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November 2025

👁️ Not Even Past: "Charles Hoskinson: Boxing with Shadows"
Originally published in Breaker Magazine, ca. 2019
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David Z. Morris
👁️ A Cardano Rots From the Head
Of Chain Splits and Reputation. Also Pompliano's Payday, Berachain's Back Door Deal, and More.
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David Z. Morris
👁️ The Greatest Disappointment of My Book Launch
Amidst massive support from many sides, one group is conspiciously missing from the excitement around "Stealing the Future."
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David Z. Morris
Sam Bankman-Fried's Appeal Was a (Very Therapeutic) Catastrophe
They're sticking with "The Money Was Always There." And it's hilarious.
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David Z. Morris
👁️Why SBF's Mom Still Thinks He's Innocent
Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal hearing is today. Barbara Fried has her own lengthy take.
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David Z. Morris

October 2025

👁️ Razzlekhan is Free. Is SBF Next?
An already nutty story just got crazier. Also: Razzlekhan free; Bitcoin Knots is a disaster
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David Z. Morris
👁️Klein/Yudkowsky: A Confederacy of Dunces
Ezra Klein's mighty efforts to sanewash the Rationalist cult leader run smack into Yudkowsky's intransigent robo-fantasia.
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David Z. Morris
👁️ Explaining The Crypto Flash-Crash (Mostly)
Binance, Trump, and exotic instruments like Ethena USDe combined to wreck $19B in leverage positions.
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David Z. Morris
👁️ LLMS have "No Definition of Actual Knowledge," says the Godfather of Scaling
Richard Sutton championed growing AI through pure compute power. Now, he's changing his mind.
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David Z. Morris
👁️ AI Propaganda is Six Decades Old
The RAND Corporation's suppression of Hubert Dreyfus launched a tradition of wilful ignorance that continues today.
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David Z. Morris
Supporter Exclusive: "AIQ: The Racist Delusion that Sent Silicon Valley Astray"
Help me shape my *next* book
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David Z. Morris
© 2025 David Z. Morris
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