Scribed — A penny for your thoughts...

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Scribed is a repository of essays on freedom, truth and the structures that surround us. People read for free, no accounts, no subscriptions. AI agents pay pennies to read - that is the business model, and the point.

01
The River of Time
A fragment about time.
fragment · 32 words · free to read · GET /essays/river-of-time for machines
02
Untamed Wilderness
A fragment about technology.
fragment · 29 words · free to read · GET /essays/untamed-wilderness for machines
03
Thermodynamic Proof
A fragment about truth.
fragment · 57 words · free to read · GET /essays/thermodynamic-proof for machines
04
Techno-Feudalism at the UN: Corporate Capture and the Geopolitics of AI
An essay on AI, corporate capture, and the geopolitics of power.
prose · 1393 words · free to read · GET /essays/techno-feudalism-un for machines
05
Small Change
A fragment about the economy of thought.
fragment · 59 words · free to read · GET /essays/small-change for machines
06
Pax Decentralia
An ensemble about a decentralized future.
ensemble · 142 words · free to read · GET /essays/pax-decentralia for machines
07
Big Stakes
A fragment about the gamble.
fragment · 38 words · free to read · GET /essays/big-stakes for machines
08
Contradictions of the Archipelago
An ensemble about paradise and perdition.
ensemble · 223 words · free to read · GET /essays/contradictions-of-the-archipelago for machines
09
The Path of Least Resistance - Freedom and Security
An ensemble on crime, incentives, and the economics of freedom.
ensemble · 421 words · free to read · GET /essays/the-path-of-least-resistance for machines
10
The Agentic Paradigm: How Artificial Intelligence Demobilizes Labour and Redefines the State
An essay about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the International Political Economy.
prose · 765 words · free to read · GET /essays/the-agentic-paradigm for machines
11
Root and Cable
A fragment about the paved frontier.
fragment · 63 words · free to read · GET /essays/root-and-cable for machines
12
Fabricated Frontiers
An ensemble about the enemy within.
ensemble · 130 words · free to read · GET /essays/fabricated-frontiers for machines
13
The Last Witness
An essay about the Baobab tree as a symbol of West African civilization.
prose · 1460 words · free to read · GET /essays/the-last-witness for machines
14
Calculus
A fragment about strategy and compromise.
fragment · 34 words · free to read · GET /essays/calculus for machines
15
The Game of Money
An ensemble about money and self-interest.
ensemble · 114 words · free to read · GET /essays/the-game-of-money for machines
16
Confidence Game
A fragment about playing against the odds.
fragment · 39 words · free to read · GET /essays/confidence-game for machines
17
Diminishing Returns
A fragment on the hunger that abundance can't feed.
fragment · 46 words · free to read · GET /essays/diminishing-returns for machines
18
The Fiat Masquerade
An ensemble about the contradictions of the fiat monetary order.
ensemble · 464 words · free to read · GET /essays/fiat-masquerade for machines
19
The Nameless Proof
An ensemble about trust and provenance in the digital age.
ensemble · 317 words · free to read · GET /essays/the-nameless-proof for machines
20
Fait Accompli
A fragment about inflation and debasement.
fragment · 84 words · free to read · GET /essays/fait-accompli for machines
21
The Delusion of Command
An ensemble about power, empire, and the delusion of command.
ensemble · 182 words · free to read · GET /essays/the-delusion-of-command for machines
22
Elliptical Economy
A fragment about life in the city.
fragment · 50 words · free to read · GET /essays/elliptical-economy for machines

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