Ben runs a computer repair shop in the North Carolina mountains and is building The Private Citizen Project: how to set up a life no single company, app or ID can lock you out of.https://privatecitizenproject.com/https://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/cancer-parasites-and-the-evidence/https://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/cancer-parasites-and-the-evidence/What the evidence says about parasites, cancer metabolism and popular alternative cancer treatment claims.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/hr-666-the-bill-that-tried-to-weaken-the-fourth-amendment/https://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/hr-666-the-bill-that-tried-to-weaken-the-fourth-amendment/In 1995 the House voted to let more illegally obtained evidence into court, then exempted two federal agencies. It died in the Senate, but the idea didn't.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/privacy-is-just-a-setting/https://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/privacy-is-just-a-setting/Within weeks, Google and Apple both changed how they treat your photos. Here's exactly what changed, what didn't, and the better way to store them.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/six-things-i-think-are-coming/https://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/six-things-i-think-are-coming/My predictions for the next ten years, how sure I am, the sign to watch for each one and what to do first.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/the-pineal-gland-what-is-known-and-what-i-believe/https://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/the-pineal-gland-what-is-known-and-what-i-believe/A tiny gland, a very old idea, and the practice I keep around it. Facts first, then my beliefs.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/the-slow-wobble-precession-of-the-equinoxes/https://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/the-slow-wobble-precession-of-the-equinoxes/Earth wobbles on its axis over about 26,000 years. Here's the real astronomy, and the old spiritual idea built on top of it.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/why-im-starting-the-private-citizen-project/https://privatecitizenproject.com/writing/why-im-starting-the-private-citizen-project/I can feel the direction things are heading, and I'd rather get ready than argue about it.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT