On Linguistics
Have you ever been struck by a language purist? The kind so rigid, they think there’s only a limited space to maneuver, in a manner of speaking. They are here, in a self-appointed capacity, to defend the veracity of speech,…
It’s On
On Safety
Math is safety. It is an absolute, there is always a right answer, even if you don’t know it yet. It gives you relief, satisfaction. You can sleep at night. There is no tumult replete with tossing and turning waiting for…
On Hate
Calling someone names, hurling insults, partaking in ad hominem is a form of self-hate. It belies a spirit so filled with loathing it needs an outlet much like a valve bursting with unbearable pressure. It blows its top, spewing toxins…
On Self-Determination
I remember where I was when I first read the words “self-determination”. Yes, I know. I am weird. Still, it is what you want. Even if you don’t realize it. You want to be a self-determined entity. A sovereign person.…
On Pictures
A picture is worth a thousand words. And herein lies the problem. An image transmits information under the surface, below consciousness. You can be disarmed, misinformed, manipulated if you don’t know what you are looking at. Catfished, as the modern…
On Ordinals
I am about to drop some Bitcoin bombs on Nostr. What could go wrong? I am the owner of two NFTs. One on Ethereum and the other on Bitcoin. The Bitcoin one was accidental. I just wanted to see a…
On Time
Time is money, money is time. In math, this interplay is known as the commutative property. In this case, I would like to coin the operation of Bitcoin as the commutative property of time. It is a timechain holding money…
On Censorship
I grew up in a family that espoused the Victorian dictum that children should be seen not heard. This was and still is antithetical to my natural way of being, much to the dismay of my mother, but thankfully not…
On Electricity
Growing up in the west coast of Africa, in the small but prosperous nation of La Cote D’Ivoire, I was keenly aware of how expensive electricity was, thanks to my Dad. He would often give me, the eldest of four…
On Society
Society is inherently a bottoms-up organism. It is alive, sentient, and fractal. Similar to a branch that is just a smaller version of a tree, a tree within a tree if you will, a person is a localized encapsulation of…