Alexander Tamas

@ecb @Europarl_EN The ECB is 'laying the necessary technical foundations' for a digital euro. 'Necessary' for whom, and to do what?

Freedom was the default. Intervention the exception. In digital systems, that relationship is inverting - governments are embedding control into the architecture of money, identity, and speech. The Youth Liberty Prize: €170,000 for the young scholars to analyse. A thread 🧵

This all began in my late 30s with a routine check-up—one that likely saved my life by revealing Medullary Thyroid Cancer early. Urging my partner @johnhering to get checked opened our eyes to a dysfunctional healthcare system, where problems are often discovered too late. We routinely check and maintain the sophisticated systems we depend on, like cars, airplanes, and trains—both to guarantee their safety and extend their lifespan. It was puzzling to us, that we rarely apply the same rigorous care to ourselves, despite being the most complex system we’ll ever manage. It's an honor to have @PeterAttiaMD as a co-founder of @Biograph. Peter has long been at the forefront of longevity and preventive healthcare, widely recognized as the leading authority on these topics. It’s also incredibly rewarding to witness Biograph already saving lives and significantly improving the health of many of our early patients.

Pavel Durov's arrest in France is a chilling blow to free speech and a betrayal of Western values. I have known Pavel Durov for almost two decades. He is the most principled person I have ever met. He stood up to Putin, Xi Jinping, Khomeini and others in defense of liberty and freedom and at a great personal risk, including losing his home country and surviving a serious assassination attempt by at least one of these rogue nations. It is shocking that a Western nation is now threatening to imprison him. Telegram is used by millions of people in deeply autocratic and oppressive regimes to provide a safe platform for communicating without fear of repercussions from their governments – from the Hong Kong protests, to the protests in Belarus, to the over 50 million Iranians who are using the platform daily despite it being banned there. Pavel should be seen as a champion and defender of Western values. What is happening right now to free speech in Europe is a perversion of our value system. Now more than ever we need to stand for free speech, against government overreach, and importantly, we must stand unwaveringly with Pavel Durov. #FreePavel #FreePavelDurov