<?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>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:57:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@macius/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[No war but class war?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, generally it is useful to view struggles around the world as not democracy vs tyranny, or left vs right, or women against men, or whatever artificial division line is drawn by those who divide to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/no-war-but-class-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/no-war-but-class-war</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:47:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I met a friend of mine, after about 5 years gap. We talked about many things, life updates, where-have-you-been, what-did-you-see, etc. We talked about technology (we're sysadmins), work, exchanged]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@macius/the-future-is-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@macius/the-future-is-here</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 21:09:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound of one hand clapping...]]></title><description><![CDATA[...is the sound of a facepalm. That's how enlightenment works. That's when you wake up, and however tempting it might seem (it worked on you, has it not?) you can't just facepalm other people to make them]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/sound-of-one-hand-clapping</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/sound-of-one-hand-clapping</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:17:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to get rid of gods]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm re-reading The Black Company by Glen Cook. Quite awesome dark fantasy. Recommended. One quote just made me smile: But how do you get rid of a god? Is there any religion where they teach you that? How]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/how-to-get-rid-of-gods</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/how-to-get-rid-of-gods</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:35:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-scarcity]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are two sides to this coin. Usually coins have two sides, and in cases like pos-scarcity one side is quite visible, the other not so much. The visible side is "enough of everything for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/post-scarcity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/post-scarcity</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:53:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Function of money]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is probably obvious to most, but I had this thought recently - the primary function of money is limiting access to scarce resources. All resources are scarce by definition, to varying degree, although]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/function-of-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/function-of-money</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 03:33:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family vs society]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quick though: why is family considered to be a basic building block of society? Family is fundamental to individual's life and wellbeing (unless you are a real lone wolf, gunslinger and a tragic hero),]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/family-vs-society</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/family-vs-society</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:40:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unification]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was going to start with a slogan example illustrating a point, but I realized I need to make a disclaimer, because it came out quite offensive :) The example was similarity between "one nation under]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/unification</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/unification</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:49:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[List of worries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continuing briefly the previous post, there is another thing to add - have you noticed that people more often worry and are willing to talk about things that they can neither change not confirm? It is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/list-of-worries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/list-of-worries</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:28:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consistency]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems important. Consistency. Especially when it comes to one's worldview. Here's one short thing I laughed about recently - insignificant and I'm not that proud of picking it up, but hey. There is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/consistency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/consistency</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:14:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm sorry for the recent repost - multiple times - of that recent blog entry... I kept getting "Network error", and understanding that as "can't publish" I tried different browsers, etc, not realizing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/what-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/what-the</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:57:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redistribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification, but I'm just looking at a specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/redistribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/redistribution</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 15:06:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distribution and redistribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification, but I'm just looking at a specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/6b3tub-distribution-and-redistribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/6b3tub-distribution-and-redistribution</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:35:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distribution and redistribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification, but I'm just looking at a specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/39dcsz-distribution-and-redistribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/39dcsz-distribution-and-redistribution</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distribution and redistribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification, but I'm just looking at a specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/2j4qe5-distribution-and-redistribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/2j4qe5-distribution-and-redistribution</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distribution and redistribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification, but I'm just looking at a specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/72ndqe-distribution-and-redistribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/72ndqe-distribution-and-redistribution</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:01:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distribution and redistribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification, but I'm just looking at a specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/distribution-and-redistribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/distribution-and-redistribution</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:47:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distribution vs redistribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification, but I'm just looking at a specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/distribution-vs-redistribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/distribution-vs-redistribution</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:39:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only when...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only when I became a parent I realized how much crap is being passed from generation to generation. Things that are taken as "normal" facts of life when seen from one perspective only - the way parents]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/only-when</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@macius/only-when</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:19:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI, purpose, religion...]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI is not going to replace us. Call it a hunch, or whatever. It is far more likely that we will provide, on top of amazing computational ability we're about to have (Moore's Law is not going away), that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@macius/ai-purpose-religion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@macius/ai-purpose-religion</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 15:46:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>