11.0 Vonu through Privacy || Shane Radliff
Channel: Wasabi Wallet
Date: 2021-04-25

Shand Radliff explores the idea of Vonu, voluntary and not vulnerable, a liberation strategy to reduce the interaction with coercive thiefs. This was first articulated by a pseudonym known as Rayo, who lived as a van nomad, and later as a wilder man in nature. Privacy and encryption are a key tool for Vonuans to protect their liberty in the here and now.

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00:00 Introduction to Vonu (Voluntary Not Vulnerable).

03:38 Shane introduces himself and Vonu. / Does doubling scale on 22 acres? / P.A.Z.NIA.

05:08 What kickstarted you down this journey? What motivates you? / Liberty Attack radio. / Bill Cooper. / Libertarianism. / Direct Action Series (2016) / 2nd Realm.

09:28 Liberty Under Attack Radio. / Why did you decide to speak up and share the knowledge you were learning.

11:30 What was your view of freedom at the time?

12:22 What was the format of your radio show?

13:03 Why are guest interviews an ideal format?

14:46 Networking by talking to people. / Freedom Festival. / Agorist Nexus.

17:15 What led you away from radio? / Move to Austin, Texas.

21:52 What are the upsides/downsides of the nomadic lifestyle? / No network of online jobs.

24:44 Nomadism, working in cyberspace, digital income, and financial independence. / Vulnerability to coercion. / Relying on one source of income is unwise. / Darklands, a privacy-focused job-board.

27:15 Expenses: What are the comparative financial costs of a nomadic lifestyle.

29:36 The need to import things from the 1st Realm. / Need to trade with others.

32:52 Secure citadels (secure temporal autonomous zones) and a private way of travelling between them. / Legal interstices with the state. / Proxy Merchant strategy.

34:49 What is the mean time to harassment? / Gauging the efficacy of a strategy?

36:35 Getting a success metric of the Vonu lifestyle. / Individual efficacy with skills. / Activity. / Proficiency.

38:57 Scale of activity. / Threat models.

39:40 How would you define privacy? / Selectively revealing yourself to the world.

41:03 How does privacy apply to Vonu security? / Import-Export strategy. / Observe-Orient-Decide-Act (OODA) Loop.

43:19 Strategies for selective revelation. / "Blending In: The Art of The Grey Man". / "Just Below the Surface: A guide to security culture." / Good vetting.

47:27 Managing the conflict of working with anonymous individuals while still vetting reputation. / 5 Years of Freedom Festival. / Autonomous Zones.

49:20 Scaling and the cost of vetting people to work with.

51:39 How can advanced cryptography and incentive structures be used for Vonu coordination?

53:30 Financial skin-in-the-game. / Shared Bitcoin accounts. / P.A.Z.Nia General Bitcoin Fund.

56:08 "#Agora" / Decrease of uncertainty. / Reducing level of harassment. / Agorist defence fund. / Josiah Warren.

58:09 Encrypted communications in the Vonu strategy.

01:00:18 Why is stashing important for nomads? / How do you set up stashes/caches? / "The Big Book of Secret Hiding Places"

01:05:57 Ethical emphasis of Vonu. / Voluntarism. / A free and peaceful life.

01:08:39 What are you actually selling?

01:10:32 When are silver and gold coins going to be issued?

01:12:20 Conclusion.