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Samuel Douglas

@samueldouglas

Psychedelic copywriter & content writer. Philosopher. Ethics, language, politics, education, drug-law reform, gardening etc. Twitter: @BeachPhilosophy

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas Feb 18, 2022, 3:18 AM UTC

Psychedelic Overground

So, these last few years have been a time. After getting stung by ONO in 2018 (if you don't know, don't ask), I had a protracted sulk and slight career pivot. Now, academia is my side gig, and I have…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas Feb 9, 2019, 6:40 AM UTC

Blockchain Regulation in China

I’ve been interested in issues around censorship and freedom of speech & expression for a long time - since my first brush with On Liberty by John Stuart Mill. This interest grew into a concern w…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas Jul 24, 2018, 3:35 AM UTC

ONO test version is Go!

So, another few weeks of craziness has ensued since I last posted. Mainly, I’m going to talk about ONO, for two reasons. One is that it's what I've spent most of my time working on and/or thinking ab…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas Jun 26, 2018, 9:46 AM UTC

More of a rant than originally intended.

Well, it’s certainly been a busy couple of weeks for me, hence the lack of posts from me here. From that ongoing mountain of assignments that always seems to need grading, to being selected as a firs…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas Jun 1, 2018, 1:26 AM UTC

ONO Super Partner Candidate - Samuel Douglas

Hi, those of you who follow me on steemit or twitter already know me, but my name is Dr Samuel Douglas (though most people just call me Sam), and this is my public announcement that I am putting myse…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas May 31, 2018, 2:32 AM UTC

You don't mean that, do you? - Comedy Open Mic Round 15

In a dingy university snack-food shop, a short and unassuming looking man shuffled towards the cash register and cleared his throat. “Ahem.” The depressed looking shop assistant’s gaze never left his…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas May 18, 2018, 2:56 AM UTC

Tao, Eudaimonia, the Unsayable, and Decentralization.

It is interesting to see that parallels between different ideas that were written in isolation from each other in space or time. I was reading the Tao Te Ching recently, as it's a part of the philoso…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas May 15, 2018, 1:13 AM UTC

Steem Weekly Horoscope - Comedy Open Mic Round (Lucky) 13

Worried about the future? Concerned about the location of Uranus? Fear not, timid and credulous Steemians, for I will use the secret powers of the Illuminatus Philosophicus to read the stars and fore…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas May 10, 2018, 12:48 AM UTC

Building a better decentralised social-network economy

Watching the drama regarding the distribution of the reward pool on steemit unfold, and in expectation of newer decentralized platforms such as ONO, I wanted to throw some ideas out there on how thin…

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Samuel Douglas
@samueldouglas May 8, 2018, 10:00 AM UTC

Weed, autonomy, and the last year of progress toward reform in Australia

About a year ago, I wrote about the Nimbin MardiGrass, and the political malaise that has stifled the possibility of reform of how cannabis is dealt with in Australia. I argued that the existing laws…

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