<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:15:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@abbebusoni/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[From the Jetsons to the iPhone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some say technological innovation has stagnated, but has it really? Image Source In his lecture “Where is My Flying Car?” about his book of the same title, Dr. J. Storrs Hall discusses why society does]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jetsons/@abbebusoni/from-the-jetsons-to-the-iphone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jetsons/@abbebusoni/from-the-jetsons-to-the-iphone</guid><category><![CDATA[jetsons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:28:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqkQrYrKEfXGhai8tmobqoH5vQMFuZLcq4fz8WGZHjsXNWn7cRbfu3oLPTmgVNbXfjC5wrpLb1LpuqERJAbQjKF7fmM8ruECTZDQ15chfUcYYvpGHxGZBFWGAiATpbEf2U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The General Welfare Must Be Promoted]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has a responsibility to “promote the general welfare”: is decentralization conducive to that Constitutional directive? 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Image Source In his lecture “Cronyism in America: The Nation’s First Big Business”,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cronyism/@abbebusoni/a-cautionary-tale-or-a-hasty-generalization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cronyism/@abbebusoni/a-cautionary-tale-or-a-hasty-generalization</guid><category><![CDATA[cronyism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:10:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g78ZzZbGhmptGMTuqNcGkDVZuoDWNEQr74veJmPcBjEBBbQhskCSqKNnB3sn3HAogDm3bkK3Scis9eCwjYPimMzUFGbEDvF1kXzHc9am9TdT8aaL46KJqPtmK8uYaBY9ZGi1cVWBCRCEDY6yjNaA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Subsidies, No Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Free Market Entrepreneurs Outperformed Subsidy-Driven Businesses and What We Can Learn Today Image Source In his 2010 lecture “The Myth of the Robber Barons”, Dr. Burt Folsom explains many examples]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/subsidies/@abbebusoni/no-subsidies-no-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/subsidies/@abbebusoni/no-subsidies-no-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[subsidies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:43:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3Zp9B6wTMyRyVmjjPmAnTunP34Pb3JNpzkcnqHFRDPkuZCKM1P9zLS7WSNaaL3h7n8F25D42JQ7Wu5BBaVSo7K5pKCSTFMnJP2WpCwQZixVN65CVsP2iRBGkJEYW3XUHeEFtLBhXtPL3kQZGR5AZuP14ufFVmGicHmR8znjHP56pDkdqKnh3ELDX5vKavod79ZHg8uzGLoB7HayADehLQ3FU2PB7rBFzyiNqvGgQwnBASrtuLBNSi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automation’s Seduction and Mrs. Robinson]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s easy for AI and automation to seduce us into the fearful idea of complete human replacement, but is it an actual reality? Image Source In his 2021 lecture “Will Smart Machines Take Our Jobs?”, Dr.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mrsrobinson/@abbebusoni/automations-seduction-and-mrs-robinson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mrsrobinson/@abbebusoni/automations-seduction-and-mrs-robinson</guid><category><![CDATA[mrsrobinson]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi7V5gYDHZmv4k3eyosSPTm1kJwAjrbJ6vEkJG8YpU7xWUaQk7rfJttdhPBFTojpz9pif4sJ1QX1J43Zw1iz87wC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NFTs: No More Than Novelty]]></title><description><![CDATA[The use case for NFTs is seemingly vast, but do they actually add any value at all? Image Source In their lecture “NFTs: More than Digital Art”, Drs. Quinn and Jonathon Button discuss the use case for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nft/@abbebusoni/nfts-no-more-than-novelty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nft/@abbebusoni/nfts-no-more-than-novelty</guid><category><![CDATA[nft]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:05:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrWfYqAcZxxEWfMdqdD1B4ecwKxyM4LzwiBg6HPsvumgUD9QQZp9iGxA1EzLvxwmY7aBqJ5PVNVWH32V9Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sustainable Reliance on Aid Long Term?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-Term Reliance on Foreign Aid Does Not Work and Value Creation is Far More Sustainable Image Source The film “Poverty, Inc.” details and exposes the aid industry and how it does more to keep people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/brettonwoods/@abbebusoni/sustainable-reliance-on-aid-long-term</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/brettonwoods/@abbebusoni/sustainable-reliance-on-aid-long-term</guid><category><![CDATA[brettonwoods]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:07:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtzeHN5cYNu2K51P8VEzAeVvjcCc3xzgPzy4zeBo5wgEdERuo782MfzC8SjwjkDbhUK1cNqNUFZ3F8PTJNNRpr1zd9VnX4SfLPBpTXRSStMKXM4jSKGWVUBmCLu9bxV87sgZQToJKiF6m93jkQyaDawa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Road is America currently on?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hayek’s Road to Serfdom contains crucial warnings about fascism; is it time America heed them? Image Source In his abridged book that appeared in the April 1945 version of Reader’s Digest titled The Road]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tariffs/@abbebusoni/what-road-is-america-currently-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tariffs/@abbebusoni/what-road-is-america-currently-on</guid><category><![CDATA[tariffs]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 02:42:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAQkE6aXNUzknUZ16WsNT9sz6uucvM9Agkv4TGkbxskTpZY2FwHQnsdkUj4TSjxAtkMKJievXkE8S7KzrtUPhEtrwCktFJyHQeKjeKdmZ1eceQZif9ZE9cZJPESfe5cyqhV4apbQDwBwyAxrkW8AB1UFLqNqtfxTtnDgPx3c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorry Screen Actors Guild, AI is Here to Stay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorry Screen Actors Guild, AI is Here to Stay Creative Destruction Should be Encouraged and Not Feared in a Free Market Society: A Reflection Image Source In his lecture on Creative Destruction,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@abbebusoni/sorry-screen-actors-guild-ai-is-here-to-stay</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@abbebusoni/sorry-screen-actors-guild-ai-is-here-to-stay</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:21:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu6EUdFvqSVxZdQmuC5iDDChaeVFFvyYEFS7NgrYfN3GaLaUFExoEvkp1t3TTLYx9SZijjs8YNhdBQQLH3hVPnV3uX7AskmJkR8vrMYtiaZJNSGFJQB9p13euLJ9VABrBAZNGjKZpBkkPTreuxSKBMxP?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopolies and Barriers: Good or Bad for Business?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monopolies and Barriers: Good or Bad for Business? 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