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.
In case you didn’t notice, “Laura Loomer” hit the #1 trending position on Twitter on Thursday, even though the independent Jewish conservative journalist was permanently banned from Twitter last week. The reason for her sudden spike in notoriety? She handcuffed herself to the doors of Twitter’s headquarters in New YorkContinue Reading
The Second Amendment: Original Intent. Don’t bother reading it; I can summarize: The article is simply a fake conversation between founding fathers James Madison (author of the Constitution) and Thomas Jefferson, updated to modern language. Both of whom, for the record, were Anti-Federalists, which means they wanted an even weakerContinue Reading
“Oh my God, you totally missed the most amazing experience ever!” Such was the unsolicited account of last week’s Burning Man event that 23 year-old Skyy Feinberg, a part-time events coordinator and aspiring circus performer, gleefully yet somehow condescendingly shared with fellow Philz Coffee patron Gretchen Lewelling, a 42 year-oldContinue Reading
This is a follow-up to Shooting to Kill for those of you who are interested in how quickly police must make life-and-death decisions. Take a look at this video. At first glance, it may appear like an unjust shooting. But watch it several times until you see why the copsContinue Reading
Thanks to the death of Mike Brown, suddenly nearly every news commentator feels qualified to critique the tactics and motives of a small town police officer without so much as waiting for an investigation to conclude. People who’ve never even held a gun before are pontificating on national television aboutContinue Reading
In many towns across America, today was the first day of school. This morning, kids were anxious and teachers were preparing to do their best to help them succeed. Like many other parents, I dropped my daughter off at her first day of kindergarten today. And like many other kindergarteners, she was a littleContinue Reading
Welcome to 07:51! Come back for content that you’ll probably either love or hate. The hand of the clock went slicing off the minutes.Continue Reading
