notes on Speed Reading

A friend of mine recently responded very favorably to my concern that I read pretty slow for someone who wants to do well on the LSAT. He researched some speed reading apps and found one written by s…

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@dscotese May 19, 2018, 6:31 PM UTC

How Can I Make a Unit of Currency?

This is a replica of the post I just created on my blog. It seems artificial to me to post it here first, but if that is what is required to prevent some sort of negative perception, please let me kn…

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@dscotese Jul 22, 2017, 1:09 AM UTC

Cracking the Code by Peter Hendrickson

Following is an hour long video uncovering an excellent way to starve the parasitic federal government of the United States. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=105GKdmJ9HU] If you don't have time to le…

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@dscotese Jul 21, 2017, 7:06 PM UTC

Nervous about BItcoin's Hard Fork?

I'm not. Maybe I should be, but I don't think so. A hard fork means there are two sets of people who have different rules for what makes a block acceptable. Each set will view all the coins in any pr…

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@dscotese Jul 18, 2017, 12:32 AM UTC

Geometric Price Drivers in Bitcoin

I made the lines on this Chart (from crytowatch) to help me think about this first experience that humanity has with a world well-enough connected to experience math, information, and money as essent…

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