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Should a Robot Tell You You’re Going to Die?
Doctors using telepresence robots can help distant patients while improving quality of care, but is that the real motivation?
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Alfred Escher and the Radical Liberals: Was Swiss Industrialization Socialist or Capitalist?
Escher and his “radical liberal” comrades provide an interesting case study of Switzerland throughout industrialization.
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Democracy vs Doulocracy, Part 4
Our author concludes with a resounding call for Martin Van Buren, free soil, free speech, free labor, and free peoples the world over.
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Democracy vs Doulocracy, Part 3
Our author continues his assault on slavery by declaring that the world had advanced too far to allow slavery any further.
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Democracy vs Doulocracy, Part 2
After defining his terms, our author shifts to a full explanation of slavery’s sinful violations of Christian precepts.
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Democracy vs Doulocracy, Part 1
In 1848 Americans joined the bulk of Europe in sparking a revolutionary movement which slowly burned into an abolition wildfire.
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Is Netflix Ruining Culture?
Contrary to the fears of cultural critics, the rise of digitization has transformed film, music, books, & television for the better.
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Crypto-Switzerland: Matching a Decentralized Government with a Decentralized Currency
Switzerland has become a hub of cryptocurrency innovation because of its tradition of decentralized government and flexible financial regulation.
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How Congress Should Approach Privacy in 2019
GDPR inspired privacy bills stifle competition without benefitting American internet users.
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Two Treatises of Government: Justifying War and Slavery
In one of his very worst philosophical leaps, Locke treats chattel slavery in the Atlantic world as a mere extension of war.
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Tumblr and the Futility of Porn Censorship
Disproven claims of pornography’s harm don’t justify the exclusion of sexuality from public life.
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The Conquest of the United States by Spain
Empire-building abroad is incompatible with domestic liberty.
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Two Treatises of Government: Inventing the State of Nature
After crushing Filmer’s absolutist patriarchy, Locke begins to build up his own set of justifications for the state.
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Jim Cantrell on Vector, Elon Musk, and Space Force
We explore who Jim Cantrell is, when he became mesmerized by outer space, & how he hopes to transform the space economy.
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Imagine if We Paid for Food like We Do Healthcare
A thought experiment showing just how dysfunctional and distorting our health insurance system is.
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The Functions of the State
In pursuit of understanding what the state may legitimately do, Donisthorpe explains what modern states actually do.
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The Structure of the State
Donisthorpe stakes his claim for democracy, both the general trend of history and the first step to a more individualistic world.
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Smarter Together, to What Ends? A Review of AIQ
Education alone won’t dispel fear of artificial intelligence.