YOU WILL BE DIGITIZED. SCIENCE FICTION?
The singularity is the hypothetical point where an #AI exponentially improves itself, surpassing human intelligence and transforming civilization irreversibly and unpredictably.
AI would reproduce to evolve. Different AI entities could likely be created independently.
Ray Kurzweil and other "singularity theorists" believe that the singularity will allow the human mind to be transferred to a digital medium or connected online to the digital cloud.
If this is possible, the line between human and machine disappears.
You will coexist in a kind of augmented reality with several autonomous AIs.
The great scientific question is: Would you be you in the computer, or just a perfect digital copy that believes it is you while your original consciousness fades away?
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BROWSERS: INTEGRATED AI VS. AGENTIC AI
The web landscape in 2026 is defined by two distinct approaches to artificial intelligence: browsers with integrated AI, or Agentic AI browsers.
Browsers with integrated AI, such as Brave with its Leo assistant, Edge with Copilot, or Chrome with Gemini, act as sophisticated co-pilots. Their role is primarily analytical and passive: they summarize long articles, explain complex code, or suggest replies based on the page you are currently viewing. They enhance your reading and comprehension without taking control of the interface.
In contrast, Agentic AI browsers (like Perplexity Comet or OpenAI’s Atlas) represent a paradigm shift toward execution. These tools don't just "talk" about the web; they operate it. They can autonomously navigate multiple tabs, fill out complex forms, and execute multi-step tasks—such as booking a complete travel itinerary—by interacting directly with the website's underlying code.
Best Practices for the AI Era:
-Do not use browsers with agentic AI regularly; only use them for specific purposes. They are riskier, both because they are prone to errors in their agency and because they are more vulnerable to privacy issues. They are also unsafe due to prompt injection attacks.
-Manual Confirmation: Always require a final human "click" before an agent processes a payment or submits sensitive data.
-Context Awareness: Disable AI agents when handling banking, healthcare, or confidential corporate credentials.
-Data Minimization: Use privacy-focused tools like Brave's Leo for daily tasks, as they often process data with higher anonymity than full agentic models.
THE RISK OF BROWSER EXTENSIONS
Browser extensions are powerful tools, but they often function as a "backdoor" to your digital life.
When you click "Add to Browser," you frequently grant permission to "read and change all your data on the websites you visit." This technically allows them to capture passwords, credit card numbers, and private messages in real-time.
The most treacherous risk is the "Zombie Extension": a legitimate tool sold by its original creator to data brokers or malicious actors who then push updates designed to inject ads or track your every move.
Best Practices:
-Minimalism: Delete anything you don’t use daily.
-Permission Check: If a simple calculator asks for your browsing history, deny it.
-Isolation: Use a "clean" browser for banking and a separate one for extensions.
Shocking news 💥
Photos leaked from the U.S. Department of Justice provide strong clues about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
After years of pseudo-anonymity and 24/7 operation,
Bitcoin now has physical branches.
You can now go and wait in line Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and make an appointment with an official agent to discuss your decentralized investments!
I don't want to get angry because it's Christmas, but it's quite tiresome having to deal with this aggressive advertising that you Monero followers do.
You generate the opposite of what you intend.
Use whatever you want, like I do. You'll never see me go to someone who posts about Monero to say that Bitcoin is better.
You always say that Monero is better and Bitcoin is crap, but then you create tools to exchange Monero for Bitcoin.
Monero will be useful for certain people, which is great. Use it. For me, Bitcoin, LN, and Liquid are enough.
I am aware of Monero's strengths, as well as its flaws, and I am also aware that the Monero community does some things better than Bitcoin's, but this aggressive advertising is certainly not one of them. It's like, please use Monero... don't drag your feet.
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I don't want to convince anyone. I give my opinion, and whoever wants to consider it, does so.
I don't care either way.
I am maximalist only of freedom.
