We Keep Talking About “Community,” But Do We Even Remember What It Means?
What would it take to build and promote real community and cooperation at scale? This is a question that’s been chewing on my mind for a while…
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Are We Really ‘Civilized,’ or Just Domesticated
This morning I was listening to a lecture by Luke Kemp about the fall of civilizations and it started me thinking about the word civilized. It’s a…
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Not Everyone Shines the Same, and That’s the Point
At some point, as social movements progressed in the West, “equality” became the holy word. Every movement, every cause, every speech since the French Revolution seems to…
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The Case for Going Feral (Even in the City)
What might feral living in an urban environment look like? And by feral, I don’t mean running naked through alleyways or squatting in abandoned buildings (though, to…
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We’ve All Been Othered
I get the feeling that most of us don’t really belong anywhere anymore? Like we’ve each been quietly pushed into our own little boxes; online, in our…
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Making a Place, Not Just a Space
There’s a corner in every town that everyone drives past but no one really sees. Maybe it’s an empty lot, maybe it’s an old building with boarded…
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Between the Lines: Finding Balance in How We Communicate
You ever notice how sometimes you can feel like you said all the right words but still not be understood? Like, you spelled it out perfectly, you…
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How to Find Your Tribe; and why it matters
It might sound like a pretty odd question in this modern world of ours (how to find your tribe) but it really isn’t when you think about…
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Grace Sees What We Can Be, Not What We Have Been
We definitely need to rethink the way we measure a person – and ourselves. We tend to fixate on the worst moments, as if the sum of…
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Can You Hear Me Now?
If you’re old enough, you may remember the Verizon commercial where a guy wanders around with his cell phone asking, “Can you hear me now?” The gimmick…