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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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Crime, Internet, Libertarianism, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

August 6, 2021April 21, 2021

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road – Nick Bilton

Nick Bilton’s treatment of Ross Ulbricht is a lot more even handed than I would have been.

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Crime, Internet, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

June 26, 2020May 7, 2020

Fatal System Error – Joseph Menn

The internet has broken a lot of boundaries and made the world a lot more interconnected. This is a good thing, until you think about it in the context of crime.

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Computer, Infosec, Internet, Internet Culture  0 Comments

December 13, 2019August 16, 2019

Cult of the Dead Cow – Joseph Menn

Hackers: Apparently, not all of them are bad.

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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Current Events, Cyberpunk, Essays, Future, Humanism, Internet, Non-Fiction, Science  0 Comments

December 28, 2018August 24, 2018

What to think about Machines that think – John Brockman

You could take a bunch of classes to find out the philosophy behind AI. This is a much cheaper shortcut

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Internet, Internet Culture, Non-Fiction, Politics  0 Comments

December 14, 2018August 20, 2018

Kill all Normies – Angela Nagle

Angela Nagle’s ‘Kill all Normies’ takes a look at how internet cultures have fostered the current political environment.

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