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Phil Ebersole
Personal blog · philebersole.wordpress.compoliticsphilosophy
Phil Ebersole's personal blog at philebersole.wordpress.com covers politics and philosophy. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2024-11-06, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts on Bitcoin and its critics, and on Adam Curtis's idea of hypernormalisation as a lens on modern politics and society.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
thoughts about politics and the passing scene
What Hacker News says?
Bitcoin is only deflationary if the supply of everything else grows forever. If you look at prices throughout the ages you'll find things haven't always been like they are now[1]. We created the current global monetary system to deal with war debt, globalisation and mind-boggling growth in western prosperity, but there's no reason to believe what we use in 100-200 years will be based on the same principles at all. A…
Comment linking /2010/11/17/inflation-through-the-ages/
on “Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire”Submitted Who are willing to fight for their countries? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYou might find this bit on "Hypernormalisation" interesting: https://philebersole.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/adam-curtis-on... It has a certain sensationalistic bias but nevertheless very educative.
Comment linking /2016/11/10/adam-curtis-on-image-reality-suicide-bombing/
on “Why Europe Is Warning of Pax Americana's End”