Carter began Unsafe Space as a podcast in March 2016 after witnessing mainstream Silicon Valley culture succumb to the necrosis of “progressive” authoritarianism in a manner reminiscent of Herbert Marcuse’s “Repressive Tolerance.” Prior to Unsafe Space, Carter built and ran business accelerators for early stage startups in Silicon Valley and around the world. As an angel investor, advisor, and board member, he has had the opportunity to help hundreds of founders. He began his career in the mid 1990s as a cryptographic engineer in the defense industry, where he held a TS/SCI clearance. Soon thereafter, his disillusionment with the deep state led him into the private sector, where he found success in the startup world building smart card-based conditional access systems and anti-piracy technology. His love of entrepreneurship since led him into a variety of industries, including music technology, sex toys, and cannabis. Some have called it a midlife crisis, but probably just because they’re jealous.
Although his career interests have been multifarious, Carter has been an advocate for the Enlightenment ideas of reason and individualism for over twenty years—well before it became “cool.” It’s cool now, right? He first began writing for and editing Capitalism Magazine in 2001 and occasionally still writes, although his primary focus is now Unsafe Space. Carter was also an active supporter of the Ayn Rand Institute for many years and remains grateful to her for her contributions to philosophy in general, and epistemology and ethics in particular. He currently lives in the Bay Area with his very patient wife and two spirited daughters. Yes, he knows he needs to leave California and give America a try. He’s working on it.
November 29, 2023 Javier Milei won the November 2023 election in Argentina and will become the world’s first Libertarian Party president on December 10. An Austrian School economist, university professor, Chief Economist of several private companies, economics book author, and singer in a Rolling Stones cover band now turnedContinue Reading
November 22, 2023 Host Keith and guest Dennis Pratt of the Free State Project discuss what is emerging today in New Hampshire. An ever increasing number of active, passionate, and tough libertarians are gathering together in one small state. They heartily agree on the Non-aggression Principle, but often disagree onContinue Reading
November 8, 2023 Libertarian Dennis Pratt joins Keith for a discussion on the Israeli Government v. Hamas, Palestinians vs Zionists, and Washington DC’s interventions in the Middle East. Is the IDF bombing campaign a war or a canned hunt? Is it genocide or justified necessity? Can the Palestine problemContinue Reading
August 2, 2023 Keith debates Elliot “Alu” Axelman on the question “Does the U.S. Constitution Suck for Liberty?” in an Oxford-style debate, recorded live at the Free State Project’s Porcupine Freedom Festival (PorcFest) in June 2023. Alu takes the affirmative, Keith takes the negative, with an audience Oxford voteContinue Reading
July 26, 2023 Keith reviews ongoing secession movements today in a talk at the Free State Project’s Procupine Freedom Festival (PorcFest), with a brief intro defining what secession is, what it is not, and some historical secessions. NHExit, Texit, FLexit, Calexit, Greater Idaho, Capexit, and more! This live talkContinue Reading
May 3, 2023 Are you curious about what YouTube does NOT want you to hear? Rebel Civics episode #50, “A Kennedy Runs For President”, was pulled by YouTube for “community guidelines violations” for “medical misinformation” after only a hundred YouTube views. Apparently Kennedy is already being squashed as aContinue Reading
Apologies for the delay in getting this audio posted; Carter relied on California’s PG&E utility company to competently supply stable electricity during a rainstorm. His trust was misplaced.Continue Reading
