Why Price Gouging Is Good
When a natural disaster strikes, it is almost guaranteed that there will be yet another uproar about price gouging. Media pundits will take to the airwaves to virtue signal against people who would...
View ArticleLecture: Libertarianism and Reaction
On July 28-30, 2017, the second annual Corax Conference took place in Sliema, Malta. To my great surprise, I was invited and sponsored as a speaker. I decided to seize upon the opportunity to spread...
View ArticleBook Review: The Art Of Invisibility
The Art of Invisibility is a book about methods of maintaining privacy and anonymity in an age of surveillance by American hacker and cybersecurity analyst Kevin Mitnick. The book gives advice on every...
View ArticleThe Not-So-Current Year: 2017 In Review
Though the specific demarcation of the passage from one year into another is a rather arbitrary social construct, it does provide a useful annual period for self-examination and remembrance. Now that...
View ArticleAgreeing With Statists For The Wrong Reasons: Cryptocurrency Bans
Since shortly after its invention, cryptocurrency has had the attention of central bankers and government regulators all over the world. Without the slightest hint of self-reflection, they have...
View ArticleTen Observations on Right-Wing Activist Bans in the UK
On March 9, American activist Brittany Pettibone and Austrian activist Martin Sellner were detained while attempting to enter the United Kingdom through Luton Airport. The UK Home Office said in a...
View ArticleBook Review: Cyber Smart
Cyber Smart is a book about protecting money and information from cyber criminals by cybersecurity expert Bart R. McDonough. The book explains what bad actors are trying to accomplish through their...
View ArticleWhat’s In A Name?
When I launched Zeroth Position in January 2016, I wrote an article explaining the name of the site. What I have not done until now is to write an article explaining the pen name I use here. The...
View ArticleColonize Your Bookshelf, Part III
<<<Part II Part IV>>> In Part II of this series, we looked at Maistre’s “Generative...
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