The Sad Commercialization of Goodness
It has been said, often by those who profit by it, that competition and self-interest drive all human progress. I have never been quite convinced of this…
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The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek – a review
Some books are like fireworks; dazzling for a moment, quickly forgotten. And then there are the ones like The Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek’s slim, serious warning…
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The Everything Man Is No Man At All
I tell you, brother, I’ve seen the kind of man who says yes to everything. I’ve watched him wobble like a drunk at a moral crossroads, arms…
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Apathy is the True Measure of Poverty
In the course of my life, I have witnessed the broad spectrum of human fortune. I have seen men adorned with riches, and others clothed in rags.…
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The Trojan Horse of Surveillance Capitalism
Once upon a time, we paid for things with money. Now, increasingly, we pay with ourselves; our thoughts, our habits, our desires, our attention. The modern economy…
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Why Some Co-ops Fail—and How Meaningful Success Keeps Yours Alive
In our co-op, we have learned something simple but often forgotten. People stay motivated when their efforts matter. Not in some abstract sense or as part of…
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The Interconnectedness of Human Action
There exists, beneath the surface of daily life, a silent architecture of cause and effect; a structure so persistent and so subtle that we are seldom aware…
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The Escape Plan: A Playbook for Getting Out of Wage Slavery
There’s a moment (maybe it hits you while you’re microwaving your third sad lunch of the week, or when your boss sends a 4:59 p.m. email titled…
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To Hell with Meaning
Nietzsche said you can endure any what if you have a why. Frankl said man is driven by the search for meaning. I say they both drank…
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Book Review: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
In The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein has written a work of such moral urgency and intellectual clarity that it resists being shelved alongside other political nonfiction. It…