<?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, 21 Apr 2026 03:19:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/cryptogeemusings/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Post Truth Apocalypse And The Death Of The Expert]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had an hour or so to kill yesterday, so I turned off my filter block and decided to browse Facebook aimlessly until it was time to do my thing. In between amusing cat memes (I'm a member of The Cats]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/posttruth/@cryptogee/post-truth-apocalypse-and-the-death-of-the-expert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/posttruth/@cryptogee/post-truth-apocalypse-and-the-death-of-the-expert</guid><category><![CDATA[posttruth]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvYe1c6QSs4oXV19nU3WPLEqHLgfsR926ZRhPA5waEq2xnKH6mTeYETqRfpzk1gfovaMAPETxw43NYriJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Manipulation Of Bitcoin: A Reluctant Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[When people say *I hate to say I told you so . . ." they are clearly lying, of course people actually love to say "Ha! Told you. I was right!" Because who doesn't love being right; right?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeemusings/@cryptogee/the-manipulation-of-bitcoin-a-reluctant-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeemusings/@cryptogee/the-manipulation-of-bitcoin-a-reluctant-theory</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeemusings]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 06:18:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vppGeV6VN3m3GSDcLoRruAhMmifZtFSDkYScYGso4Vd5WxihmCdjirXkFA1SFR3BDEzUcSfoqcThaVT5FdTu2vzHtwpVfU13nAUF8ncC9GUPxDK8sfZcUxBJdEKpxvmCJ4yPkbnBxBxtxn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Now Exist?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found myself in an existential conversation with my 8 year old daughter yesterday. It was sparked off by her statement that we are living in the past. What she meant was that one day, somebody would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeemusings/@cryptogee/does-now-exist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeemusings/@cryptogee/does-now-exist</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeemusings]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 12:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVoAvXt2X6pMxYAb3q65xMju8wryWxKrsghkPKv1b22ZtA4xeeTujSUk2Y9qvTAD8TDAK6srPJXV7ohpZkKriu7hiXa37nuqRNaPevJyd584PCQn3dJ3MZnkV2YNQkHTBdDjt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter The Naysayers - Blocking The Path To Happiness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me ask you a question. Are you a naysayer? Or to put it another way, are you the kind of person that concentrates on things that can’t be done, rather than the ones that can? The reason I ask is because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeemusings/@cryptogee/enter-the-naysayers-blocking-the-path-to-happiness-20190131t130826320z-post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeemusings/@cryptogee/enter-the-naysayers-blocking-the-path-to-happiness-20190131t130826320z-post</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeemusings]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCqprrqoZaKXctbFH5qxTed6Vi9Xqkf9eqgfX3Rk8cZeDPbtZqVPvbcgujUCbsyXQDHNqjuVHc9z8i2hKq4ttZV82vfQV2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bringing Yellow Back - Why I'm Ditching Racially Specific Emojis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year a relative sent me a Whatsapp message, the message in itself was nothing special, however at the end he gave me a thumbs up emoji. It wasn't the fact that he left me a thumbs up that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeemusings/@cryptogee/bringing-yellow-back-why-i-m-ditching-racially-specific-emojis-20181205t073417810z-post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeemusings/@cryptogee/bringing-yellow-back-why-i-m-ditching-racially-specific-emojis-20181205t073417810z-post</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeemusings]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:34:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCqprrqoZaKXctbFH5qxTed6Vi9Xqkf9eqgfX3Rk82ivyaD55YYUYParjQzSX6HH3CV7tuski8NnuU68LTz7UruJVtZUik?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Pegs Up Must Peg Down - Is SBD Really A Tether and Is It Doomed?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Steem Backed Dollar (SBD) was created at the same time as the Steem blockchain. It was made because @dantheman Larimer, the inventor of the Steem blockchain, believed in the value of a tether coin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@cryptogee/what-pegs-up-must-peg-down-is-sbd-really-a-tether-and-is-it-doomed-20181120t141457075z-post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@cryptogee/what-pegs-up-must-peg-down-is-sbd-really-a-tether-and-is-it-doomed-20181120t141457075z-post</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCqprrqoZaKXctbFH5qxTed6Vi9Xqkf9eqgfX3RhjmPGE9TFJMsspBkbzJWy61pu7abPg1cjmCduP3hP2bnA1e1WSqeabv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My New Avatar: Anonymously Identifying In A Blockchain World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently I decided to change my avatar, it was a stock picture and was only ever meant to be temporary. 