Moving the Blog to Substack
From now on all writings and blog posts will be posted on https://tobiasbruns.substack.com/. All major releases will still get published and updated on this website. If you want to subscribe…
Keep readingBecome fulfilled by Yourself – Don’t Rely on Others to Fulfill You
As you try to find comfort and love in everyone BUT yourself, your relationship become unstable, but loving yourself is probably the harder thing to do for most people. We…
Keep readingHaircut from the Past
Why aren’t hair saloons charging by time and hair length instead of gender?
Keep readingYour Life Experience shapes your Art, which becomes your Language
The more you paint, the more you write, the more you express yourself in any kind of form, the more your language expresses itself and opens up. It is healing…
Keep readingIs Today’s Life the Life of your Future?
What do you spend most of your time on each day? What is it that you are not enjoying? What is it that you would change?
Keep readingLegal Liability for Bad Code and Insecure Data Storage
Legal liability for the software sold and private information stored has to be a cornerstone in the digital age, promoting secure software and secure storage of personal information for the…
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Meta Learning while playing: Mini Motorways
As an extremely minimalistic simulation, Mini Motorways gives you a basic understanding and appreciation for city planning, and lets you learn important skills that are valuable far beyond the realm…
Keep readingHow Bitcoin’s growing Energy Consumption is good for the Planet
Bitcoin mining uses a lot of energy, but its consumption is rarely put into context. Bitcoin mining is not primarily about processing payments, but securing a decentralized network, allowing uncensorable…
Keep readingWhy Elon Musk and Tesla turned on Bitcoin
What was seen as curiosity and enthusiasm about how Bitcoin is improving the world for billions of people unbanked and living in authoritarian countries, turned out to be a purely…
Keep readingWhy Bitcoin is El Salvador ‘s new National Currency
El Salvador is the first country making Bitcoin its national currency, which has broad implications for the entire region of South America and beyond.
Keep reading20 More Policy Proposals
Make Profit Margin’s Accessible to Consumers – Free Birth Control/Condoms/Feminine Hygiene Products – End the Drug War and legalize Psychedelics – Cheap Government-Produced Generics for drugs after patent expiration -…
Keep readingAdjust Fines and Penalties to Income Level and Net-Worth
Fines exist to disincentivize harmful behavior and minimize overall harm done to our societies. Fines have been around for as long as humans have socialized, but nobody anticipated that a…
Keep readingEstablish a Term Limit for Government Positions
Each generation has new ideas and issues approaching them in their future, therefore each generation requires fresh minds that can bring society forwards in way that have not been perceived…
Keep readingCitizens’ Choice in Tax Allocation
The easiest way to directly affect change is by voting with our wallet; when we buy something at a store or when we decide not to. It is the most…
Keep readingHigher Taxation on Extreme Income and Extreme Wealth
With people making millions or billions in income each year, more than the income of most people working their entire life and more than they could ever consciously spend, a…
Keep readingEliminate Tax Loopholes and Off-Shore Safe Havens
For many decades multinational corporations and wealthy individuals have been using international taxation systems to their advantage to lower their taxes to near 0%. Subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Ireland, and…
Keep readingTotal Income Transparency for all Politicians
As elected politicians are representing their country’s citizens and are employed by them, it is crucial that any income that could interfere with their political orientation has to be made…
Keep readingFishing Net Tracking to reduce Ocean Pollution
Discarded fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) and fishing equipment are a substantial contributor in polluting the oceans. Some studies and reports suggest that they are the biggest contributor…
Keep readingAll Religions are the same and none of them are inherently violent
In the broad context, religions made humanity more civilized and peaceful, although it is sometimes hard to imagine this at our current day in age.
Keep readingLife as a Videogame
While on the topic of videogames, it is also incredibly useful to think of your life as a videogame. It’s a nice exercise with which you can evaluate your life…
Keep readingMeta Learning from Videogames
These skills are something you don’t notice developing until you become aware of them in your daily life. The skills you develop in-game are something your brain understands on a…
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The Internet of Money
On the internet, we want to pay instantly, cross currencies, to the other side of the planet. Something today’s systems are not built for. But Bitcoin brings innovation to disrupt…
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Bentinho Massaro’s “Relationship Fallacy” Fallacy
In his recent podcast, Bentinho Massaro argues that relationships, as we know them, may contradict the love, mutual respect, and generosity by which they’re inspired. His “Relationship Fallacy” does not…
Keep readingA Worldwide Social Credit System
A social credit system is a digital extension of our culture and law. But it should not be used as an excuse for governments to collect more data about citizens…
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Before Basic Income
Not having to worry about financial issues is a huge step towards a happy and fulfilling life, yet the requirements for basic income are too huge to be implemented within…
Keep readingRenewables and Electric Cars are not Sustainable
Sustainability has way more facets to it than many realize; buying an electric car is not sustainable and neither are solar cells or wind turbines. To understand sustainability, we have…
Keep readingSocial Media is improving the Online Landscape
With all the shit social media sites are getting for hate speech and fake news on their sites, you have to give them credit where credit is due.
