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We are entering an age of increasingly unpredictable climatological change. We are entering an age when we must remember that the most important ideas

“Passive hope is about waiting for external agencies to bring about what we desire. Active Hope is about becoming active participants in bringing abou

When Times New Roman appears in a book, document, or advertisement, it connotes apathy. It says, “I submitted to the typeface of least resistance.” Ti

Part of what I feel is important right now is to be in the system and to be creating these pockets and spaces and kind of stretching the constraints o

It’s also important to acknowledge that the systems change or innovation scene is not the only place where change and innovation is happening. Real ch

Why do we sit in a classroom at all? Why do we remove ourselves from the extraordinarily rich experience tapestries of living to place ourselves in ar

Smaller communities allowed for more sustainable economies. Determined not to depend on one source of sustenance, people supplemented their farming wi

Reciprocity is not merely generosity; giving away a surplus is an investment, insurance that others will help in your own time of need

Create ownership in everything. Revenue shares in projects. Equity in micro-companies. Stakes in outcomes. The Old Game keeps you permanently renting

When individual entry is impossible, collective entry becomes optimal. When traditional financing fails, alternative structures win. The groups doing

I was reading an article about the state of SaaS recently, and came across this line:The data moat surrounding incumbent SaaS / systems of record is l

true masters feel the answer before they can explain the answer in words.

I would like all these fundraising experts to look around them. Everything is burning down. Many of the issues we’ve been tackling have worsened signi

“Charging too little is like eating soup with afork: you’re always busy but always hungry!”

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough”

There’s a Rick and Morty episode where a Freddie Kruger type is chasing them in a dream level saying “you can run but you cannot hide” At some point

Every time you feel jealousy or envy towards some else, you should celebrate. To feel jealous of another is to get clarity on what you want in life.

Principle 2: Break up the conversation based on how, not whatNow that I’ve told you not to over-complicate your community architecture by introducing

There is often no compelling reason, even in online communities, to suggest people go into different rooms to discuss different topics.

A more sensible way to think about where conversations need to be broken up, that’s not topic, is format. In a physical space, the analogy might be—if

Intro to EGP

When have I felt most joyful this year and what steps can I take to recreate those conditions?

Intro to EGP

Burnout is not what it presents: it’s not about working too hard for too long, burnout is about working in the face of a goal that seems too far out,

suffering is the result of the event coupled with the person experiencing the event inside a culture

In recent times, degrowth has in various ways been linked to the notion of a wellbeing economy. The extent to which the two are compatible has however

For instance, studies on meditators have shown that their somatosensory perception is more sensitive to subtle internal sensations, potentially leadin

The Empathy Trap: Lessons from Contemplative Medicine | Jud Brewer“When we can see how being with suffering doesn't deplete us, and, in fact, energize

It did not seem like a good idea to me that some of the richest people in the world were no longer rewarding people for having any particular skills,

insight from Gurwinder Bhogal: People want to belong to a tribe, and one way that people belong to a tribe is by having the same beliefs as the member

We still instinctively long for this kind of belonging, as our sacrifices to sports teams, fraternities, or churches demonstrate.

Most AI backlash is economic anxiety coated in a veneer of social justice. Alfalfa farming consumes 19 times the water that data centers do; there’s n

“Diffusion lag” reflects a lack of product-market fit. Even AI optimists are still hitting practical roadblocks. That’s why detailed case studies are

Here are some things I’ve asked chatgpt recently: “why is Toblerone so popular at airport duty-free stores?” “give me a recipe for a chickpea tagine

Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want

Society is increasingly cutting the nourishing ties that attach us, and calling it innovation. I worry about how encouraged we are to do things effici

I couldn’t help but come to the conviction, right there on the bus, that one of the most important questions modern man must ask himself is how much t