“Co-operatives in a Post-Growth Era” by Tom Webb – a review
The economic engine of modern capitalism has long been fueled by a simple mantra: growth is good, more is better, and enough is never really enough. But…
Social and Self-Help
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On the Commerce of Human Souls
At the heart of our modern economy lies a quiet brutality, too ordinary to stir outrage and too abstract to touch the conscience. It is called labor…
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“Ghosts, All the Way Down”
At first, there was only metal. No breath. No blood. Just the low hum of circuitry and the flash of electrons following rules. The Makers called themselves…
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How and Why to Demonetize Your Life
To “demonetize” your life might sound like an abstract or even overly idealistic thing, but at its heart, it’s about taking a step back and reconsidering what…
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“The Chaos Machine” by Max Fisher Offers a Chilling Look at the Algorithms That Ate the World
In The Chaos Machine, Max Fisher pulls off something rare: a work of tech journalism that manages to feel both deeply human and apocalyptically urgent. Part investigation,…
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Turning Hours into Opportunity: How a Time Co-op is Changing Lives in San Antonio
In San Antonio, Texas, a quiet shift may be starting to take place. Amid the nation’s 7th largest city, where money dictates most exchanges, a group of…
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The Movement That Remembers: On Time Banking and the Recovery of Human Meaning
By one who still believes in grace… There is no word more profaned in modern discourse than “community.” It is whispered like a prayer in marketing campaigns,…
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Lost and Found: Transforming One’s Life for Better
To be lost is to be without direction, to feel that one’s life has no center, no guiding thread. This loss can take many forms. A man…
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When Did You Stop Really Living?
They say you need a lot of things in life. A job. A car. Some shoes that don’t give you blisters. A mattress that doesn’t hurt your…
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“A Conflict of Visions” by Thomas Sowell – a review
Some books leave you with answers. Others, like Thomas Sowell’s A Conflict of Visions, leave you with the more unsettling, and perhaps more valuable, gift of seeing…