The Scouring of Middle Earth

Why Tolkien would rename Palantir Technologies to Orthanc Inc.

May 15 • Brett Scott

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ASOMOCO Unplugged No.3

My new book proposal, Bitcoin, MMT and the politics of Tolkien

May 6 • Brett Scott

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April 2026

Cult of the Black Hole

The Five Pillars of Bitcoin Mysticism

Apr 15 • Brett Scott

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Humanity-as-a-Service

Commoditizing the human touch in the age of AI

Apr 1 • Brett Scott

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March 2026

Neon Genesis USA

Is Trump a mecha pilot?

Mar 14 • Brett Scott

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Modern Monetary Theory: a 10-Part Model

Levelling up my MMT again

Mar 5 • Brett Scott

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February 2026

Should we pity the rich?

The case for viewing the powerful as the pathetic

Feb 18 • Brett Scott

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19:06

The Green Room

What the Epstein Files tell us about elite loneliness

Feb 8 • Brett Scott

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January 2026

10) The Regrowths

The final video of the Econ Life series goes into Five Paradigms of Change

Jan 23 • Brett Scott

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17:59

Who profits from a world without cash?

And what does Bitcoin, CBDC and Stablecoins have to do with this?

Jan 20 • Brett Scott

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The Stranger King of Venezuela

An anthropological lens on Trump's American Colonialism

Jan 12 • Brett Scott

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December 2025

2025, in summary

The AI-Trump nexus, and my top pieces this year

Dec 29, 2025 • Brett Scott

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