The Paradise Paradox
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Episode 42 – School Sucks
Do you remember your school days? If you're like most people, you don't reflect on the past too much. You could go through your life not winding your mind back to your time in a very strange place, a very different place. Depending on which country you gr
Episode 41 – Deep Web Confessions
The Internet. Our own international communication system. A portal of personal access to a platform of freedom, at least it used to be, perhaps the collective still believe that... Read more →
Episode 40 – Tulum Time Machine
Most children dream of a trip to Disneyland, or visiting Santa at the North Pole, or maybe being locked in a super toy store over night. We are all big kids and we should all be active dreamers. It took me too long to complete my dream of taking the journ
The Age of Automation
We are about to enter an age of unseen prosperity. For years we have been seeing the prices of high technology decrease incredibly rapidly – with an item reducing to a third of its price within a few short years – even to the extent that smartphones and t
Episode 39 – Government is Force
Sun is shining, birds chirping, the distant hum of neighbours mowing their lawns and the ringing of a little bell. "Lemonade, come and get your lemonade!" shouted by two young girls. We can see the image - harmless entrepreneurship at work. "Fresh delicio
Episode 38 – Magical Mysterious Medical Stories
Before the fall of the USSR, the medical system in Moscow was completely controlled by the state. The price calculation problem rendered the managers of hospitals and the medical industry as a whole, unable to determine how many beds, how many doctors and
The French Charity Law
The French government declares that no supermarket can legally throw out food that could go to charity, and you applaud. I won't deny that it is novel, but can it ever be moral? Read more →
Episode 37 – A Moral Compass
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Episode 36 - Sharing is Caring: Sharing Economies
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Episode 35 - New Fuel, New Life
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