Archive - Dark Markets

👁️ $Trump Dump Stumps Chumps

Of Memecoins, Liquidity, and Valuation. Also Elon Musk is a Nazi, Crime is Legal Now, and other non-surprises.

17 hrs ago •

David Z. Morris

Harry Potter and the Mantras of Authority: "Pop Bayesianism" and the Rationality of Power

"Stealing the Future" Draft Excerpt

Jan 17 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Congestion Pricing is Everyone's Business (Apparently)

Plus Elon Musk's shameful Diablo cap; FDIC Spying on Critics; Robert Kiyosaki: Rich Dad, Deranged Dad

Jan 14 •

David Z. Morris

FTX and the “Imperial Chinese Harem”

On the Sexual Politics, Race Science, and Cult Indoctrination of Pure Reason

Jan 8 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Instagram's Fake People Are a Catastrophe (for Meta)

Also: Do Kwon is Coming to America! PayPal's giant click-scam, FTX updates, and more.

Jan 7 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Seven Ways to Live Different

Defiant tactics for a fuller existence.

Jan 1 •

David Z. Morris

December 2024

👁️ Gifts are Not Effective - They're Better Than That

Why holidays are not utilitarian, featuring Marcel Mauss and Claude Levi-Strauss.

Dec 24, 2024 •

David Z. Morris

A Lever Long Enough (Draft Excerpt, Stealing the Future)

Forensic details of Sam Bankman-Fried's comically rampant thievery.

Dec 22, 2024 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ BREAKING: CoinDesk is Dead. Here's Who to Blame.

Bullish is the fruit of a decade of grifting by Dan Larimer and EOS. These are the morons and cowards who killed the most important news outlet in…

Dec 20, 2024 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Luigi Mangione: Disillusioned Techno-Rationalist?

Did the UHC assassin snap after a youth wasted on formal systems modelling?

Dec 18, 2024 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ The Spinal Scam Assassin

What Makes a Health Care Radical? Also: AI Fraud Will Feed Itself; MicroStrategy Jenga; Funko Pop AI Harasses Mom; Liberal Media's Dumbest Swindle.

Dec 10, 2024 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Debanked In the Comatorium

It's the perfect time for fintech dipshits to lie. Also: The return of Enron, Craig Wright's Wrongs, Tornado Cash Unsanctioned.

Dec 3, 2024 •

David Z. Morris

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