Archive - Dark Markets

👁️ Luigi Mangione: Disillusioned Techno-Rationalist?

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

21 hrs ago •

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 •

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 •

David Z. Morris

November 2024

October 2024

👁️ Trump's Crypto Scam Flopped

Welcome to your weekly Dark Markets news roundup.

Oct 29 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ The Computability of the Universe is Political

Toby Ord's latest foray into crafting a rationalist universe. Also: Razzlekhan, Nishad Singh, Ryan Salame, TDBank, and more.

Oct 23 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Elon Musk's Public Transit Bait-And-Switch Rolls On

Space Karen has spent a decade cosplaying as a visionary to kneecap real transit solutions. Also: The FBI's awesome fake-token sting; Roblox is a…

Oct 15 •

David Z. Morris

Effective Altruism and the Logic of the Code

Give me a lever long enough, and I can move not just the world - but the future.

Oct 14 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Why Len Sassaman Was Not Satoshi Nakamoto

Insights from original Sassaman theorist Evan Hatch. Also, AI captures California's legal system; the NSA spy-in-chief did investment fraud.

Oct 8 •

David Z. Morris

Stealing the Future: The Horse’s Mouth

Sam Bankman-Fried's version of events - and what it revealed about his mind.

Oct 6 •

David Z. Morris

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