Option Plus Podcast with Juraj Bednar

Pack your revolutionary banners and hide your “civic disobedience” weapons. And definitely don’t join a political party. Reformation and revolution are both obsolete and very slow ways towards more freedom. So what shall we do instead? With Max Hillebrand, we continue our last conversation about first principles of liberty [https://hackyourself.io/2020/09/19/first-principles-of-self-liberation-strategies-with-max-hillebrand/] and in this conversation, we talk about strategies for freedom here and now. Agorism, Parallel Polis, Vonu, Second Realm, TAZs, Cryptoanarchy. “…and in various ways they are combined…” as my favourite song that shall go unnamed says. Speaking of songs, we also talk about very interesting musical inspiration. So dive in! Links: * You can find Max Hillebrand at TowardsLiberty.com [http://towardsliberty.com/] and on Twitter as @HillebrandMax [https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax]. I also recommend listenting to the episodes of Vonu Podcast with Max [http://- [ ] https://vonupodcast.com/tag/max-hillebrand/]. * Hackers Congress Paralelni Polis [https://digital-totality.hcpp.cz/] is happening 2-4 October 2020 – physically in Prague and online. Get your tickets with a discount using coupon code optionplus. Should also work for workshops during the congress (both physical and online). * My courses Firefox for better privacy [https://hackyourself.io/product/firefox-setup-for-better-privacy-online-course/] and Introduction to lightning network [https://hackyourself.io/product/174/] are available, and of course with a discount to listeners. Use coupon code podcast. * Great episode of Cypherpunk Bitstream about The Roots of Parallel Polis [https://taz0.org/bitstream/0x0b-the-roots-of-parallel-polis/], in which me, Martin Leskovjan, Frank Braun and Smuggler talk about strategy for self-liberation in a communist authoritarian regime of Czechoslovakia. If it works in authoritarian hellhole, it works wherever you live. * Second realm: The book on strategy [https://anarplex.net/files/secondrealm.html] * Vonu: The Search for Personal Freedom [https://vonupodcast.com/free-vonu-book/] * New Libertarian Manifesto by Samuel Edward Konkin III [https://web.archive.org/web/20081104060157/http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/nlm/nlm1.html] – the main book about agorism * Everything Voluntary [https://everything-voluntary.com/book-ev] – a great introduction to voluntaryism * Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged] – a great book about the values of productive society. If you need a positive “kick”, I highly recommend it. * Paul Rosenberg’s A Lodging of Wayfaring Men [https://www.amazon.com/Lodging-Wayfaring-Men-Paul-Rosenberg/dp/097960110X] and The Breaking Dawn [https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Dawn-Paul-Rosenberg/dp/0979987768] are both amazing books about the practical sides of liberty. * T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hakim-bey-t-a-z-the-temporary-autonomous-zone-ontological-anarchy-poetic-terrorism] – Hakim Bey’s amazing book * Also listen to this musical interpretation of parts of the book by Bill Laswell [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK83oKv81SQ]. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST This podcast is costless for you and ad-free, but it is not costless to produce. If you have found it useful, I appreciate any donations (using cryptocurrencies). – + USD GBP EUR BTC Support me with crypto[https://pay.hackyourself.io/img/logo.svg][https://hackyourself.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/howie-r-CjI_2QX7hvU-unsplash-768x1024.jpg]SUBSCRIBE CREDITS Podcast created and produced by Juraj Bednar. Title song by suonho [https://freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/3158/], used under CC-BY license.

