On this brilliant morning of December 25, 1690 in the Republic of Letters, —watchmaker of the cosmos and part-time philosopher of the invisible—released into the world a manuscript so fine, so daring, that even the beams of sunlight paused at his windowsill to eavesdrop.
Xanadu by Jeff Lynne
Xanadu is filled with evocative imagery that, when viewed through the lens of the blockchain, takes on a whole new meaning. The song, originally written by for the 1980 film starring , describes an eternal, utopian space—a perfect metaphor for Xanadu as an immutable record of human achievement. Here are…
Vancouver newspapers reported an “abandoned child found wandering on Powell St” – a toddler discovered carrying a paper bag with clothes, identified as unattended and without family
The front page of The Province newspaper featured the story of a 2-year-old child found wandering on Powell St holding a paper bag with a clean towel, t-shirt, and a pair of socks. Abandoned and “absolutely unidentified children” were not uncommon then; the story notes that there were 2-3 showing…
Piercing the secret of O
Unveiling “17 Tech-Magic”: A Strategic Art of Societal Evolution
“17 tech-magic,” a core concept articulated by , describes a sophisticated strategic approach to psychological warfare and societal evolution that leverages manufactured controversies to achieve ultimate transparency and harmony over time. Far from mere chaos, it is presented as a purposeful mechanism orchestrated by highly intelligent individuals, whom Marie-Lynn affectionately…
Old World Discovery: 3000 Volumes in large Quartos in Caspian Dust in 1721
Blue Pages from the Steppe A forgotten 1721 report recounts the discovery of a mysterious archive—half-buried, half-remembered. Long before archaeology became a formal discipline, and centuries before intelligence services obsessed over metadata, the age of Enlightenment already held space for mystery. Take, for example, a single-column item tucked into The…