The Paradise Paradox

The Internet. Our own international communication system. A portal of personal access to a platform of freedom, at least it used to be, perhaps the collective still believe that... Read more → The post Episode 41 – Deep Web Confessions appeared first on the paradise paradox.

Most children dream of a trip to Disneyland, or visiting Santa at the North Pole, or maybe being locked in a super toy store over night. We are all big kids and we should all be active dreamers. It took me too long to complete my dream of taking the journey to Tulum, Mexico. I had plans to go in 2008 and 2012, but cheap thrills and weak distractions would always somehow get the better of me. Not this time - 2015 is and was the year. Read more → The post Episode 40 – Tulum Time Machine appeared first on the paradise paradox.

We are about to enter an age of unseen prosperity. For years we have been seeing the prices of high technology decrease incredibly rapidly – with an item reducing to a third of its price within a few short years – even to the extent that smartphones and tablets are available to many people, even in developing nations. Read more → The post The Age of Automation appeared first on the paradise paradox.

Sun is shining, birds chirping, the distant hum of neighbours mowing their lawns and the ringing of a little bell. "Lemonade, come and get your lemonade!" shouted by two young girls. We can see the image - harmless entrepreneurship at work. "Fresh delicious lemonade, only one dollar!" shouted by your 10 year old daughter accompanied by her best friend, Sarah. Read more → The post Episode 39 – Government is Force appeared first on the paradise paradox.

Before the fall of the USSR, the medical system in Moscow was completely controlled by the state. The price calculation problem rendered the managers of hospitals and the medical industry as a whole, unable to determine how many beds, how many doctors and how many medical supplies were necessary to treat the patients. This lead to all sorts of perverse results. In 1987, minister of health Yevgeny Chazov found that 40% of newly graduated doctors couldn't read a cardiogram. Newborns would receive 200-400 shots in their first year of life. Patients were subjected to seemingly endless lists before they could receive treatment. And dying patients were thrown into the cold, cold street, to ensure that their deaths wouldn't adversely affect the statistics of the hospital. Read more → The post Episode 38 – Magical Mysterious Medical Stories appeared first on the paradise paradox.

The French government declares that no supermarket can legally throw out food that could go to charity, and you applaud. I won't deny that it is novel, but can it ever be moral? Read more → The post The French Charity Law appeared first on the paradise paradox.

The Episode: To download the audio, right click and press “save as”. Remember to subscribe on iTunes or subscribe on Pocket Casts. If you enjoyed the episode, don’t keep it a secret! Feel free to share it on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, or on the ceiling of your basement dungeon. The Cash: We really appreciate all of your contributions! Every… Read more → The post Episode 37 – A Moral Compass appeared first on the paradise paradox.

The Episode: To download the audio, right click and press “save as”. Remember to subscribe on iTunes or subscribe on Pocket Casts. If you enjoyed the episode, don’t keep it a secret! Feel free to share it on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, or your office bathroom wall. The Cash: We really appreciate all of your contributions! Every cent and satoshi… Read more → The post Episode 36 – Sharing is Caring: Sharing Economies appeared first on the paradise paradox.

The Episode: To download the audio, right click and press “save as”. Remember to subscribe on iTunes or subscribe on Pocket Casts. If you enjoyed the episode, don’t keep it a secret! Feel free to share it on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, or your office bathroom wall. The Cash: We really appreciate all of your contributions! Every cent and satoshi… Read more → The post Episode 35 – New Fuel, New Life appeared first on the paradise paradox.

The Episode: To download the audio, right click and press “save as”. Remember to subscribe on iTunes or subscribe on Pocket Casts. If you enjoyed the episode, don’t keep it a secret! Feel free to share it on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, or your office bathroom wall. The Cash: We really appreciate all of your contributions! Every cent and satoshi… Read more → The post Episode 34 – We the Media: We’re All Journalists Now appeared first on the paradise paradox.

The Episode: To download the audio, right click and press “save as”. Remember to subscribe on iTunes or subscribe on Pocket Casts. If you enjoyed the episode, don’t keep it a secret! Feel free to share it on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, or your office bathroom wall. The Cash: We really appreciate all of your contributions! Every cent and satoshi… Read more → The post Episode 33 – UFOs: Project Blue Book appeared first on the paradise paradox.

The Episode: To download the audio, right click and press “save as”. Remember to subscribe on iTunes or subscribe on Pocket Casts. If you enjoyed the episode, don’t keep it a secret! Feel free to share it on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, or your office bathroom wall. The Cash: We really appreciate all of your contributions! Every cent and satoshi… Read more → The post Episode 32 – MKULTRA & Mass Mind Control appeared first on the paradise paradox.

The Episode: To download the audio, right click and press “save as”. Remember to subscribe on iTunes or subscribe on Pocket Casts. If you enjoyed the episode, don’t keep it a secret! Feel free to share it on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, or your office bathroom wall. The Cash: We really appreciate all of your contributions! Every cent and satoshi… Read more → The post Episode 31 – Streets are Burning: Jalisco & Baltimore appeared first on the paradise paradox.

Audio for “The War on Drugs is a War on People”. The other day I criticised someone for repeating some hearsay from the media, for furthering the agenda of perpetuating the War on Drugs. She asked me why she shouldn’t want to perpetuate the War on Drugs, especially when it is an awful drug like ice – that is, methamphetamine.… Read more → The post The War on Drugs is a War on People appeared first on the paradise paradox.

I (Kurt) have been interested in wacky conspiracy theories for years, more so after I read Robert Anton Wilson and Robert O’Shea’s book “The Illuminatus! Trilogy”, in which they compiled all the wacky conspiracy theories they received in the letter department while working at Playboy, and turned them into a brilliant work of fiction. In more recent years, “Illuminati” has… Read more → The post Episode 30 – Illuminatus! How does the Illuminati affect our lives? appeared first on the paradise paradox.