If I had a life motto, or a working framework by which I live, it would be this: maximum efficiency and effectiveness. Or, put another way, optimization. One might even […]
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Sometimes, I’m Almost as Good as I Think I Am
I’ve been accused, more times than I can count, of being arrogant, condescending, self-righteous. There are probably a few other adjectives in that same vein that would apply, but you […]
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Impact and Value… Bring It Or Else
How do people, organizations, and businesses make money? At the most basic level, they sell something. Or they work for someone who sells something. Products. Services. Ideas. Content. Labor. Attention. […]
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Building Belonging Before the Fracture
It doesn’t take much imagination to sense that our world is fragile. Whether the strain comes from economics, geopolitics, the environment, or something else, there’s a feeling that the global […]
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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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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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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 […]