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Book chat recap: Are we Idiocracy? And other pressing questions.
What started as a light summer Book Chat turned into a surprisingly serious conversation about satire, social collapse, and why laughter may be one of…
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Notes from the edge of civilization: July 5, 2026
Saving time in Quebec; wasting time in South Korea; and we'll see you on Mars.
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The American Dream is still worth fighting for
America has failed many people in many ways. But surrendering the dream of a self-directed life would be the ultimate defeat.
Jul 4
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The right to ask questions about geoengineering
Experts destroyed trust during COVID by ridiculing dissent. Now they risk doing it again with geoengineering.
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June 2026
First they came for the thermostats
The war on air conditioning is about whether ordinary people can still expect comfort, safety, and abundance.
Jun 30
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Book chat recap: In conversation with Jem Bendell
Collapse thinking often says we need “community, freedom, relocalization.” But the hard questions begin when those words meet real life.
Jun 29
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Notes from the edge of civilization: June 28, 2026
In India, factory workers are training robots; the UK is criminalizing clean-ups; and Australia is paving the way for all of us to 'show our papers…
Jun 28
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Greg Weldon sees a reckoning coming for the markets
Savings are falling, necessities are eating into budgets, food and energy pressures are building... meanwhile, the market is still acting like nothing…
Jun 27
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What if the Technocrats get just enough right?
Fifty years ago, the Boston Globe imagined a technocratic future where world government had solved disease, war, money, and weather. It was satire…
Jun 25
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Work for free, feed on the sun
When leaders forget their job is to serve the people, ordinary suffering becomes a punchline, a sermon, or a problem to be managed.
Jun 23
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Book chat recap: Practicing freedom inside collapse
A two-week recap of our discussion on Breaking Together, covering freedom, manipulation, debt, nature, beauty, and the courage to let go.
Jun 22
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Notes from the edge of civilization: June 21, 2026
Iran as infrastructure; Britain's dystopia; celebrating Dads.
Jun 21
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