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On pandemic-era incarceration.
During the pandemic, a crummy situation has become even worse.
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On currency, again
If you’re willing to extend credit — whether in dollars or Honey Buns — you control the money supply.
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On the Silk Road, Nick Bilton’s ‘American Kingpin,’ and the difference between being clever and being wise.
If someone is clever enough to build a billion-dollar website, should that person also get to decide who lives or dies?
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