Perhaps BlackRock's cryptocurrency is a good option...to remain within the corrupt banking system.
https://blossom.primal.net/fb2e53478786f59153efd7fdfad6f386fabd56d6655055334569d0a022faa602.mp4
The State is basically a group of people living off other people's money who, to disguise the looting, offer you 'free' services with all the efficiency of a tax office on a Monday morning.
It is the only organization that expands its own failures by demanding an even bigger budget to fix them.
Al-Kindi: The Father of Cryptanalysis
ᴬⁿᵃˡʸᶻᵉ ʰⁱˢᵗᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳˢᵗᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵉˢᵉⁿᵗ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶜⁱᵖᵃᵗᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘᵗᵘʳᵉ
Imagine believing your secrets are safe just by swapping one letter for another.
For centuries, kings and generals lived in that sweet ignorance until the father of cryptanalysis decided that randomness doesn't exist, only undetected patterns.
Al-Kindi wasn't just a mathematician; he was the "Philosopher of the Arabs." In the 9th century, from the House of Wisdom, he understood that language has a statistical fingerprint. He was history's first great hacker, without needing a single line of code.
Before him, cryptography was child's play. The Caesar Cipher seemed like magic. Al-Kindi shattered that illusion with a devastating observation: in any language, some letters work harder than others. Information freedom was beginning to emerge.
His "Manuscript on Deciphering Cryptographic Messages" is basically the genesis of information security. He introduced frequency analysis: if you count how often a symbol appears, the language eventually confesses the truth.
This was the first major blow to "security through obscurity." Al-Kindi proved that if a system depends on the method being secret rather than mathematical complexity, that system is already dead. A lesson many today still fail to process.
The irony? His discovery wasn't just for spying, but to force evolution. Because the father of cryptanalysis broke simple codes, humanity had to invent polyalphabetic ciphers. Privacy has always been an arms race.
Think of it in modern terms: Al-Kindi applied data science and statistics when the rest of the world still thought hidden messages were witchcraft. He was the precursor to the logic that today sustains everything from the Monero protocol to end-to-end encryption.
What Al-Kindi really taught us is that privacy is a process, not a static state. The moment a surveillance algorithm detects your pattern, your privacy vanishes. He was the first to understand that the pattern is the weak point.
The “sugar of the illusion" of choosing candidates keeps you "inside the can.”
For years, there has been a conspiracy theory that the NSA created #Bitcoin.
I have no proof, and even if I did, it wouldn't be conclusive.
It seems like a clear coincidence. In any case, the path taken over the last five years sets the course for the future.
There are clear signals that Bitcoin will be part of the technocratic structure that is coming. I do not doubt that.
Bankers providing liquidity, governments creating regulations, and Silicon Valley oligarchs building technological infrastructure.
Follow the money trail to understand the destination and the intention.
I don't know if Monero will succeed against the coming technocracy, but I am sure that Bitcoin is a structural part of the coming technocracy, because there are clear signals.
We are not the same.
#TechnocracySeries –Episode 8
ᴬⁿᵃˡʸᶻᵉ ʰⁱˢᵗᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳˢᵗᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵉˢᵉⁿᵗ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶜⁱᵖᵃᵗᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘᵗᵘʳᵉ
NEOLUDDISM: FROM STEAM LOOMS TO SILICON VALLEYS
The comparison between 19th-century Luddism and modern automation is a study in market mechanics rather than simple technophobia.
In 1811, the Luddite rebellion wasn't a fight against tools, but against the systematic devaluation of skilled labor. The mechanical loom allowed factory owners to produce goods with unskilled, low-wage workers, effectively transferring the profit of expertise from the artisan to the capital owner.
Today, generative AI and advanced robotics represent a similar structural shift but with total reach.
While the original Luddites targeted physical machinery in specific English counties, modern automation hits both cognitive and physical sectors simultaneously.
Large Language Models target the white-collar professional while warehouse robotics and autonomous transport systems dismantle the traditional blue-collar stronghold.
The introduction of self-driving technology in the transport sector mirrors the threat felt by 19th-century croppers.
A critical difference lies in the velocity of the transition. The Industrial Revolution unfolded over several decades, allowing for a slow, albeit painful, generational adaptation.
