Politics
I like to think of gardening metaphors, like growing trust. You have to water it—not too much, not too little. And things will always grow in different directions and with different outcomes than you’re expecting, but that’s okay.
Willa Köerner • On growing a cooperative like you’d grow a garden
We’re all scared, aren’t we? Scared of the unknown, of how we’re perceived, of the climate crisis, of raising children, of being judged for not wanting children, of putting ourselves out there, of failure, of death, of being totally honest, of trying new things, I could go on. I wonder what would happen if we were all allowed to just name how... See more
Lisa Olivera • Ten things, part five
A better way to attract and build an audience is to create a world people want to inhabit .
André Chaperon • Tiny Worlds: A Manifesto for Sovereign Creators—Attract, Build & Curate an Audience of True Fans
Millions of people — and white people in particular — would rather endure physical isolation, generalized loneliness, caregiving exhaustion, and financial precarity than relinquish some of their societal power. That’s a far less optimistic foundational myth than individualism. But it’s a far more honest one.
The Dark Heart of Individualism
Do not waste the remainder of your life in thoughts about others, when you are not thinking with reference to some aspect of the common good. —Meditations 3.4
the shrouded costs will not be apparent to consumers. It is easier to compare fuel prices than mortgage costs.
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
Ein digitaler Staat sei „die Voraussetzung von allem“. Sie empfehlen deshalb die Einführung eines Ministeriums für Digitales und Verwaltung als „Treiber und Umsetzer der Digitalisierung und einer umfassenden Staatsmodernisierung“, mit eigenem Budget und klaren Verantwortlichkeiten