Brett Scott
@brettscott.bsky.social
I experiment with altered states of monetary consciousness https://www.asomo.co
Any academic discipline that treats power as if it doesn't exist, exists to protect the powerful
Ahem…
Ahem…
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Any academic discipline that treats power as if it doesn't exist, exists to protect the powerful
Ahem…
Ahem…
They say billionaires create jobs. I say jobs create billionaires
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
They say billionaires create jobs. I say jobs create billionaires
Screw cashless. Pay bankless www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1q5...
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Screw cashless. Pay bankless www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1q5...
Sometimes I like to visualize things to make them seem less alien, because when things seem less alien, your ability to act increases
Rather than the financial sector appearing as an obscure and complex realm of shadows, it becomes a space you can mess with www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
Rather than the financial sector appearing as an obscure and complex realm of shadows, it becomes a space you can mess with www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
October 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Sometimes I like to visualize things to make them seem less alien, because when things seem less alien, your ability to act increases
Rather than the financial sector appearing as an obscure and complex realm of shadows, it becomes a space you can mess with www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
Rather than the financial sector appearing as an obscure and complex realm of shadows, it becomes a space you can mess with www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
I visualized the ten layers of finance, from sunlight and soil to sliced synthetic CDOs
www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I visualized the ten layers of finance, from sunlight and soil to sliced synthetic CDOs
www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
For a long time I’ve referred to the ‘defence industry’ as the war industry and got mocked for doing so. Finally our global emperor has validated my long-held belief
September 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
For a long time I’ve referred to the ‘defence industry’ as the war industry and got mocked for doing so. Finally our global emperor has validated my long-held belief
Yes, if my net worth was increasing by $10 million an hour by owning companies that steal people's data to build machines that will steal their jobs, I too would redirect some of that to hire bodyguards
August 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Yes, if my net worth was increasing by $10 million an hour by owning companies that steal people's data to build machines that will steal their jobs, I too would redirect some of that to hire bodyguards
Why your inner libertarian dreams of digital gold
www.asomo.co/p/the-archip...
www.asomo.co/p/the-archip...
March 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Why your inner libertarian dreams of digital gold
www.asomo.co/p/the-archip...
www.asomo.co/p/the-archip...
We already live in a VR world Mark. Your platforms played a pivotal role in building it
February 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We already live in a VR world Mark. Your platforms played a pivotal role in building it
Berliners be warned: the representatives of automated cashless corporate surveillance capitalism are establishing outposts around the city. They took over London. Don't let them take over here
January 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Berliners be warned: the representatives of automated cashless corporate surveillance capitalism are establishing outposts around the city. They took over London. Don't let them take over here
The early phases of how a bubble forms
December 16, 2024 at 2:02 PM
The early phases of how a bubble forms
I stepped out of the crypto debate for about two years, but with the new alliance of TrumpMusk and the crypto industry, it's time to step back in. Feels kinda good actually www.asomo.co/p/the-art-of...
December 12, 2024 at 11:57 AM
I stepped out of the crypto debate for about two years, but with the new alliance of TrumpMusk and the crypto industry, it's time to step back in. Feels kinda good actually www.asomo.co/p/the-art-of...
Y'all know the cage-fight between Bitcoin and the Dollar was staged all along, right? www.asomo.co/p/the-art-of...
December 11, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Y'all know the cage-fight between Bitcoin and the Dollar was staged all along, right? www.asomo.co/p/the-art-of...
Beekeepers pass law to teach young bees about the dangers of swarming
December 7, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Beekeepers pass law to teach young bees about the dangers of swarming
I constantly hear that we are living in a 'rapidly changing world'. When I look around me, though, I just see a capitalist system cycling through the same old 'reinvent everything' routine that it's been stuck in for over 300 years...
November 18, 2024 at 1:09 PM
I constantly hear that we are living in a 'rapidly changing world'. When I look around me, though, I just see a capitalist system cycling through the same old 'reinvent everything' routine that it's been stuck in for over 300 years...
The Great Man Theory of Wealth assumes that extreme riches are the result of inspired work that the person undertakes.
But that's bullshit. I present to you the Stone Soup Theory of Billionaires www.asomo.co/p/the-stone-...
But that's bullshit. I present to you the Stone Soup Theory of Billionaires www.asomo.co/p/the-stone-...
November 14, 2024 at 1:01 PM
The Great Man Theory of Wealth assumes that extreme riches are the result of inspired work that the person undertakes.
But that's bullshit. I present to you the Stone Soup Theory of Billionaires www.asomo.co/p/the-stone-...
But that's bullshit. I present to you the Stone Soup Theory of Billionaires www.asomo.co/p/the-stone-...
We need to consider whether AI hype, Cyber Monday and any other supposedly ‘bottom-up’ upwelling might in fact just be pieces of cultural malware downloaded into our mind from the curators of a holographic mock-up of a global village www.asomo.co/p/there-is-n...
September 24, 2024 at 11:47 AM
We need to consider whether AI hype, Cyber Monday and any other supposedly ‘bottom-up’ upwelling might in fact just be pieces of cultural malware downloaded into our mind from the curators of a holographic mock-up of a global village www.asomo.co/p/there-is-n...
Economic Numbness: Why our system is an elephant we can't see, or feel www.asomo.co/p/intro-to-e...
April 18, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Economic Numbness: Why our system is an elephant we can't see, or feel www.asomo.co/p/intro-to-e...
Going cashless = going corporate
February 20, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Going cashless = going corporate
I wrote something for every Londoner who feels their city is being taken over by surveillance capitalism
The War on Informality brettscott.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
The War on Informality brettscott.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
December 19, 2023 at 4:09 PM
I wrote something for every Londoner who feels their city is being taken over by surveillance capitalism
The War on Informality brettscott.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
The War on Informality brettscott.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
Where gentrification goes, 'cashlessness' follows
December 12, 2023 at 9:47 AM
Where gentrification goes, 'cashlessness' follows
I produced an epic piece on designing the moneyverse to help any aspiring money-hackers. Enjoy! brettscott.substack.com/p/designing-...
November 23, 2023 at 3:11 PM
I produced an epic piece on designing the moneyverse to help any aspiring money-hackers. Enjoy! brettscott.substack.com/p/designing-...
Russian translation of Cloudmoney now out! Ура!
October 24, 2023 at 11:28 AM
Russian translation of Cloudmoney now out! Ура!
Sometimes I really love the Financial Times
October 9, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Sometimes I really love the Financial Times
I did a poll on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Yeesh
September 29, 2023 at 11:57 AM
I did a poll on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Yeesh