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The human problem crypto kept deferring

The human problem crypto kept deferring

Part one ended with the protocol's core blindness: it cannot tell a human from a hedge fund. That problem has a name, Sybil resistance, and the space has been failing to solve it since before most people knew what a DAO was. This is the gap between control

Stop blaming AI for things people choose to do

Stop blaming AI for things people choose to do

A few weeks into 2026, timelines on X flooded with sexually explicit deepfake images. Many were AI-generated depictions of real people, sometimes without consent, sometimes involving minors, created using xAI’s Grok. The reaction wasn’t quiet. Regulators launched investigations. The California Attorney General issued a cease-and-desist

Opinion: Slaves by training: The Unacknowledged Shackles of the Modern Economy & Crypto Market

Opinion: Slaves by training: The Unacknowledged Shackles of the Modern Economy & Crypto Market

Shannon Higgins (Humanode Media Lead) If you are interested in making “big money”, slavery is one of the oldest tricks in the game. Enslave your “future workers” by removing them from their homes and putting them under your direct control. Entrap them so that they can’t run, use fear

Opinion Piece: The pitfall of centralized servers

Opinion Piece: The pitfall of centralized servers

For a few hours in November 2025, the internet reminded everyone how fragile it really is. X stopped loading. ChatGPT returned errors. Discord went quiet. Shopify checkouts stalled. Internal business tools failed. The most hilarious thing? Even outage trackers struggled to stay online. Around the same time, one of the