<?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>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:23:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@the-alien/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Strangest Thing in the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest magic trick in the history of mankind has just been played before your very eyes and you didn’t even notice the first time. Sure, it’s only science. But when it's the kind of technology that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@the-alien/the-strangest-thing-in-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@the-alien/the-strangest-thing-in-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[the-alien]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxxyeawL3p7ZwqUEPeVCrvFhbzhubekqejnoeSvMn75pN9G93hKEmn3PvmS7Qa9XZgby8FBEtzi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do You Regulate Someone Who's Got You By the Balls?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine this: You’re part of a jury that is trying to regulate a monster corporation like Facebook, Google and the rest of those Nobel prize winners. 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