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This could be our future
A writers collective exploring the future of nation-states, capitalism, and humanity.
Apr 20, 2023
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Ancient Olympians wouldn’t qualify for today’s Games
Science and technology have reengineered the human body beyond its limits.
Sep 23
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Office Hours: Are we heading for revolution?
And how should we respond?
Sep 12
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So, America wants a dictator
Are we doomed to repeat history—or can we build something better first?
Sep 9
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How to run a modern social club
A three-year business plan to inspire more thinkers and grow membership.
Sep 5
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The future of governance
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So, America wants a dictator
Are we doomed to repeat history—or can we build something better first?
Sep 9
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We should create more US states
Inside the growing movement to redraw state lines, and why it might be better for liberals and conservatives alike.
Mar 27
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US states should have autonomy—like EU countries
All we need to change is taxation.
Mar 19
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Decouple federal government from nation-states
A world of city-states should join federal governments à la carte.
Mar 11, 2024
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The future of capitalism
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How Silicon Valley got rich
And how everyone else can get rich too.
May 28
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Who should control AI?
Nonprofits aren't our only option.
May 20
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120 million employee-owners in one generation
We have a moonshot opportunity to make the bottom half richer. Here's how we take it.
May 12
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The Cooperatist Manifesto that inspired Mondragon
Father José María Arizmendiarrieta didn’t just imagine a better economic system, he built it.
Oct 14, 2024
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The future of work & leisure
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You’d still work if you didn’t have to
But it would feel more like play.
Jul 15, 2024
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It's time to rethink "retirement"
We should take our retirement like we take our vacation days—whenever we want.
Dec 11, 2023
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Blue-collar jobs might be the best jobs
Things have changed since your grandpa worked the mines.
Dec 4, 2023
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Will we return to craftwork?
Our hobbies used to be jobs—in many parts of the world they still are—now we're turning them into jobs again.
Jul 10, 2023
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The future of art & culture
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My TEDx talk about the future of fiction
And publishing.
Jun 16, 2024
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Could AI make us wise?
An alternative to the internet making us stupid.
Apr 8, 2024
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What if women created the culture?
Comparing the feminist utopias in Barbieland and Herland.
Aug 7, 2023
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Will we still have culture in the future?
Or will we become one global culture?
Jul 17, 2023
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A study of humanist philosophy
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Social Development > Self-Development
We need one much more than the other.
Jan 1
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This Chinese philosopher reformed politics in one generation
Mòzǐ replaced his corrupt government with a humanist one.
Dec 27, 2024
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Humanism as the future of religion
A belief system for the religious and secular alike.
Jan 1, 2024
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Humanism is my religion now
Thoughts on living a beautiful life.
Dec 26, 2022
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A study of utopian literature
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How we achieve the borderless future of Terra Ignota
On Ada Palmer’s utopian sci-fi series and an exploration of how we might bring it to life.
Apr 21
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Do we still want the future desired by the past?
Why three socialist utopian novels are still relevant 100 years later.
Sep 24, 2024
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Who's qualified to save the world?
Two climate dystopias on our unlikeable saviors.
Jun 27, 2024
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The rich are not the problem (we are)
Triangle of Sadness and the moralizing of wealth and poverty.
Dec 18, 2023
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Fiction
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I built a castle to save the economy
You're welcome.
Apr 17, 2024
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I trained an AI on the Catholic God
A piece of short fiction.
Dec 15, 2023
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Taylor Swift doesn't want her photo taken
The pop star opens up about the incessant coverage of her personal life in this fictional exploration of fame.
Nov 3, 2023
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Ai will cure all disease
A fictional look at the future of medicine.
Sep 1, 2023
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