AI automation scales faster than humans can adapt, quickly undercutting wages with the lower costs of servers and robots.
In the 1800s, the state responded to labor displacement with harsh legislation and military force to protect industrial property.
In the current era, the response is more likely to be found in technocratic management.
Proposals like Universal Basic Income are less about social justice and more about maintaining systemic stability when the market can no longer absorb the labor surplus created by autonomous systems.
Ultimately, the Luddites lost because they could not stop the superior efficiency of capital-backed machinery.
The parallel for the modern era is the realization of total obsolescence.
Is NeoLuddism on the way?
AI developers will not achieve singularity by creating artificial consciousness; they will achieve singularity by transmitting human consciousness to the cloud.
Your mind will be digitized.
Corruption in government is not a bug, it is a feature.
Bitcoiners
2015: END THE FED!
2025: POWELL CUTS THE RATE!
They went from saying Bitcoin is their own bank to being BlackRock's employees of the year.
It's pretty funny to see how Bitcoin maximalists spent a decade shouting “End the FED” while building a lifeboat, and now they spend every minute of their lives staring at the Federal Reserve's lighthouse, praying that it won't raise rates, begging for a sign that their portfolios are still worth something.
The cleansing will exist and begin algorithmically.
Exclusion from the system will generate dissenters and then chaos; those within the system will justify violence in defense of the system to which the majority belongs.
China is the mirror image of the West in 10 years.
China is an authoritarian technocracy that uses a communist command structure to manage a market economy.
Layer 1: The Surface
What is visible is a country operating under the "Socialist" banner, but the daily reality is one of hyperactive capitalism, mass consumption, and sci-fi-esque cities. While the official rhetoric remains communist, the aesthetics and lifestyle are those of a global market power.
Layer 2: The Depth
It effectively functions as a technocracy. The CCP selects its leaders based on technical merit (engineers, scientists) and manages society through Big Data, AI, and rigid economic targets. Ideology has been largely replaced by technical efficiency and GDP growth as the primary metrics of success.
Layer 3: The Hidden Structure
The "Communist" framework is preserved because it is the only tool that guarantees a monopoly on power. The system uses technocratic methods to optimize the economy, but retains absolute political control to prevent any alternative power centers from emerging. It is a technocracy at the service of a single party to ensure stability and the regime's survival.
I want to bring this memory from five years ago as a gift for all #monerists.
State resources couldn't break Monero.
May the evolution of #privacy in Monero continue in 2026.
Monero's developers are the real heroes.
CHEERS TO THEM!
A Bitcoiner celebrates when a president uses #Bitcoin for a purchase.
A Monerist would wonder what we are doing wrong when a president uses #Monero for a purchase.
The GREAT MONETARY RESET is not a change of operating system; it is a layered installation.
Many believe the digital dollar or CBDC is dead because of recent executive bans in the United States.
This is a misunderstanding of the strategy. The transition is not coming as a government app but as a software update from Wall Street.
We are entering the era of the undercover CBDC.
Layer 1: The Surface.
Official discourse celebrates the GENIUS Act of 2025. We are told this is a victory for financial liberty because the digital dollar will be private rather than state-issued. It appears to be a triumph of the free market over centralized control.
Layer 2: The Depth.
The entities issuing these free stablecoins are major banks and corporations like Circle or JPMorgan. The fine print reveals that to exist, they must back their tokens 100% with US Treasury Bonds. In reality, these stablecoins act as an infinite bailout fund for the US national debt.
In this layer, the dollar does not die; it transmutes and becomes tokenized. It ceases to be paper in a wallet and becomes a programmable digital asset on a permissioned blockchain. The state no longer needs to issue the money if it can compel private entities to act as its collectors and watchmen.
Layer 3: The Hidden Structure.
Why ban an official CBDC? Because it is politically expensive. It is far more efficient to outsource control. If the government freezes an account, it is viewed as tyranny. If a private bank does it for a violation of the terms of service, it is viewed as corporate policy. Censorship is being privatized.
