Creating a free society is the combined result of individuals giving each other freedom. You have heard it said, “give, and ye shall receive”, this is the foundation of a free society. You have to give others freedom so that they can give you freedom. Our freedom or lack thereof is the result of millions of actions (or inactions) of millions of people. Why should we place the blame on government, when government exists only because of the passive consent of the masses? The government is only an idea, an illusion, and it acts solely through individuals.

A gateway is a trusted party that facilitates moving value into and out of the BitShares network. To do this they issue redeemable IOUs as fungible divisible assets on the BitShares block chain. If the issuer is trustworthy then those IOUs will trade at face value and therefore be useful in trade. This service is effectively that of a trusted party that facilitates trade among 3rd parties who do not know each other in much the same way that a bank issues cashiers checks so that 3rd parties can accept payment without having to worry about a personal check bouncing. Unlike a cashiers check issued by a bank, the digital IOUs issued by a gateway are far more flexible and therefore useful.

When creating any kind of content whether a blog article or source code, the author has to make a choice about which license to use. This is a very tough decision for many people because, in theory, it impacts your ability to make money from your content. While I haven’t written an article on the subject of intellectual property, many of my opinions are similar to those in the book “Against Intellectual Monopoly” by Michele Boldrin and Davik K. Levine. As you can tell from the title I am very much against intellectual property.

I have spent innumerable hours reading articles by people with all manner of New Age beliefs and the most common theme espoused by these individuals is one of unconditional love and unity with all which comes about when one increases their ‘awareness’ or ‘consciousness‘. Being receptive to these ideas I figured that these super aware individuals who question everything, think for themselves, are not afraid of offending people, and spend much time in meditation would naturally be libertarian or anarcho-capitalist. Unfortunately, for all of their ‘awareness’ many New Agers completely miss the mark.

Principles are the bedrock upon which the foundation of society are built. Without principles there is no guide or consistency nor measure of success or failure. If we are to create a libertarian utopia it must be engineered from the ground up to comply with a set of universal principles without compromise.

Every blog requires a first post, so it is only fitting for a blog that discusses the power of blockchain technology start with a genesis post. This blog is a new beginning in my effort to communicate my vision for a new world. If I am going to change the world then it would be helpful for everyone who wants to help if they knew where I was going.

This is perhaps the simplest way I can explain the perspective of subjective reality at present — and why I’m such a strong advocate of it.