I just read an article that painted tribalism as a wholly negative thing. And, sure, it can be, in many respects. When people divide themselves into us-versus-them categories, tribalism can […]
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Why Community is the Way Forward
We live in a time of remarkable connection. Goods, information, and services move around the globe faster than ever before. Yet this same interconnectedness also makes our systems fragile. A […]
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Maybe the Next Economy Won’t Have Bosses
Sometimes I look around at our modern world and think… how did we really end up here? Then I think about it some more and see the logical progression. But […]
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Balanced Socio-Capitalism: A Blend of Security and Effort
I’ve been exploring various socioeconomic models and I’m starting to wonder if a hybrid-type model wouldn’t be quite reasonable. From time to time one must ask oneself: why hasn’t anyone […]
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Herding Cats
I’ve spent the last couple of years trying to get humans to do something that, in theory, should be easy: come together… as a community. A simple idea. A beautiful […]
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Enough Was Always Enough (We Just Forgot)
You know that nagging voice that always comes while you’re sitting on the couch being taunted by your phone, the one that says “buy just one more thing online,” or […]
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What’s Wrong With The “Really Really Free Market” Movement (it’s not the movement)
The “really really free market” movement – this is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Someone, someone with a heart for community, organizes an event on a regular […]
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Could You Survive Prosperity?
There’s an old Puritan adage that goes something like this: Ninety-nine percent of people can go through adversity and not lose their faith, but only one percent can go through […]
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Here We Go; Somewhat Reluctant Financial Idealism
What if we all decided to stop over-consuming? I’ve been thinking a lot about that lately. And for me to think about it, it must be pretty serious because, I’m […]
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The Two Kinds of Gifts
There are two kinds of gifts. The first is given without strings attached; no expectation of return, no mental ledger keeping. The second comes with more of an implicit contract, […]