The Parallels Between Bitcoin’s Principles And “How To Be Idle”
A study of how exactly Bitcoin’s principles are represented in the 2004 book by Tom Hodgkinson.Many Bitcoiners have highlighted parallels between some of Bitcoin’s ideals and the book first published in 1997, “The Sovereign Individual.” To take you in an altogether different direction, I’ll draw attention to a relatively unknown and gentler text, which I’ve noticed also contains a number of parallels to the Bitcoin world. This is “How To Be Idle,” written by Tom Hodgkinson, who also edits the Idler magazine.Written in 2004, it predates Bitcoin. But it extols libertarian virtues in the same....
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