A word about peer-to-peer finance.
How was it? When several hundred years ago, the peasant Ivan Pasyuk came to another peasant, Peter Vydryhaylo, and asked to borrow an axe in exchange for a sack of…
Reckonism vs. Totalitarianism
There is a thesis that goes like this: “ Reckonism implies that society must be absolutely homogeneous and share the same views on moral and legal issues. This is unrealistic,…
An apple for Snow White.
P. Drucker in his article “The Next Information Revolution” (Forbes ASAP, August 24, 1998) noted that: “The dissatisfaction of top management with the data provided by information technology has triggered…
About Reputation
Necessary public goods When we talk about public goods, it’s important to understand that public goods are what bring people together, as well as the “added value” that members of…
A couple of anecdotes about security systems.
Fable One There’s some kind of security conference going on. They’ve gathered some real nuts, for whom getting a chip implanted under their skin is a childhood dream. And now…