It all started with a Twitter thread [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1306216793531387904.html] and my conversation with Max about one of the strategies for self-liberation. Many people don’t know that they are out there. People don’t usually talk about how they hide from coercion (and not only state coercion) or avoid it. But that does not mean that everyone has to discover it on their own. In this first part of a series, we talk about what do we look for in the strategies that we are willing to consider. Making a lot of money and hiring a private army could probably be considered an anti-coercion strategy, but we would need to abolish our principles. So what are they? Links: * You can find Max Hillebrand at TowardsLiberty.com [http://towardsliberty.com/] and on Twitter as @HillebrandMax [https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax]. I also recommend listenting to the episodes of Vonu Podcast with Max [http://- [ ] https://vonupodcast.com/tag/max-hillebrand/]. * Hackers Congress Paralelni Polis [https://digital-totality.hcpp.cz/] is happening 2-4 October 2020. Get your tickets with a discount using coupon code optionplus. Should also work for workshops during the congress (both physical and online). * My courses Firefox for better privacy [https://hackyourself.io/product/firefox-setup-for-better-privacy-online-course/] and Introduction to lightning network [https://hackyourself.io/product/174/] are available, and of course with a discount to listeners. Use coupon code podcast. * Great episode of Cypherpunk Bitstream about The Roots of Parallel Polis [https://taz0.org/bitstream/0x0b-the-roots-of-parallel-polis/], in which me, Martin Leskovjan, Frank Braun and Smuggler talk about strategy for self-liberation in a communist authoritarian regime of Czechoslovakia. If it works in authoritarian hellhole, it works wherever you live. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST This podcast is costless for you and ad-free, but it is not costless to produce. If you have found it useful, I appreciate any donations (using cryptocurrencies). – + USD GBP EUR BTC Support me with crypto[https://pay.hackyourself.io/img/logo.svg][https://hackyourself.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/howie-r-CjI_2QX7hvU-unsplash-768x1024.jpg]SUBSCRIBE CREDITS Podcast created and produced by Juraj Bednar. Title song by suonho [https://freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/3158/], used under CC-BY license.

About the current state of AI. I have a conversation with OpenAI’s GPT-3 neural network about freedom, optionality, temporary autonomous zones and Bitcoin. Then I talk about what it means and where to go from here. Is AI helping us, or is it a problem? Where do we use AI currently? Links: * My online courses [https://hackyourself.io/product-category/online-courses/]: * Firefox setup for better privacy (online course) [https://hackyourself.io/product/firefox-setup-for-better-privacy-online-course/] * Lightning network for private bitcoin payments among friends and for products and services [https://hackyourself.io/product/174/] * Interview with GPT-3 in text form [https://juraj.bednar.io/en/blog-en/2020/07/22/interview-with-gpt-3-about-freedom-optionality-tazs-and-bitcoin/] * Paul Rosenberg’s The Breaking Dawn [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0979987768/] SUPPORT THIS PODCAST This podcast is costless for you and ad-free, but it is not costless to produce. If you have found it useful, I appreciate any donations (using cryptocurrencies). – + USD GBP EUR BTC Support me with crypto[https://pay.hackyourself.io/img/logo.svg][https://hackyourself.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/howie-r-CjI_2QX7hvU-unsplash-768x1024.jpg]SUBSCRIBE CREDITS Podcast created and produced by Juraj Bednar. Title song by suonho [https://freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/3158/], used under CC-BY license.

In this podcast episode, I explain my personal manifesto, in which I describe how to attain freedom here and now, without waiting for larger socio-political changes. You can also read the manifesto [https://hackyourself.io/option-manifesto/] itself. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST This podcast is costless for you and ad-free, but it is not costless to produce. If you have found it useful, I appreciate any donations (using cryptocurrencies). – + USD GBP EUR BTC Support me with crypto[https://pay.hackyourself.io/img/logo.svg][https://hackyourself.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/howie-r-CjI_2QX7hvU-unsplash-768x1024.jpg]SUBSCRIBE CREDITS Podcast created and produced by Juraj Bednar. Title song by suonho [https://freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/3158/], used under CC-BY license.

What are the definitions of freedom / liberty? Can we find a useful one that will tell us about it’s costs and properties. When it is useful to have more options? What are negative and positive rights, what is “freedom from” and “freedom to”? And why is freedom especially important in volatile times? Dive into the podcast! Links to this episode: * Paul Rosenberg’s “What is Liberty exactly” [http://freemansperspective.com/what-is-liberty-exactly/]? * Dan Sullivan’s “Freedom from” vs “Freedom to” [https://resources.strategiccoach.com/the-multiplier-mindset-blog/the-2-ultimate-freedoms-freedom-from-and-freedom-to-2] * Option Plus Freedom Map [https://optionplus.io/map/] SUPPORT THIS PODCAST This podcast is costless for you and ad-free, but it is not costless to produce. If you have found it useful, I appreciate any donations (using cryptocurrencies). – + USD GBP EUR BTC Support me with crypto[https://pay.hackyourself.io/img/logo.svg][https://hackyourself.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/howie-r-CjI_2QX7hvU-unsplash-768x1024.jpg]SUBSCRIBE CREDITS Podcast created and produced by Juraj Bednar. Title song by suonho [https://freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/3158/], used under CC-BY license.