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A lot has been said about Nuclear Power, and a lot of lies have been told. The one narrative we never discuss regarding this dangerous technology is perhaps the most important, and that is the framing of Legacy, our Future, and what we plan to leave behind or destroy, for the next 5 generations of people.Is Nuclear truly the answer we think it is, or merely another flash in the pan of functionality on the road of technological progress? darkphilosopher.substack.com

Science by Consensus - To Censor, to silence, to force consent. This is a story about the broke, homeless Physicist you've never heard of, and why Science by Consensus is a greater danger to society than most. darkphilosopher.substack.com

Bank Runs, FDIC, & Regulators "C'est la vie" to Good Accountancy Banking. It is an institution almost as old as Money itself and critical to any society that becomes established beyond the communal. Though often regarded with disdain and distrust, which is not unearned, banking is one of the major institutions within developed societies that is frequently used but rarely understood. This is the next article in the Money Series; for those who haven’t read the previous article, “The People’s Money,” you may want to read that first. darkphilosopher.substack.com

The Boomer Retirement Crisis Trends Reports, Investigations, @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe.

A Politician, a Celebrity, an Activist, a Saint, and a Government walk into a bar... Trends Reports, Investigations, @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe.

Sells a Lot of Newspapers, but not a Lot of 'Common Sense' Trends Reports, Investigations, @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe.

A Careful Consideration

Trends Reports, Investigations, @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe. Several years ago, I was digging through recent history regarding Energy, Generators, and Batteries to try and better understand the development trajectories of these technologies when a curious device came into my perception: The Dynamo Magnetic Field Generator. This was a large piece of equipment. It was commonly used in Lighthouses as a source of electricity and had a fascinating history before it almost disappeared entirely from our world. Though not quite, virtually every home in America owns one of these devices in its modern form, and strangely enough – no one talks about it. Curious? Let’s analyze: “Electrical energy and magnetism will change the world.” Joseph Henry, discoverer of electromagnetism First, we need to travel back to 1808 to the office of the famed English Physicist and Chemist Humphry Davy, whose developments in arching electricity between two poles leads to ‘arch lighting’ technologies. Davy envisions this technology could be used in Construction sites, Lighthouses, and other Public Areas. Though I won’t bore you with it here, Davy had an especially interesting life - not only the mentor to a young Michael Faraday (Faraday’s Law) but also discovering a literal list of periodic elements while disproving a variety of scientific notions held at the time. Worth the read if you have the time. (Links below)

What is it? When is it? What does it mean? Trends Reports, Investigations @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe. There has been a growing movement building since 2013. A movement that can shape our nation and its sovereign States to our most fundamental core – a movement to modify our Constitution through the debate and Ratification of new Constitutional Amendments. Enshrined within Article V of the US Constitution, the power to call a Convention of States rests within the Legislatures of each State, requiring passage by 34 States to Convene and Ratification by 38 States to be included within the Constitution as a recognized legal amendment(s). Overview The Convention of States is a very important power in our Great Republic for exercising State Power over Federal Excesses through the imposition of limitations as required or proposed. To pass a Constitutional Amendment, one of two processes must occur: Congress must Draft and Pass the Amendment and seek Ratification by a majority of the States, or Articles of Resolution must pass in two-thirds (2/3) of State Legislatures within the Union to call a Convention. Therein, a Convention can Convene to attempt a draft of Amendments. Whereas the power exists within the Constitution for States to call a Convention, this process has only been performed by the States in one instance, considered the 'First Convention of States' which occurred after the 1777 drafts to Ratify the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union" which came into force on March 1st, 1781. The United States Constitution later superseded this document on March 4th, 1789. Read More Here. Since 1787, Congress has been the significant applicant for Amendments, having passed 33 Amendments in that time, with Ratification and Inclusion in the Constitution of 27 of those proposals, with one Amendment Repealed (The 18th – Prohibition of Alcohol, Repealed by the 21st Amendment). The most recent addition is the 27th Amendment of the Constitution, which also took the longest to pass. Originally envisioned in 1789 and later Ratified by these States in 1992 (Over 200 Years).

Nothing is Guaranteed in Life Except... Just Taxes? Trends Reports, Investigations, and WAY better Thumbnails only @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe.

The Anti-Authentic "Ready Player" Metaverse that Better Never "1" Trends Reports, Investigations, and WAY better Thumbnails only @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe.

