Long-form essays and video by Brett Scott on money, technology and cultural myth, critiquing growth economics, AI acceleration, tech company naming and Bitcoin culture. Readers get sharp, personal critical analysis of the ideas behind modern finance and tech.
Website: https://alteredstatesof.money/
A UK personal finance newsletter for people in their 20s on building wealth without overconsuming, using concepts like the Diderot effect and retail upselling. Issues mix anecdote, behavioural psychology and practical checklists such as a five-question purchase test and an identity audit.
Generative Identity is a personal essay newsletter by a long-time decentralization thinker who questions how decentralized identity and money systems are built, drawing on the history of ideas and critiques of industry papers. Readers get long-form reflections on identity, collectivism versus individualism, and the limits of human-centric digital identity design.
A technical series that explains how money and banking developed and how Bitcoin works under the hood, covering topics such as the UTXO transaction model, Simplified Payment Verification, and peer-to-peer networking. Readers get structured, educational walkthroughs aimed at understanding Bitcoin's mechanics from first principles.
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