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You may be thinking that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/culturalwar/@cryptogee/new-language-shaping-the-new-cultural-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/culturalwar/@cryptogee/new-language-shaping-the-new-cultural-war</guid><category><![CDATA[culturalwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:34:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo11w5GUXB34DQ7fhMRoyUzkUGPKqaVmPQXkM2wYPAMHzo529fjf5dxNFsz24QUftwk4ocQhkBpHaBeTe6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speeding Up The Human Race In Order To Slow Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's dive straight into a thought experiment. 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Without doubt it is one of the most fun things I have ever done. I remember it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@cryptogee/spamming-the-scammers-where-s-my-38-million-dollars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@cryptogee/spamming-the-scammers-where-s-my-38-million-dollars</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81MUKkc89Km6sTc1gcimVGUmPAs7n4SGb4svtH6ioZRwG8n2y41qgG6R6srDDTEQgaKNU5isw1XYapq15wz1ER4r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From The Telephone To The Blockchain: Understanding The Power Of Analogy]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you have read any number of my past articles then you will know that one of my favourite story telling devices is the use of analogy. Quite simply put, an analogy is a situation whereby you compare]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/etymology/@cryptogee/from-the-telephone-to-the-blockchain-understanding-the-power-of-analogy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/etymology/@cryptogee/from-the-telephone-to-the-blockchain-understanding-the-power-of-analogy</guid><category><![CDATA[etymology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:11:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcPqa7vTk3Xho5Jmb96UPVooK7Q5P23gx2tLEzWqcf2SDVyrp8PWAVUJkqkw3pWq1Xib5otWbay42eo3h2yLgPsGcj37c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The End Of Economics: Does Mars Need Money?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do SpaceX, NASA, and the Mars One Foundation all have in common? You guessed it, they all want to start human colonies on Mars. However whilst they are all focused on the challenges of biology, how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@cryptogee/the-end-of-economics-does-mars-need-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@cryptogee/the-end-of-economics-does-mars-need-money</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 11:30:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovbmuqXtTqCyKDKLR6TMkjaZUZFgeGFdqALkNuamRqeCpsk4qRmCzcMDmsWw67aJuMPqChkY15a47QfpDAoxnDB9Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The End Of Money: Boldly Going To A Post Economic Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Gene Rodenberry of Star Trek fame, to the author Iain M. Banks famed for his Culture novels. Many a science-fiction writer has imagined a future without money. 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I thought I'd do a quick good, bad, and ugly post about HF20. There's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hardfork20/@cryptogee/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-contemplating-hardfork-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hardfork20/@cryptogee/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-contemplating-hardfork-20</guid><category><![CDATA[hardfork20]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:00:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW8TPRD9ipEMxmMpPr1Gj8ZVSMb2QJ6UDZFnXC4hNy8L4bD5mYHXjR7bon2YCryx28SKQr1AEbMj3cGXHocVePAVLyU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Cognition: Endless Feedback Loops And The Curse Of Knowing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Feedback can be a great and sometimes necessary thing. For instance when taking on a new task, be it a new job, or a sport you have just taken up, feedback can be a vital tool in helping you progress and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@cryptogee/understanding-cognition-endless-feedback-loops-and-the-curse-of-knowing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@cryptogee/understanding-cognition-endless-feedback-loops-and-the-curse-of-knowing</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:03:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW6wqnmiTgmvvmPUKbWyeP6g7EZf6RcpMeESxiit7cbBzFJ8mk8WLMmeifRoFX5UxkaTq6SwfaZYeyS7W1WBJBvn6Dc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The UFC's Dirty Joke: Jon Jones Off The Hook]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little under three weeks ago I asked the question; Is the UFC becoming a dirty joke? 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