The Wealth of Nations. Five Stories of Economic Success. Lecture 2: Japan
Summary The lecture analyzes the economic evolution of Japan — from the feudal isolation of the Edo period to the post-war "economic miracle" and the subsequent thirty-year crisis. From the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics, the myth of ...
Two Blockchains Are Better Than One
We have good news. The Pacta Civitas site, built on the SAVVA platform, now officially runs on two blockchains — PulseChain and Monad. The SAVVA platform has supported this capability for some time, and now our site has taken advantage of it. This mea...
The Netherlands: A History of Economic Triumph and the Reasons for Losing Leadership
Summary The lecture presents a profound analysis of the phenomenal economic rise of the Netherlands in the 17th century and its subsequent loss of global primacy to Great Britain. It examines the transformation of a "territorially insignificant" country...
The Rise and Fall of Arabic Civilization: A Lesson in Free Will and Fatalism
Can a single philosophical idea prove fatal to an entire civilization? In the 9th century, the Arabic world was the planet’s absolute leader: it invented algebra, built the first hospitals, and funded science at the level of modern space programs. Fiv...
Why are Germans leaving for Montenegro, while Montenegro copies German laws?
On February 19, 2026, two governments on different continents made diametrically opposed decisions regarding the fate of their workers. Argentina is deregulating its labor market after losing 280,000 jobs. Montenegro is strengthening protections, follow...
Buddhism and Other Eastern Religions
Pavel Usanov's lecture offers a profound critical analysis of Buddhism within the "Intellectual History of Humanity" course. It explores not only the history of the teaching's origin and spread but also its complex philosophical structure, political amb...
Let's Talk About Reputation
Imagine: before you stands a person with a flawless profile. Five hundred cryptographically signed reviews. A reliability rating of 98%. Verified by three independent nodes of a web of trust. Are you ready to trust them with your money? Your business? Y...
How SAVVA Works: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
What if a wealthy sponsor is not your competitor, but your secret weapon? You throw $10 into a post fund, a "whale" comes with $1000, takes the win — and the author gets ten times more than you could have given them yourself. This is not a lottery. Th...
Summary of the Lecture "Ayn Rand and Aristotle: Two Pillars of Western Civilization"
The lecture explores the fundamental influence of the philosophical systems of Aristotle and Ayn Rand on the formation and development of Western civilization. The main focus is on the role of reason as man's primary tool for survival and the achievemen...
What to Delegate? The Right to Decide or the Right to Give Expert Assessment?
Every time you vote for someone – in parliament, on a board of directors, or in a DAO – you perform a strange ritual: you voluntarily surrender your freedom to another person and hope they manage it well. But when you buy a car, for some reason, you...
Private Police: Is Security Possible Without the State?
You pay taxes for the police, but do you know that they are legally not obliged to protect you? While your house is being robbed, the police might simply not show up — and you won't be able to punish them for it. Sounds absurd? This has been confirmed...
The School is Dead. Long Live Education!
The state school is an instrument of control, not enlightenment. The system of universal public schooling was not created to develop free individuals. It was designed in 19th-century Prussia as a mechanism for producing uniform and obedient subjects: so...
Mainstream and Propaganda against Libertarianism. With Pavel Usanov.
This interview discusses a wide range of issues related to libertarianism, its place in the modern world, propaganda against the ideas of freedom, and the state of the academic environment. The conversation reveals the reasons for the hostility of offic...
Is It Possible to Earn in a Patronage-Based System? Understanding the SAVVA Economy
At first glance, the idea of earning money in a system built on voluntary donations seems paradoxical. Patronage is about selfless support, not profit-making. If creators only receive spontaneous donations and patrons only spend, then who is actually ea...
Preliminary results of the “moral bioenhancement” debate
There’s a strange illusion: that the most dangerous ideas die from ridicule. As if it’s enough to call something a “dystopia” and the debate is over. In practice, what gets shut down is not the debate, but the community’s ability to distinguis...
How a Princess's Advice Created a Wine Power: Economics Lessons from the King of Montenegro
They say that behind every great man is a great woman. In the history of Montenegro, there is a legend that gives this phrase a literal economic meaning. It is said that one day, Princess Milena, the wise and perceptive wife of ruler Nikola I, asked him...
A Brief History of Anarcho-Capitalism
Summary The lecture provides a comparative analysis of the two main currents of anarchism: anarcho-socialism and anarcho-capitalism. It examines their intellectual origins, fundamental principles, and practical conclusions. The central idea is to demons...
Intellectual Property is an Artful Deception
Intellectual property is not a right, but a violent state-enforced monopoly that hinders progress. Let's call a spade a spade. What is commonly considered "protection of creativity" is, in fact, a tool of suppression, a legalized theft of your right to ...
A Little Lithium in Your Coffee to Solve the Problem of Violence! Seriously?
Imagine a world without wars, street fights, and domestic violence. A world where the darkest corners of the human soul are illuminated by the light of reason and harmony. I think everyone would want to be in such a world. Now, imagine that the path to ...
The Peacock's Tail: How to Find the Most Valuable Content
Have you ever felt like you were drowning? Not in water, but in information. You open your phone, and an avalanche hits you: cats, sensations, "shocking" news, angry comments, life hacks, ads, more cats... You scroll, you click, you skim, and an hour la...