Let’s Get Back to Our Roots
In the years since World War II, a slow but deliberate shift has taken place. Once, Americans prided themselves on self-sufficiency. They built their own homes, repaired…
Making Money
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“Your Money or Your Life” by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez – a review
Few personal finance books transcend the genre to become something larger than a ledger of savings strategies and investment tips. Your Money or Your Life is one…
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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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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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Saving Those Who Refuse to Swim
There comes a point when generosity begins to feel like self-harm. When the instinct to give, to lift, to offer, to patch the wounds of a society…
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The Weight of Possession, the Lightness of Being
In the quiet of dawn, when the world is stripped bare, a man stands alone. He owns nothing but the breath in his lungs and the thoughts…