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  • I thought we had this, and it's called anonbib?

    https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/

    by firefax
  • Side note: I love literature, but I can not for the life of me understand how anyone can consider non-fiction enjoyable to read. Informative, perhaps interesting, yes, but enjoyable? Heck no. Take me as far away from reality as possible.

    Though, of course, to each their own.

    by my_throwaway23
  • If you don't enjoy learning you may be in a minority here.
    by contingencies
  • You have to make your own stories as you go along. Plug that fresh knowledge into hypothetical scenarios from stuff you've learned before.
    by speed_spread
  • If you can read French, I recommend Saint-Simon as the quintessential counter-example. In English, I found "Why I Write" by Orwell very entertaining.
    by lkm0
  • You have to read better non-fiction then. Take history for example. Certain real events are more fascinating than any fictional story, and the right author can take you on an unforgettable journey, unfolding the world as it developed.
    by glitchc
  • Interesting– Conversely, that is exactly how I feel about reading fiction.

    To me, how can you possibly enjoy reading something some other person simply ... made up? Like an elaborate lie?

    Contrarily, non-fiction tells it how it happened within the very reality I myself live in, subject to the same laws of nature and real psychology, and therefore, and only therefore, able to teach me something about real life on this earth.

    by chimpanzee2
  • It might be helpful to rotate the books on the frontpage so that that you can read them by binding without tilting your head.
    by rhgraysonii
  • Lots of "digital cash" books there. I have to say that Bitcoin and Ethereum have not lived up to their cypherpunk ethos.
    by zeafoamrun
  • Because they are by design aren't. Meanwhile monero has been exactly that and much more for more than a decade with by default fungibility, privacy and anonymity.
    by akimbostrawman
  • the hover animation on the books in `/` slows down my Firefox

    Cool project nonetheless! Enjoyed browsing through the options

    by ramon156
  • If a site like this isn’t using your browser to mine bitcoin I’d be incredibly disappointed.
    by sen
  • Nitpicking on style: hover animation on the books could not be capped by the container size and just overflow the content. Great case for page transition. Move the 3d book into the space where it will be located with single view.

    Firefox user here too.

    by esher
  • I've been a bit out of the loop with Austrian Economics (last re-read of Human Action was ~15 years ago). I'm very well read in it and enjoy the aesthetics of the theories and the history of thought books but got very tired of the online flame-wars and the political side in general (both the pro- and anti-Austrians). So Praxeology of Privacy sounds like an interesting read, I'll give it a go this year.
    by kriro
  • This is a very pretty layout and all, but the site itself needs more of a mission statement, to stand for something other than a dozen or two direct sources. Perhaps it can grow (and it should!)

    But, if anyone here is serious about this, and our hacker histories, please see the Cyberpunk Project Library, which features much more articles on all of this and then some: http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/ ("Last updated somewhen on 1998")

    There is another site that was built around the same time (92-2003?), that tracked privacy and other cypher/cyberpunk writings on a much larger scale (and other Extropian) writings, particularly by ~sasha (RIP), but I am unable to find it in my links right now.

    Perhaps its time to rebuild and expand, and the Cypherpunk Library could be the place.

    by drannex
  • Everything on the Internet is public domain, up for grabs

    In the past you could argue about legal stuff but now the LLM training companies have proven that beyond all doubt, it is not only possible but even legal to use any Internet material as you see fit.

    by juleiie
  • I really hope this is sarcasm.
    by sdellis
  • nice work, interesting page

    I don't think you need a pretty landing page and the content of https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/collection

    could directly live under

    https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/

    it's a website with information and I really want to see the collection and information insteda of just a single headline with an animation

    by tangerine67g
  • if it wasnt for needless landing pages where would we ever get a chance to use all the cool animation features browsers have accreted over the last 20 years.
    by totetsu
  • Privacy for the citizens and transparency for the government. Sadly, all democracies are right in the middle of establishing the polar opposite.
    by raffael_de
  • Middle? We are way past the point
    by jesterson
  • The crypto-oriented 4Seas coworking in Chiang Mai set up a very nice exhibit to cypherpunks as laid against the history of cryptography. I took pictures as the exhibit is supposed to have been taken down by now:

    https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/113373898014727437041/pl...

    I have photos of the individual exhibit pieces too if anyone's interested.

    by ricksunny
  • Certainly interested - are they shared anywhere?
    by drannex
  • If anyone is curious, like me, what Cypherpunk means:

    "A cypherpunk is one who advocates the widespread use of strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a means of effecting social and political change."[0]

    [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk

    by phyzix5761
  • Funnily, this small library features works outside of it's domain, including a manifesto from PKK terrorist organization leader..
    by slybot