The Human Capital Economy
The Human Capital Economy: Making Contribution Visible in an Age of Social Fragmentation Executive Summary For centuries, societies have become increasingly sophisticated at measuring financial capital. We…
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Cordyceps: The Neural Network that Controls You by Marina Karlova
There’s an interesting YouTuber that I’ve been watching who discusses her ideas on the ills of society. And a lot of what she talks about overlaps with…
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The Missing Ingredient in Social Change Networks
I’ve been reading a series of essays lately about building networks; about how social change leaders must come together, collaborate, cooperate, connect. And that’s absolutely true. I…
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Diversify Your Trust Portfolio
Modern society has become extraordinarily efficient at scaling trust upward, but relatively poor at cultivating trust sideways. We trust distant institutions more than our own neighbors. We…
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On The Virture of Stubbornness
I’ve been thinking. I know, I know — that’s dangerous. But I do it anyway. We often praise words like courage, agency, grit. We like them on…
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You Are What You Eat; Even the Junk
One of the strangest things I noticed when I lived in France wasn’t the history, or even the slower pace of life. It was the Doritos. I’m serious.…
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Short Essays Collection # 12
I Imagine and Re-imagine Community Social Safety Nets… Social safety nets that are community-based systems able to catch those who fall through the cracks of the larger…
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Eco-Civilization
Ecocivilization: Making a World That Works for All is, at its core, an argument that humanity’s crises are not separate crises at all. Climate collapse. Loneliness. Economic…
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Modern Life and Our Dopamine Addiction
We carry in our pockets little glowing machines that can instantly show us war, collapse, outrage, scandal, disaster, betrayal, economic panic, social conflict, and existential dread… twenty-four…