Short Essays Collection # 10
What it means to have agency… in this new world is a critical distinction in how humanity is splitting. Humanity is dividing into those that contribute meaningfully…
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Short Essays Collection # 9
“Analog 2026” The “Analog 2026” movement is a cultural trend that picked up significant momentum at the start of this year. What it is: The Analog trend…
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Short Essays Collection # 8
“There are no solutions. Only trade-offs.” Once you really let that sink in, your perspective starts to change. You begin to realize there may not always be…
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Short Essays Collection # 7
A Few Quality Things I talk a lot about quantity versus quality. And since the post-war manufacturing boom, society and the economy have been more and more…
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Short Essays Collection # 6
“When the dream becomes material rather than moral, it inevitably becomes empty.” Create Who You Are Many philosophers read The Great Gatsby as an existential novel because…
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Short Essays Collection # 5
Enlightenment One of my favorite quotes on the subject of enlightenment comes from the movie The Razor’s Edge (Bill Murray): “It’s easy to be a holy man on a…
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Upstream or Irrelevant
We all know that things are changing in the American economy. It doesn’t show up in a single headline. But once you see the pattern, you can’t…
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The Value That Stays Home
There’s a useful way to look at the world, though it’s not the way we’re usually taught. We imagine nations as independent actors, each standing on its…
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Living in Negotiated Space
As larger, top-down frameworks weaken or become less relevant, people naturally turn to the local — to communities where they have direct relationships and real influence. It…
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The Architecture of the Cage: How Belonging Became a Transaction
This is a compilation of four essays with similar threads. They’ve been woven together into a single narrative that is both interesting and possibly concerning. Definitely worth…