Short Essays Collection # 8
“There are no solutions. Only trade-offs.” Once you really let that sink in, your perspective starts to change. You begin to realize there may not always be…
May 19, 2026
Café Culture
May 17, 2026
The Economy of Trust: A White Paper on Re-Community, Social Capital, and the Future of Human Systems
May 17, 2026
The Trust-Based Economy
May 16, 2026
“Into the Forest” by Jean Hegland
May 16, 2026
I Am a Witness to Real Value
May 15, 2026
Am I the Catcher in the Rye?
May 14, 2026
Systems Need to Be Bottom-Heavy (not top-heavy)
May 14, 2026
RE-COMMUNITY: Re-Seeding Social Deserts
May 19, 2026
Café Culture
May 17, 2026
The Economy of Trust: A White Paper on Re-Community, Social Capital, and the Future of Human Systems
May 17, 2026
The Trust-Based Economy
May 16, 2026
“Into the Forest” by Jean Hegland
May 16, 2026
I Am a Witness to Real Value
May 15, 2026
Am I the Catcher in the Rye?
May 14, 2026
Systems Need to Be Bottom-Heavy (not top-heavy)
May 14, 2026
RE-COMMUNITY: Re-Seeding Social Deserts
“There are no solutions. Only trade-offs.” Once you really let that sink in, your perspective starts to change. You begin to realize there may not always be…
A Few Quality Things I talk a lot about quantity versus quality. And since the post-war manufacturing boom, society and the economy have been more and more…
“When the dream becomes material rather than moral, it inevitably becomes empty.” Create Who You Are Many philosophers read The Great Gatsby as an existential novel because…
Enlightenment One of my favorite quotes on the subject of enlightenment comes from the movie The Razor’s Edge (Bill Murray): “It’s easy to be a holy man on a…
We all know that things are changing in the American economy. It doesn’t show up in a single headline. But once you see the pattern, you can’t…
There’s a useful way to look at the world, though it’s not the way we’re usually taught. We imagine nations as independent actors, each standing on its…
As larger, top-down frameworks weaken or become less relevant, people naturally turn to the local — to communities where they have direct relationships and real influence. It…
This is a compilation of four essays with similar threads. They’ve been woven together into a single narrative that is both interesting and possibly concerning. Definitely worth…