There’s something almost primal about the chorus of Chumbawamba’s Tubthumping. A few simple words, belted out over a driving beat: I get knocked down, but I get up again. You’re never gonna keep me down. It’s not poetry in the traditional sense, but it doesn’t need to be. It’s a…
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The Curse of a Good Idea
It is a peculiar habit of mankind to reject its benefactors, to stone its prophets, and to drive mad its visionaries. One might suppose that a good idea, like a well-planted seed, would take root wherever it falls. But the world is a field of salted earth, and the better…
The Floating Plank
Men have a peculiar way of fastening themselves to their own misery, of constructing their prisons and then bolting the doors from within. They will toil from sunup to sundown, breaking their backs over ledgers and lathes, pushing papers and pulling levers, all in the service of what they have…
The Tokenization of Time – Good or Bad
Time is an odd thing. We never have enough of it, and yet we waste it like fools. We sell it, we trade it, we give it away for free. Some people hoard it in boardrooms and vacation homes, while others bleed it out in factories and fields. The trouble…
“A Splendid Exchange” by William J. Bernstein
By now, the world of economic history has developed its own niche readership—enthusiasts who, rather than shrink in horror at words like “tariffs” and “mercantilism,” actually lean in. For those readers, A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William J. Bernstein delivers exactly what the title promises: a…
The Obstacle is the Path – The Strength Found through Challenge
If a man never encounters resistance, he never learns what he is capable of. He walks through life as if in a dream, untested, unshaped, and unaware of his own limits. He remains soft, unformed. But place an obstacle before him, and suddenly he is awake. He must struggle, he…
Surviving the Crash: How Time Co-Ops Can Help Communities Endure Economic Collapse
Economic downturns have historically led to significant social consequences in the United States. The Great Recession, for instance, resulted in substantial changes in income, wealth, and employment, affecting many lives. When an economy falters, the ripple effects extend far beyond stock market numbers and corporate balance sheets. They touch the…
Leadership is Inspiration, Not Declaration
Leadership is neither an imposition nor an entreaty; it is the silent force that compels without coercion. To lead is not to issue orders, nor is it to demand obedience, for obedience given out of fear or obligation is a fragile thing, dissolving the moment oversight is removed. True leadership…
Survival and Solidarity
I have lived long enough among squirrels and senators, mice and merchants, to suspect that the word “survival” has become tragically misused, as though it were a synonym for conquest. It is not. A man does not survive because he beats the rest of the world to the apple tree,…
“Get Together: How to Build a Community With Your People” by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, and Kai Elmer Sotto
There’s no shortage of books about “building community,” but most of them either drown in corporate jargon or get lost in abstract ideals. Get Together does neither. Instead, it offers something rare: a clear, practical, and genuinely useful guide to bringing people together in a way that actually works. Bailey…