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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Speaking at RPI Blueprint For Peace 2025

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Blueprint For Peace 2025

Ron Paul Institute Blueprint For Peace Conference

  • Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
  • Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • Location: Hilton Washington Dulles Airport, 13869 Park Center Road, Herndon, VA 20171

Event topics include:

  • US/NATO proxy war in Ukraine
  • Statements by President Biden about Russia
  • Political positions related to Ukraine and China
  • US national debt and interest payments
  • Conflict and humanitarian situation in Gaza
  • AI-driven “pre-crime” surveillance

Speakers:

  • Dr. Ron Paul, Founder, Ron Paul Institute
  • Daniel McAdams, Director, Ron Paul Institute
  • Col. Douglas Macgregor, Former Advisor to US Secretary of Defense
  • Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author of The Black Swan
  • Max Blumenthal, Editor-in-Chief, The Grayzone
  • Anya Parampil, Journalist and Producer, The Grayzone

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[Medium] Bitcoin is the Detector of Imbeciles

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On The Cluster of Charlatans, Zero Interest Rate Virgins, & Crypto Tumors
Interview with Laeticia Strauch-Bonart in L’Express (French magazine), translated.

Last year, 2022 was not of much respite for cryptocurrencies. While bitcoin has lost more than 60% of its value, the entire sector is in crisis, punctuated by various bankruptcies such as those of Terra and FTX. The phenomenon is the consequence, according to scholar and former trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb, of the low-interest rate “Disneyland” economy in which we have been living for fifteen years. A “cluster” was formed: Pro-putin, climate and Covid deniers, carnivores, and crypto culties, that Taleb, a former crypto hopeful but a fierce opponent since 2021, has decided to attack head-on.

Continue reading on Medium: medium.com/incerto/bitcoin-is-the-detector-of-imbeciles-e5cc5eeccdbf