Max

Max

Praxeologist ~ Cryptoanarchist ~ Cypherpunk

max@towardsliberty.com

Anyone who argues has already presupposed exclusive control over body and mind. You cannot make a case while mind-controlled, and you cannot push back against a claim if your speech is dictated.

Self-ownership extends into property through original appropriation, and the Non-Aggression Principle follows. Coerced surveillance falls inside the same frame: a regime that strips cognitive privacy has destroyed the conditions under which its subjects could be parties to any normative argument.

Chapter 4: The Argumentation Axiom and Self-Ownershipby Max
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I was wondering for a decade if I should learn to code.
I'm so glad that I didnt.

Engineering >> Coding
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PSA: do not expand this note.
It does not end.

Marmot support lands in Amethyst! So dope!!

@Amethyst#Amethyst v1.09.0: We are going crazy - Go live on audio spaces (Nests) - Marmot Group chats (WhiteNoise) - Voice and Video calls (Noscall) - PDF reader - Favorite algo feeds - HLS Video Uploads - Schedule posts for later - Cast videos to your TV (Chromecast) - Mute a whole conversation thread - Pull Notification (internal Pokey) - Local LLMs (Pixel 9+, Samsung 25+, Xiaomi 15+) - `amy`, a...
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Human action is purposeful behavior, and any argument against the claim must itself be purposeful behavior aimed at convincing someone. The denial performs what it tries to refute.

From that starting point, descriptive facts about privacy follow. Deliberation occurs in the actor's mind, valuation lives in individual acts of valuing, and the information asymmetry between actor and observer is built into how purposeful behavior works.

Chapter 3: The Action Axiom: Privacy as Structural Featureby Max
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Two traditions developed apart and reached the same conclusion about privacy. The Austrian line worked by deduction from human action. Cypherpunks worked by engineering, building tools that made privacy a property of the system instead of a promise from authorities.

Convergence from opposite directions counts as evidence. Konkin's counter-economics bridges the schools, taking Austrian critique into a program of transition the cypherpunks made operational.

Chapter 2: Two Traditions, One Conclusionby Max
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After years of living in a truck I wrote a script that finds the parking spots long-term vehicle dwellers converge on: end-of-road clearings deep in forest, used by hikers during the day, empty after dark. I ran it for every country in Europe and the output is about forty thousand candidates, color-coded by tier, free to download. This post makes the case for sleeping in forests over supermarket lots, and explains how the discovery works.

Where Do You Want to Wake Up Tomorrowby Max
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We gotta ship freedom tech 10x faster.
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