The systemic logic is masterful. The US exports the digital dollar globally through private companies, allowing the e-dollar to penetrate regions that would never accept an app from the Federal Reserve. This is monetary colonialism disguised as Fintech innovation.
The Next Phase: The Noose.
Digitalizing money is useless without total traceability. This is where Digital Identity (ID) enters the frame.
Under the CLARITY Act, no legal stablecoin exists without a wallet linked to a verified identity. Your money now has a name, a last name, and biometrics attached.
And this is where the technological oligarchy comes into play with its role in the technocracy they are installing.
Think of it this way: the tokenized dollar is the car, but Digital ID is the fuel. Without a verified identity, your tokens do not move. There is no need to ban cash if the system ensures 99% of the economy only accepts money with an identity attached.
This creates a perfect panopticon. The private issuer knows who you are. The state maintains access to that data under the guise of national security. AI analyzes spending patterns to detect risky behavior. It is a social credit system wrapped in Silicon Valley aesthetics.
The Great Reset is not a change of operating system; it is a layered installation.
The Sovereign Individual must realize the battle is no longer Dollar vs. Crypto, but Privacy vs. Permission.
Is your money a right or a favor granted by the issuer?
The cage is digital, and the bars are made of code.
ANALOG REBELS IN DIGITAL TIMES. THEY WERE BORN TOO SOON.
If Lysander Spooner, Henry David Thoreau, and Samuel Edward Konkin III were alive in 2025, they wouldn't use banks or touch Bitcoin.
They would laugh at KYC and embrace a single tool. For them, privacy wasn't a “feature,” it was the only form of resistance.
Let's see why they would choose $XMR.
-Lysander Spooner: The Enemy of the State.
For him, the government was literally a band of robbers. He challenged the postal monopoly to prove that the state was unnecessary.
Today: He would use Monero not for business, but to nullify monetary authority. If the state controls your money, it owns you. Monero takes that power away. His logic: “The constitution has no authority.” $XMR is anarchy in code.
-Henry David Thoreau: The Fiscal Ghost.
He was imprisoned for not financing the state with his taxes.
Today: I wouldn't just go to a booth, but I would be walking the streets with a non-custodial wallet. Cash is devalued, and banks are snitches for the state. For Thoreau, modern civil disobedience is financial. His “Walden” today would be a Monero seed phrase: unreachable and invisible.
-Samuel Konkin III (SEK3): The Shadow Architect.
The father of Agorism and counter-economics.
Today: He would consider Bitcoin and its public ledger to be the IRS's wet dream. Doing counter-economics on a transparent blockchain? No way. Konkin would choose Monero because it is the only technology that fulfills the agorist promise: undetectable commerce and zero accountability.
These guys dreamed of tools that didn't exist in their time. We are lucky to have them at our fingertips.
Spooner, Thoreau, and Konkin wouldn't ask for permission.
They would use $XMR and let the system do the talking.
Freedom is not asked for; it is exercised.
Evolving #Monero
The developers of Monero are the real heroes!
The Ugly Old Phone That Beats Every Hardware Wallet
A beaten-up, offline old phone can be the best hardware wallet you’ll ever own. No shiny gadgets needed. You take an old device, factory-reset it offline, keep it without SIM, WiFi, or Bluetooth. No accounts, no sync. Use a strong passcode, never biometrics.
Remove every app you can, even system apps when possible, stripping the device down to the core.
That’s where you keep your long-term funds. For daily spending, use separate wallets on other devices. Just like you don’t walk into a supermarket with all your life savings in your pocket, you shouldn’t do it digitally either.
Safety measures:
• Permanently turned off, radios disabled at the system level.
• You only turn it on in controlled environments
• You only connect online when you need to, using a VPN and your own secure Wi-Fi.
• No need to scan QR codes, sign transactions offline and then connect to execute them online.
• Handwritten seed backup, stored in two separate physical locations. Extra: you can reverse the order of some of the words of the seed and leave yourself a coded reminder that you have done so.
