Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Who are you?

Source: Freedom and Flourishing
by Winton Bates

“My main qualification for talking about personal identity is that I have been around for long enough to have thought quite a lot about my own identity. I hope that what I have to say will interest other people. In any case, writing this podcast script should also help me to remember what I have learned about myself. Rather than meander through the circuitous history of my thinking, I will focus here on what I now consider to be a sensible approach to the topic. I will begin by discussing the most superficial aspects of personal identity and will end up considering whether your identity would be retained if your consciousness was uploaded into a machine.” (03/26/26)

https://www.freedomandflourishing.com/2026/03/who-are-you.html

Thomas L. Knapp

FIREHOSE FRIDAY Note

Hey, everyone …

It’s a FIREHOSE FRIDAY at the freedom movement’s daily newspaper — we’ve got at least 125 news stories, opinion pieces, and audio/video links for you today at our web edition (maybe more by the time you read this).

Why? Three reasons:

First, to remind our email digest subscribers of a change, effective a month or so ago, that you might have missed: EVERY day is now a “drink from the firehose” day, with extra content above and beyond the 60-70 items in the email edition. We usually have AT LEAST 15-20 extra links for you, sometimes more. So after you’ve looked at the digest, come on over for a visit at the web if you want more!

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Tom Knapp
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Thomas L. Knapp

Russia: Moscow’s mobile internet restored as Saint Petersburg goes offline

Source: France 24 [French state media]

“Restrictions that had left Moscow residents without mobile internet for three weeks – with the Kremlin citing ‘security’ – were lifted on Wednesday while St Petersburg endured a third consecutive day of outages. Some fear an attempt to isolate Russians from information from the outside world amid a parallel government effort to ramp up digital surveillance.” (03/26/26)

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260326-moscow-mobile-internet-restored-as-saint-petersburg-goes-offline

Thomas L. Knapp

What Gives Something Value?

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Zachary A Collier

“It’s spring, which is bad news if you have pollen allergies, but is good news if you are planning to buy or sell a home: this is typically the busiest season for home sales. If you are buying a home or selling a home, the concept of value is one that is very important to keep in mind. Why is one buyer willing to offer more than another for the same house? Or why would a seller be willing to lower the price of their home? Everyone places different values on goods, and the same person can even place different values on the same good under different circumstances. But what gives something value, and why does it matter?” (03/26/26)

https://fee.org/articles/what-gives-something-value/

Thomas L. Knapp