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…
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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…
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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:…
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Press Pause on the Anxiety for a Moment
Someone told me yesterday, “I feel like a tiger is chasing me and I’m just sitting on the couch.” I related to that. Deeply. About six months…
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Soylent Green for Everyone
It seems that I’m writing an inordinate number of essays about movies that I’m currently watching. And I normally don’t even watch movies because there’s never quite…
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Herding Cats
I’ve spent the last couple of years trying to get humans to do something that, in theory, should be easy: come together… as a community. A simple…
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How to Change Direction When Life Goes Sideways
I’m currently watching the Harry Potter movies for the first time. I just finished the second one, and at the end, Professor Dumbledore tells Harry: It’s not…
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Your Inner Hero Is Bored — Let It Out
We need heroes. And I don’t mean the spandex-wearing kind. I mean the regular sort; the ones who don’t even realize they’re heroes yet. Because whether we…
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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…
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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…