The Mood of the Masses: How Emotional Contagion is Quietly Shaping Our World
“The most radical act today may be emotional stewardship: choosing what we echo, what we absorb, and what we let pass through.” By any objective measure, we…
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The Case for Up-Skilling in an Economy on the Brink
There’s a quiet unease felt beneath the surface of everyday life; a sense that the ground is shifting under our feet, and that the playbook we once…
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The Forgotten Duty to One Another
Something has slipped, quietly, from our collective memory. Not all at once, but bit by bit; like a thread unraveling from a coat we forgot how to…
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The Prompted Mind: From Prophets to Platforms
Once, we believed we were being prompted by something sacred. Not prompted in the marketing sense, not nudged by a notification or a swipeable ad, but prompted…
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Generosity and the Just Treatment of Others – a.k.a Don’t be a Dick
In all societies, whether ancient or modern, the question of how one ought to treat others is never entirely settled. Customs vary, laws shift, and religions rise…
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How to Build a Future Worth Getting Out of Bed For
I once had a neighbor who built a greenhouse out of reclaimed windows. Every pane was mismatched, a little foggy, and charming in the way that old…
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Who Gets to Matter in the Meaning Economy?
By most measures, the future has already arrived. The robots have taken the factories. Algorithms have taken the call centers. And AI is now circling the last…
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“Neighborhood Power: Building Community the Seattle Way” by Jim Diers – a review
There are books that lay out policies. There are books that wax poetic about community spirit. And then there’s Neighborhood Power, Jim Diers’ impassioned, practical, and deeply…
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Hard Times Are the Incubator of Community
There are truths that can only be revealed through suffering, and among them is this: in hard times, the soul of a people is laid bare. The…
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A Man Ought to Have a Good Pocket Watch
A man ought to have a good pocket watch. My grandfather told me that once while his wooden leg squeaked against the old pine boards of the…