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An Income for Everyone?
The idea has many names, but the proposal is fundamentally straightforward: guarantee that every citizen receives an adequate income to live on. Yes, the idea is simple, but in terms of practical...
View ArticleDon’t mind your own business
I’m walking home on Wednesday night. It’s about ten o’clock. “Leave me alone! Don’t touch me!” I hear a panicked woman’s scream about half a block away, coming across the street, from the far side of a...
View ArticleThe Achilles’ Heel of Democracy
Aristagoras, the puppet tyrant of the Miletus (an ancient Greek city on the Eastern coast of the Aegean Sea), was never one to miss an opportunity to expand his political power. Sensing a chance to...
View ArticleIgnition
Several months ago over coffee, Holly Painter and I began brainstorming a collaborative project to celebrate learning, inquisitiveness, and curiosity. After meandering down a few different paths of...
View ArticleAll the People in the Room
Look at all the people in the room. What makes an individual? Talk to each person. Ask them anything, and they recount their personal experiences. They give autobiographical accounts of their lives and...
View ArticleFree-Range Teamwork
If I had the opportunity to address every manager in the world, this presentation would be my appeal… Teams vs. Teamwork There is a sharp distinction between ‘being on a team’ and ‘teamwork’. ‘Teams’...
View ArticleThe Basic Income Debate: Salaries for the Citizens?
Just over a month ago I briefly shared the story of how my personal uncertainty about the idea of a Basic Income Guarantee had evolved into convening a debate on the matter. That debate was held this...
View ArticleLearning from the Past: being an update on the writing project
Yes. I am still working on a book about literature, history, and time. I began seriously developing this project in January, when the Caesura Letters transitioned to a free weekly edition. (And,...
View Article4 Reasons to Love Your Public Library
Library as Town Square I’m sitting in my local public library. Someone in a suit, presumably a corporate executive-type on their lunch break, is skimming a newspaper. Someone who may have spent the...
View ArticleDespair; Malignant Surety
Despair is certainty. Absolute certainty. Certainty that you have apprehended the universe in its entirety and found existence wanting. Despair is a destructive self-delusion — the foolish conclusion...
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