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If Trump’s Information Can Be Sold, Why Can’t the Teleprompter Operator Make Money? — On the Truth API and the White House “Insider Betting” Investigation

Culture & Public Commentary2026.07.20
If Trump’s Information Can Be Sold, Why Can’t the Teleprompter Operator Make Money? — On the Truth API and the White House “Insider Betting” Investigation
Behind the Truth API and the White House “insider betting” investigation: what is the real problem, after all — profiting from information, or who monopolizes information and power? Introduction On July 16, two pieces of news that seemed to contradict each other appeared at the same time. Trump Media & Technology Group announced the launch of Truth API, selling financial institutions a low-latency data interface for major Truth Social accounts. The company said the service could deliver machine-readable data to institutional clients at millisecond speed, is scheduled to open on August 1, and is being positioned as a new long-term recurring revenue source. Trump’s remarks often move expectations around tariffs,…
politics AI interview market economy power
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Jul 20, 2026
Rebuilding the Threshold—Web3 Is Indeed a Kind of Regression into “Enclosure and Self-Exaltation,” but That May Not Necessarily Be a Bad Thing

Culture & Public Commentary2022.01.30
Rebuilding the Threshold—Web3 Is Indeed a Kind of Regression into “Enclosure and Self-Exaltation,” but That May Not Necessarily Be a Bad Thing
Yesterday, the floor price of the Bored Ape NFT broke through 100 Ether (ETH), and now it is 106.9 (one Ether is currently worth more than 2,500 U.S. dollars), which means a single Bored Ape is worth roughly one to two million yuan. “Floor price” refers to the cheapest ape you can buy right now if you rush in and make the purchase immediately. Because every ape looks different, and the rarity of their various attributes also differs, many people choose to buy at a higher price point; for example, Justin Bieber today spent 500 ETH to buy one. The full name of Bored Ape is “Bored Ape Yacht Club”…
culture Web3 blockchain decentralization
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Jan 30, 2022
From BTC to NFT: From Wealth to Power

Culture & Public Commentary2022.01.04
From BTC to NFT: From Wealth to Power
In recent years I haven’t really kept up with the new things in the crypto world, because researching them takes a lot of time and energy, and it also affects one’s state of mind quite a bit—because if you’re not careful, you start feeling like you’ve “lost a hundred million yuan.” So it’s better, really, to let what you can’t see be “quiet” to the eyes. But the NFT craze and the so-called “metaverse” are major developments that spilled beyond the crypto bubble; even if I’m no longer paying attention to the crypto world, I can’t help but pay attention to them, so here I am writing again. (A few…
culture Web3 Bitcoin blockchain
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Jan 4, 2022
In an increasingly impossible-to-take-seriously world, an earnest run-in with JD.com customer service

Life & Notes2021.09.16
In an increasingly impossible-to-take-seriously world, an earnest run-in with JD.com customer service
My most recent after-sales experience on JD was extremely poor. In fact, the matter was very simple: I returned the item, but they still shipped it; when it came time to refund me, they also wanted me to bear the shipping fee. After I filed a transaction dispute, JD did nothing, and the merchant impersonated JD customer service and called to say that a refund was possible. Right up until the end, JD still refused to give me a simple ruling, and instead defined my behavior as “refusal without reason.” To be a bit more detailed: I bought something, and when the expected delivery time had passed I saw that…
philosophy everyday life modernity responsibility
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Sep 16, 2021
On Sexual Harassment

Culture & Public Commentary2018.08.01
On Sexual Harassment
Me too Movement Recently the Me too movement has swept into China, and that is an encouraging thing; I only hope it won’t die young. As for Me too, I mentioned it in passing on Weibo, but Weibo’s limitations make it hard to fully articulate a point of view. I hope my remarks will not be too hastily interpreted as a rejection of Me too. In fact, of course I welcome Me too with both hands; even though I have raised the need to be wary of a Chinese-style slippery slope, in fact, even if it really did develop into some kind of “overdone” state, that would still be better…
culture freedom commentary pluralism
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Aug 1, 2018
Technology and Exploiting Loopholes—On Alibaba’s “Mooncake Snatching Incident”

AI & the Future of Technology2016.09.17
Technology and Exploiting Loopholes—On Alibaba’s “Mooncake Snatching Incident”
Alibaba’s decision to fire five employees over the “snatching mooncakes” incident has sparked a great deal of discussion, so I’ll offer a few remarks of my own. First, I think Alibaba’s handling of this affair is utterly baffling. What the programmers did was write a script to replace manual clicking; they accidentally clicked too many times, and then, before any order was actually completed—meaning no actual loss had been caused—they proactively reported the matter, only to be swiftly fired within a few hours. Of course, many people also stood on Alibaba’s side and thought the firing was well deserved. But they were often mistaken about the basic facts. The most…
technology commentary innovation trust
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Sep 17, 2016
The Paradox of Fairness—On Halting Ticket-Grabber Plugins

Culture & Public Commentary2013.01.19
The Paradox of Fairness—On Halting Ticket-Grabber Plugins
I had just seen in the afternoon that the Ministry of Railways said they would not, and in fact had no authority to, prohibit browser ticket-grabbing plugins, and I felt somewhat relieved. I never expected them to go find the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to ban them instead. I can only sigh. The reason for banning ticket-grabbing plugins sounds very high-minded: the plugins are indeed effective, but they are unfair to other passengers. Is that so? Indeed it is. A ticket is released and within a few dozen seconds it has been snatched up by ticket-grabbing software—what are the other passengers supposed to do? But the key issue…
culture China freedom commentary
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Jan 19, 2013
Brazenly Shameless

Life & Notes2012.05.04
Brazenly Shameless
That’s right, they’ve come again to meddle in our internal affairs and put on a political performance. But how exactly is a person able to do that? If we hadn’t imposed so much “internal affairs” on a mere private citizen, how could he interfere? If we weren’t trying to ban him and block him, how could he possibly stage a show? And what exactly do you want him to apologize for? “Sorry, I punctured your fig leaf”?
everyday life politics sociology power
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May 4, 2012
What Is Democracy? Livelihood? Equality? Democracy Is Article 35 of the Constitution

Culture & Public Commentary2011.03.02
What Is Democracy? Livelihood? Equality? Democracy Is Article 35 of the Constitution
This article had been planned before winter vacation, but in a moment of inattention it has dragged on until now. Let me finish a section first: I previously posted a status update, and although it seemed to get stuck on follow5 for quite a while, it finally synced successfully: “In my view, democracy is neither universal suffrage nor some kind of equality. Democracy is Article 35 of the Constitution. Freedom of speech and freedom of association. That is the core of democracy. Electoral systems and distributive systems are separate issues. Democracy is a matter of power, not of rights.” There were a few replies on the school intranet, but…
culture freedom democracy trust
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Mar 2, 2011
Langdon Winner: Do Artifacts Have Politics? — Translated by Gu Chi

AI & the Future of Technology2009.06.25
Langdon Winner: Do Artifacts Have Politics? — Translated by Gu Chi
This article’s existing Chinese translation appears in Wu Laoshi’s edited *Lectures on Philosophy of Technology*, translated by Liu Guoqi. That version is basically accurate and readable, though it still has many small problems. When I translated it, I mainly rendered it myself first and then revised it with reference to that translation. Although I did consult the existing Chinese version, this is after all my first complete translated work. Now that this course’s grades have come out, I might as well post the assignment here for the archive. The electronic edition of the English original can be found at: http://sts.nthu.edu.tw/tsts/trans/articles/ Do artifacts have politics? Langdon Winner Translated by Gu E…
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