<?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>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:51:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@ctrl-alt-deceit/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Erhlich's Population Bomb Theory is the Worst Kind of Applied "Science"]]></title><description><![CDATA[From a conversation on social media I had with an adherent of the "Human Population Problem" who posted this excerpt from the Population Matters website: "I have been at any number of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/population-bomb/@ctrl-alt-deceit/paul-erhlich-s-population-bomb-theory-is-the-worst-kind-of-applied-science</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/population-bomb/@ctrl-alt-deceit/paul-erhlich-s-population-bomb-theory-is-the-worst-kind-of-applied-science</guid><category><![CDATA[population-bomb]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ctrl-alt-deceit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 02:16:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenBazaar: Another Step in Invigorating Humanity's Breath of Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[To me, this is like a sudden, unexpected breath of life...finally: mounting, runaway pushback against the otherwise inevitable march of centralization. OpenBazaar, Uber, Lyft, Bitcoin, Airbnb, KickStarter,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openbazaar/@ctrl-alt-deceit/openbazaar-another-step-in-invigorating-humanity-s-breath-of-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openbazaar/@ctrl-alt-deceit/openbazaar-another-step-in-invigorating-humanity-s-breath-of-life</guid><category><![CDATA[openbazaar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ctrl-alt-deceit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:25:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hit me with your best Socialism quips!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Such as: "Socialism: ideas so good that they have to be mandatory". etc]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/socialism/@ctrl-alt-deceit/hit-me-with-your-best-socialism-quips</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/socialism/@ctrl-alt-deceit/hit-me-with-your-best-socialism-quips</guid><category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ctrl-alt-deceit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 08:40:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misunderstanding Inequality]]></title><description><![CDATA[This entire entry comes from Thomas Sowell’s brilliant landmark work: "Wealth, Poverty, and Politics". “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inequality/@ctrl-alt-deceit/3rpcam-misunderstanding-inequality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inequality/@ctrl-alt-deceit/3rpcam-misunderstanding-inequality</guid><category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ctrl-alt-deceit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 08:29:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hi there!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm a Professor at a University in South Korea, where I teach Modern Issues in Historical Context. I adore history, science, economics, humanism, and context-hunting. While drawing much from my historical]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduction/@ctrl-alt-deceit/hi-there</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduction/@ctrl-alt-deceit/hi-there</guid><category><![CDATA[introduction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ctrl-alt-deceit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 08:17:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's the Thing about the Basic Income Experiment...]]></title><description><![CDATA[To begin, so many of the arguments made in the article are the kind of trash you can only expect from journalists, but let me restate the premise and answer to that rather than saying anything specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/basic-income/@ctrl-alt-deceit/here-s-the-thing-about-the-basic-income-experiment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/basic-income/@ctrl-alt-deceit/here-s-the-thing-about-the-basic-income-experiment</guid><category><![CDATA[basic-income]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ctrl-alt-deceit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 07:26:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misunderstanding Inequality]]></title><description><![CDATA[This entire entry comes from Thomas Sowell’s brilliant landmark work: "Wealth, Poverty, and Politics". “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inequality/@ctrl-alt-deceit/misunderstanding-inequality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inequality/@ctrl-alt-deceit/misunderstanding-inequality</guid><category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ctrl-alt-deceit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 10:37:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>