Peter Kropotkin’s “Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution” – a summary
In the modern study of evolution, much has been made of the doctrine of competition as the primary force shaping the natural world. Influenced by interpretations of…
Finance and Economy
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You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy – or not
In recent years, Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has sparked discussions with his assertion that in the future, people will “own nothing and…
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On the Virtue of Problem-Solving
There are many ways to describe the drama of human existence. Some say life is a journey, others a battle, a test, a trial, or a performance.…
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Finding Home in the Rubble: Andrew Lee’s “Defying Displacement” Charts a Quiet Rebellion
In Defying Displacement, Andrew Lee has written a book that feels both timely and timeless, a meditation on the nature of belonging that never slips into sentimentality,…
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Escape wage slavery by creating your own economic mutual aid network
In today’s economic landscape, many people find themselves tethered to jobs that offer little satisfaction, often referred to as “wage slavery.” This term describes a condition where…
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Charity or Ego Trip? Rethinking What It Means to Do Good
There’s a particular kind of feeling that comes with realizing you’ve been wrong about something for years. Not the minor kind, like discovering that capers aren’t baby…
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A Master Class in Macroeconomics Disguised as a Warning
In How Countries Go Broke, Ray Dalio does what he has always done best: distill the complexities of global finance into a coherent, almost narrative logic. Dalio,…
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The Century-Long Prisoner’s Dilemma That Now Threatens Us All
For the last hundred years, humanity has been caught in a slow-motion game of the prisoner’s dilemma; and the stakes have never been higher. First formalized in…
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The Landfill Economy and the Death of Meaning
We live in a time of abundance, or so we’re told. Never in human history have so many goods been so widely available, so cheaply produced, and…
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“Debt: The First 5,000 Years” by David Graeber – a review
In Debt: The First 5,000 Years, the late anthropologist David Graeber mounts an audacious and deeply researched challenge to one of the most fundamental assumptions of modern…