The Highly Profitable Destruction of a Revolutionary Legacy Was that the worst thumbnail you've ever seen? Made YOU Click. Leave a Like – Make Youtube Ugly Again. :) Trends Reports, Investigations, and WAY better Thumbnails only @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe. First, I'm going to start this article by telling you two seemingly contradictory statements, and then I will explain why they matter and aren't conflicting. 1) I love Apple. I love the company. I love what it stands for. I love its imagery. I love its origin story. I love its legacy story. Steve Jobs, albeit an irrefutable a$$ hole, was a visionary whose team went on to build some ungodly devices. Modern Magic. 2) I don't own a single apple product, device, or stock. I have never owned an Apple product. Back in 2002, when the iPod was raging, and my friends all bought one, I wanted one. I coveted that device. It was unlike anything ever made by any other company. It represented more than just music, more than just a device, and more than state-of-the-art engineering (at the time). To that younger me, it was the American Dream in the palm of my hand. An American company engineered the iPod, which was unmatched in every aspect. Design. Quality. Capability. Freedom. The device was durable, sleek, and conceptualized as something from a Sci-Fi movie. I had to have it. I had to own a piece of this impeccable future tech, brought to us today and made affordable to almost everyone at the 2002 price of $299. A steep hill to climb for a student working less than part-time and making barely a quarter above minimum wage (which was far lower then, if you recall). I worked, I saved, and the day came when I finally had the money. I borrowed a co-worker's credit card, and I made that purchase. Finally, the future was to be mine. The future of Technology. The Icon of the Silicon. The package I asked to be delivered, the summary of my blood and sweat, wrapped within that sleek case - never came. I wanted a refund. I wanted an investigation. How can a piece of mail 'disappear'? The owner of that credit card refused to file a refund. They didn't understand the process and were

Time Traveling without a Passport And How to Make your Boss Scream FLABBERGASTED in 6 Easy Steps Trends Reports, Investigations, and WAY better Thumbnails only @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe.

The Highly Profitable Destruction of a Revolutionary Legacy Was that the worst thumbnail you've ever seen? Made YOU Click. Leave a Like – Make Youtube Ugly Again. Trends Reports, Investigations, and WAY better Thumbnails only @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe. PayPal. Almost as world wide web as Wikipedia and Google. A core element of many digital lives. A nearly-priceless staple for small businesses and content creators on this western continent and beyond. Combined in concert, PayPal is but one highly desired element in a comprehensive and far-reaching amalgam of what we define as the modern internet. With a workforce measured in the tens of thousands, which generates some $25 Billion a year in revenue, PayPal's business model can be best summarized as a bridge between the analog and the digital — as it relates to money and the transfer of value. The problem PayPal is attempting to solve is an analog and legacy financial systems conflict against modern developments and needs. Our existing systems of credit and money are so old as to be literally 'stupid' in the digital age. As a result, small businesses, individuals, and even large businesses are increasingly forced into PayPal's restrictive pipeline in the vacuum of legislatively appropriate and mass-marketable solutions. PayPal is designed to do what all companies that exist and thrive within regulatory frameworks and failures are intended to do – ensure compliance with the higher order at the expense of innovation and users. I'm not against regulations and national protectionism, nor will I be addressing the issues with FINCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) in this particular article. Instead, the problem with PayPal is fourfold: 1) PayPal is a reactionary corporate response to decades of political incompetence and failures to redress and innovate, especially at our "beloved" central bank - The Federal Reserve. The result is a dire devolving situation of sporadic and poorly timed reactionary policies and digital developments by that institution and its counterparts worldwide, leading to inefficiencies now being met by otherwise worthless entities such as PayPal. See Further – "Federal Reserve Board - Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) paper published January 2022, or the previous "Digital Dollar Project" research paper two years prior. The Retail Payments Research paper by IBM Corporation. Or any of the dozen or more published articles by Central Bank institutions and the IMF circulating as we speak in the developed and developing world. (Included Below) 2) PayPal's business model is technologically outdated in the global marketplace and has been for over a decade. Moreover, their entrenchment in our highly regulated markets, excellent marketing, and seemingly friendly-enough customer-facing image and logo lend them no permanence or security. As a result, PayPal faces the same problems that most entrenched companies face – the inevitable and entirely earned eventual collapse in favor of systems and processes of greater efficiency, lower cost, higher political neutrality, and less user friction. 3) PayPal is too compliant with existing government and structure and willing to throw thousands or even millions of its users under the proverbial bus to save their dying corporate interests from inevitable extinction. Their recent back-and-forth regarding fining users $2,500 for public speech violations and claiming the right to withhold funds inside private accounts for upwards of six months or more is just another example of entrenchment and corporate complacency. PayPal makes so much money they don't care if they lose your business – or that you lose your business, which is a problem for you, not them. To wit, it isn't this writer implying such, but the actions of PayPal itself. Remember – Actions speak louder than words in almost all regards. 4) PayPal has a 'two masters problem' – They are increasingly no longer the masters of their domain, which is a natural response by a free market to entrenchment by any company. While critically, they seek to position themselves as a secondary Master of Money, which is entirely outside their capabilities and power to achieve without extensive and detrimental new regulatory frameworks enacted by congress to the detriment of every actor involved, specifically – You. Where once PayPal's value was nearly incalculable to small businesses and creators, the ink has already dried on the CBDC trade publications that will undoubtedly become their demise, which is more a reaction to the private and near-constant innovations by Private Money: namely cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin. It's one thing to owe allegiance to One Master, but as the adage goes — you cannot effectively serve two. As our dollar faces its (too little too late) evolution, which is currently a reactionary evolution as opposed to a natural one, the almighty greenback is becoming a domestic political t

The Indefensible Defense of an Offending 'Sovereign Citizen' Defendant who 'Doesn't Know Jack' Trends Reports, Investigations, and WAY better Thumbnails only @ darkphilosopher.substack.com No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe.