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“Our economy isn’t one that produces things to be used, but things that increase usage,”

Still others argue that the circular-economy idea merely reframes rather than rejects the corporate and capitalist assumptions that got us into this mess in the first place. Instead of challenging the goal of growth, circular economies create a new form of growth that is still in the hands of industrial corporations. The accusation is that the... See more

everywhere we look as creators today the gravity is just pushing us it's just pushing us toward making for other reasons than why we set out to make things in the first place it's so important to remember to make beautiful things to make things that light you up and to make things that you care about there's a wonderful metaphor that I love um it's

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creative expression is often used as a gateway to something more practical, and is rarely accepted as something practical in itself .

This is why parents will rush to place their kids on long waitlists for art and music programs, but won’t encourage them to become artists or musicians as they age. It’s as if creative expression is useful for its... See more

In a world of fast content incentivized by advertising-based attention-hacking business models, being slow and considered is a superpower.

But every modern business model is depending on the same old industrial age premise of making money by getting rid of people, or at least people with skills. That’s what the assembly line was for: get rid of skilled craftspeople, and create a factory system where unskilled, low-paid workers can be trained in minutes and replaced just as fast if... See more

Love isn’t something we fall in or out of, but something we remember we are part of —much like we are part of nature. Remembering how to love one another and our planet again is what we are all tasked with. Losing sight of that love might just be the only crisis there is.