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Re: The Cypherpunk Library

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Post by observationist » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

slybot wrote: post #97

observationist wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/book/definition-of-democrati... The book in question. What was the intent or purpose of coming at this sideways?

This is a work written by the terrorist organization leader after incarcerated on 1999. While this carefully selected piece doesn't, the larger work of five volumes named "Manifesto of the Democratic Civilization" goes into the manifestation of his terrorist movement.

Very Kaczyynski like - the unabomber manifesto, in isolation, seems to be insightful and have a coherent grasp of reality and the implications of a deeply technological society, but in context of the author, is very dark and twisted; it picks and chooses the arguments so as to make the terrible conclusion all but inevitable.

Re: The Cypherpunk Library

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Post by ricksunny » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

drannex wrote: post #101

ricksunny wrote: post #61

The crypto-oriented 4Seas coworking in Chiang Mai set up a very nice exhibit to cypherpunks as laid against the history of cryptography. I took pictures as the exhibit is supposed to have been taken down by now: https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/113373898014727437041/pl... I have photos of the individual exhibit pieces too if anyone's interested.

Certainly interested - are they shared anywhere?

Here they are, uploaded: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1armRjAXfk0KmYGK59rkk...

I found the juxtaposition of cypherpunks with early greats like Claude Shannon and Alan Turing very interesting, and no doubt an intentional statement on the part of the organizers who clearly hold cypherpunks and cypherpunk culture in high regard (as do I, and admittedly the exhibit helped convince me to do so). I also like the manifestos placed on similar level as Shannon's seminal papers relating to both communication theory and his somewhat less-frequently referenced seminal paper on secrecy.

Re: The Cypherpunk Library

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Post by drannex » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC

ricksunny wrote: post #112

drannex wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Certainly interested - are they shared anywhere?

Here they are, uploaded: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1armRjAXfk0KmYGK59rkk... I found the juxtaposition of cypherpunks with early greats like Claude Shannon and Alan Turing very interesting, and no doubt an intentional statement on the part of the organizers who clearly hold cypherpunks and cypherpunk culture in high regard (as do I, and admittedly the exhibit helped convince me to do so). I also like the…

This is incredible - wish I could have been there! Thank you for taking photos of the event!