From a facebook post by David Veksler:
There is no such thing as “intrinsic value” in economics. Value exists only in the eyes of the beholder. The concept of “value” is made possible by being valuable to a specific person, for a particular purpose. The only thing in the universe that is intrinsically valuable is human beings.
TLDR: Stop with nonsense like “Bitcoin has no intrinsic value”
My comment (lightly edited here): [continue reading…]
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 451.
My recent appearance on The Rational Egoist. (Spotify)
Shownotes:
Debating the Nature of Rights with Stephan KinsellaIn this episode of The Rational Egoist, host Michael Liebowitz engages in a stimulating debate with libertarian writer and patent attorney Stephan Kinsella on the nature of rights.
Drawing from his book Legal Foundations of a Free Society and his extensive work on legal and political theory, Kinsella offers his perspective on the origins, scope, and application of individual rights.
Together, they examine differing philosophical interpretations and discuss how rights function in a free society.
This thought-provoking conversation invites listeners to question and refine their understanding of one of the most fundamental concepts in political philosophy.
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 450.
My discussion/interview by Matthew Sands of the Nations of Sanity project as part of his “Together Strong” debate series.
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 449.
I was interviewed by Logan Hertz, of Hazeltine LLC, about attempts by the Nelson Nash Institute, they of the poorly-named “Infinite Banking” concept, to use trademark to bully competitors. I discuss the general problem with IP and then apply it to trademark, and provide suggestions as to more “ethical” ways of using trademark and IP in an IP-world. See also Logan’s LinkedIn post.
For more, see: Do Business Without Intellectual Property.
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 448.
This is my discussion with European patent attorney David Pearce, of the Tufty the Cat European IP blog (twitter). He and I were co-founders and members of the Advisory Council for the Open Crypto Alliance (2020–22). We discuss Craig Wright, nChain and bitcoin related patents, and so on (see video below).
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 447.
This is from the show “Axioms of Liberty,” which has another episode about my IP writing. This time, it’s a reading of “Law and Intellectual Property in a Stateless Society.”
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 446.
This is from the show “Axioms of Liberty,” which has another episode about my IP writing. This time, it’s a reading of “Intellectual Property and Libertarianism.”
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 445.
The show “Axioms of Liberty” has an episode about my IP writing, including readings of three early pieces: First, one of my earliest writings, Stephan Kinsella, “Letter on Intellectual Property Rights,” IOS Journal 5, no. 2 (June 1995), pp. 12-13, and followed by David Kelley’s response. Next, “Is Intellectual Property Legitimate?”, first published in the Pennsylvania Bar Association Intellectual Property Newsletter 1 (Winter 1998): 3 and republished in the Federalist Society’s Intellectual Property Practice Group Newsletter, vol. 3, Issue 3 (Winter 2000). And finally, “In Defense of Napster and Against the Second Homesteading Rule,” LewRockwell.com (Sept. 4, 2000). I am not sure who this podcaster is, but he has my gratitude.
Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), and International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020).
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