The Antichrist, the Katechon, and the Shape of Things to Come
When Peter Thiel starts talking about the Antichrist, it sounds at first like eccentric theology from a Silicon Valley billionaire with too much time on his hands.…
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Can Capitalism Ever Be Ethical?
Every so often, someone suggests that capitalism can be saved if we just give it a good scrubbing. Wash off the grime of corruption, ring it out,…
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From Neighbors to Corporations: How We Lost the Directness of Living
I sometimes think we’ve all ended up working for a sort of ghost. Not the rattling-chains, moaning-through-the-wall kind, but something maybe worse: a superior who doesn’t even…
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Could Your Neighborhood Survive on Social Capital Alone? Some Do.
I sometimes imagine what it would be like to live in one of those tiny Alaskan bush towns. Not the postcard version with moose sauntering down Main…
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Marcel Mauss’ “The Gift” – A Summary
Marcel Mauss’ The Gift manages to be both deeply academic and strangely intimate. Initially, it seems like an anthropologist’s survey of exotic rituals in far-off places; potlatches…
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The Weird Trick That Made Me Instantly More Liked (and Happier)
I have taken to playing an interesting sport, though I doubt anyone watching would recognize it as such. It requires no ball, no net, and not even…
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The Rise of Abstract Money: From Coins to Invisible Ledgers
There was a time when money had weight. It clinked when dropped on a table and carried the cold glint of metal or the soft polish of…
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A Look at Lyn Alden’s Book; Broken Money
Reading Lyn Alden’s Broken Money feels a bit like having a long, eye-opening conversation with that one friend who somehow makes complicated topics make sense. She digs…
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Why Great Leaders Don’t Walk Too Far Ahead
another rumination from a conversation with friends. When leading, one must carry both the vision of the horizon and the weight of those who walk beside. The…
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The Three Adjectives That Shape a Fulfilled Life
I was speaking with a friend not long ago, someone who spends his hours alongside me in the work we call charity. He told me that he…