A man spends his life chasing things. Money, maybe. Or power. Or fame. It depends on the man, but the chasing is always there. He runs after something because he thinks he must, because everyone else is running too, and because stopping feels like failure. But there comes a day…
Labor Aristocracy: Servitude Disguised as Prosperity?
Perhaps the illusion of the middle class was never an accident at all. Maybe it was a calculation, precise and cold, a grand maneuver in the service of a deeper order. That one might wake in a house they call their own – or the mortgage company’s, drive a car…
Creation and Production: The Dividing Line of Meaning
In the modern world, we have exchanged the act of creation for the mechanics of production. This transition has reshaped not only our material environment but also the very core of our inner lives. To create is to give of oneself, to engage in a process that bears the imprint…
The Post-Knowledge Economy; Your Quick Guide
As artificial intelligence increasingly dominates the knowledge-based economy—handling information processing, decision-making, and even creativity at unprecedented levels—humanity must redefine its economic role to adapt to this new world. This shift necessitates a post-knowledge economy, where value is no longer primarily derived from knowledge work but from human-centric activities that AI…
The New Digital Lords: How Feudalism Keeps Reinventing Itself
For most of human history, the powerful have found new ways to stay powerful. Feudalism, as a system, never really ended—it just changed costumes. The medieval model of landowners controlling serfs gave way to industrial magnates overseeing factory workers. Now, we find ourselves in a new iteration: a digital aristocracy,…
Can We Really Pay-It-Forward or is It Just a Nice Idea?
If one were to pause, just once a day, to extend an act of kindness with no expectation of return, what might change? The idea is so simple that it is often dismissed outright—too quaint, too idealistic, too fragile for the weight of reality. Yet, it is precisely its simplicity…
The Great Reset or The Great Rebuild? How We Can Take Control of the Next Economy
The economy, as we know it, is running out of road. Whether by design or by collapse, the current system is on its last legs, and something new is already clawing its way into place. The question is not whether change will happen, but what form it will take—and who…
The Case for the 15-Minute City: Finding Balance Between Local and Global
For decades, globalization was sold as the future. It promised efficiency, economic growth, and a world so interconnected that national borders would feel like mere lines on a map. Corporations and policymakers alike assured us that a global economy would lift all boats, spreading prosperity across continents. Instead, what we…
The Meaning Economy: What Does it Mean?
For most of modern history, people worked to survive. If they were lucky, they worked to get ahead. In recent decades, the promise of capitalism—at least in its idealized form—was that hard work led to stability, security, and, if things went really well, a decent life. That promise is breaking….
The Business of Less
If you want to understand how the modern economy works, forget supply and demand. Forget competition, efficiency, or the invisible hand. The real engine of capitalism—the thing that keeps profits high and the wealthy wealthier—is something far simpler: withholding. Manufactured scarcity is the defining strategy of corporate power. It is…