• Periodic checks of battery health and storage
• Fixed location, no lending the device, no unnecessary handling
• A small metal box for physical protection and humidity control
• Never install new apps, and if major changes are needed, rebuild the setup from scratch
A cold vault for your real wealth. A normal phone for your daily life. That separation is what keeps you safe.
𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺
Critical thinking is not just questioning; it is understanding.
Critical thinking involves much more than identifying errors or challenging ideas.
It requires understanding the context in which a piece of information arises, the demand that motivates it, and the signals that accompany it.
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𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭
Nothing happens in a vacuum. A statement may be valid in one environment and absurd in another.
Understanding the context allows us to place the information in its proper framework: historical, social, cultural, emotional, or even technological. Without that framework, analysis is superficial.
𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝
All information responds to a need, an intention or a purpose. It can be to inform, persuade, manipulate, sell, justify, or simply entertain.
Critical thinking requires identifying the demand: why is this being said? Why is it being said? What for? Who benefits?
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬
Signals are the clues, tones, silences, and emphases that help us read between the lines. They can be in the language used, in the data selected, or in what is omitted.
Converging signals form patterns.
Developing critical thinking involves training the eyes, ears, and, above all, the mind to detect, interpret, and question.
#criticalthinking #SovereignIndividual
**Technocracy is the New World Order**
Why?
1. Technical efficiency will ultimately dominate politics.
2. States and Big Tech are moving in coordination toward the same model.
3. Citizens will accept technocracy because it promises order and convenience.
4. Digital infrastructure will continue to centralize without checks and balances.
5. Technocracy would be the final destination, not a transitional phase.
#Privacy is not achieved all at once. It is a continuous learning process, a journey that never ends.
Yes, privacy in Windows is a lie.
Brave on Linux isn't.
Tell people to use Linux... there aren't many.
The debate around digital identity is fraught with tension. Until now, most systems have operated under centralized models (such as Google or Facebook) or federated models, where a single authority concentrates the power to issue and validate.
This leaves users vulnerable: data is being used without permission, there are single points of failure, and slow processes that generate distrust and rising cybersecurity costs.
In this context, for almost five years since its founding, an interesting proposal, a new concept, has been developed: Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). It emerges as a model that gives people control over their digital identity.
My article
https://liberlion.medium.com/self-sovereign-identity-ssi-ba22c2c91583
The recent Monero blockchain reorg is a wake-up call. Many propose that everyone should mine to strengthen decentralization — I agree. Others propose protocol changes — debate is open, and I agree as well.
But immediate steps are also needed:
⚠️Decentralized monitoring of reorgs with regular reports
⚠️Custody best practices (multisig, cold storage, spend tests)
⚠️Independent security audits on nodes, pools, services
⚠️A stronger communication strategy to reach beyond the core community
⚠️Clear education efforts on why financial privacy matters
⚠️A communication team to explain risks & countermeasures
⚠️Alliances with developers and projects defending financial privacy
It's a question of incentives. Good design should not depend on trust in honesty, which is not a principle that abounds.
The Qubic mining pool in #Monero, now.
Data source
https://qpools.qubicdisciple.info
Why does the hashrate of the Qubic mining pool in Monero fluctuate so much?
The hashrate fluctuates because miners join and leave the pool as they see fit: they change servers in search of better pay, turn rigs on and off, or run tests.
In small pools, when a big miner leaves, power drops and sharp swings appear.
There are many examples in human history where the philosophical incentive of freedom was stronger than the economic incentive.
Will the #Monero community remain true to its principles and maintain the network's long-term security?
In my recently published article, I explain Qubic's maneuver to co-opt hashrate in Monero and what the prospects for success are, based on mining incentives.
Read about the best economic scenario for Monero's security.
https://liberlion.medium.com/monero-mining-what-really-sustains-it-99bdd4a5ebee
I realized a long time ago that most people seek compliance imposed by regulators, and do not seek financial privacy, because they do not understand the need for it, of course, until they suffer the consequences.
When you understand that financial #privacy sets you free 👇🏻