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…
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A Suburban Commons: Reclaiming the Village in a Disconnected Age
Not long ago, I drove through a sprawling suburban neighborhood where every house was a castle, every lawn a moat, and not a single person in sight.…
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Reality Engineering
Lily Tomlin once said that reality is just a collective hunch. She was right. We all squint at the world, shrug, and agree on what we think…
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Notes from a Passive Luddite
We tend to think of resistance as something loud; people marching in the streets, waving signs, breaking things, shouting down systems. But there’s another kind of resistance,…
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Living Authentically in the Concrete Jungle
If you’ve ever spent a long, quiet afternoon alone in nature, you may know the allure of Thoreau’s Walden. The idea of retreating to a quiet cabin…
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Karma – Is it a Real Thing?
The idea of karma (that actions have corresponding consequences) has been a cornerstone of many spiritual and philosophical traditions since the beginning of time. Rooted primarily in…
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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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Not Food, But Grace
There’s a strangeness in the act of giving. The gesture may appear noble to the onlooker, and indeed, it often feels noble at the outset. We tell…
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The Bare Mind
I do not know if such a mind exists. But I believe in the ache for it. In our strange world of echoing memes and flickering screens,…