Keep readingThe Vaccine; the Holy Grail
The Vaccine as the Holy Grail; for politicians all across the world, who, despite the publicly available information and strategies on how to deal with a pandemic, decided to implements…
Keep readingWearing a Mask is a Litmus Test for Collective Responsibility
Wearing a mask in public is an easy and convenient task. Stopping people from getting infected or spreading the virus and helping people at high risk is morally the right…
Keep readingA Life on Our Planet
The most challenging point that is not being mentioned too often is that we have to reach net-zero emissions by 2100 to stabilize the climate. We have to go net-negative…
Keep readingThe Human Life Cycle
We are interconnected with nature, earth, and the universe; everything we consume influences us. The food we eat becomes us. Ideas and experiences shape our minds and personality. The habits…
Keep readingThe Empires Crumble
The United States, The United Kingdom, Europe. They have become synonyms for opportunity, freedom, growth, and wealth. People see in them the future and try to replicate them or live…
Keep readingSocial media won’t steal your attention if you don’t let it
A system in which your attention and behavioral changes are the product, and a broken advertisement model promoting eco-chambers and radicalization. Social media has a lot of issues to overcome,…
Keep readingVZ Goliath [Book Release]
VZ Goliath: a 160-page dystopian, cyberpunk, Sci-Fi novel. Now available on Amazon and my website.
Keep readingGiving up Friendships
Although we know and feel how relationships have a positive effect on us, learning how to pick the right ones and develop them is only taught on a very basic…
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Open Perspectives
Content: Introduction, Realizations of the US Protests, Corona Policies, Fake News, The Culture War
Keep readingLizards on Mars [Short Story]
The lizard society has been controlling humanity for centuries, but after the inevitable happens, the lizards have to emerge as the dominant species to ensure the survival of every life…
Keep readingNo Country for Old People [Short Story]
In a society where the old and replacable get euthanized, an old man has to find and understand his inner self to find his peace. [Short Story, 17 pages, 5274…
Keep readingUnfiltered Mask [Short Story]
Humanity has destroyed its planet and become infertile. Living in unhygienic complexes under an authoritarian government, a pandemic would bring an end to the doomed civilization. [Short Story, 35 pages,…
Keep readingStory of an Artist [Short Story]
A boy and his passion, separated but united in the end. [Short Story, 10 pages, 3661 words]
Keep readingEnd of an Era [Short Story]
As the last of her kind, a young woman is searching for meaning in the vastness of space. [Short Story, 6 pages, 1495 Words]
Keep readingOperation Mole [Short Story]
A veteran has to make the first move in escaping his own government. [Short Story, 6 pages, 1672 Words]
Keep readingBroken Feathers [Short Story]
In mystical search for my old friend, I’ve found way more than just him. [Short Story, 7 pages, 1941 Words]
Keep readingHeartburn [Short Story]
An old man is unable to adapt to the changing world around him and takes the easy way out. [Short Story, 9 pages, 2579 Words]
Keep readingRed Bloom [Short Story]
A pregnant woman is reflecting on her decision to give birth. [Short Story, 5 pages, 1141 Words]
Keep readingBlack Sun [Short Story]
On a lava planet in the outer systems, a father has to choose the priorities in his life. [Short Story, 7 pages, 2234 Words]
Keep readingThe Blessing [Short Story]
A boy on summer holidays makes friends with beings living in the darkness. [Short Story, 15 pages, 4313 Words]
Keep readingFallen Memories [Short Story]
An Android gains consciousness and tries to find its place in the universe. [Short Story, 28 pages, 8535 Words]
Keep readingA Story of Monks [Short Story]
A monastery high up in the mountains has to face the change coming from the lands below. [Short Story, 8 pages, 2700 words]
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