Diagnosis over direction
What Ezra Klein gets so right and what Democrats are getting so wrong about the nature and future of our country.
Michael Slaby
Proven leader across nonprofits, startups, politics, and government. Committed to reclaiming the culture and practice of civic life and the design, development, and emergence of a generative society.
When personal choices shouldn't just be personal
How people are validating their non-medical choice not to be vaccinated says volumes about the nature of American culture.
Is water water actually everywhere?
CNN published an exceptional narrative about the looming Colorado River water crisis -- but never asked what might be the most essential question.
Newsletter
Clarity but not focus
More clarity about what and how you want to engage in the world does not necessarily guarantee the ability to focus your work.
What comes from a month off the grid?
Clarity.
What we need to be free
If we focus on ensuring and investing in everyone's freedom, we might find real freedom the cure to our futurelessnesss.
Newsletter
The Problem with Truth
In our desperation to makes sense of a complex world, we've damaged the concept of truth so badly we're now prepared to call it dead -- to our great detriment.
A View from the Road
Six weeks on the road across the country is a good way to refresh your view of all kinds of things.
Institutional versus cultural power
Our inability to distinguish, disconnect, and leverage different types of power is not just undermining discourse -- it's risking our republic.
Humanity versus Economics
What is Naomi Osaka withdrawing from The French Open really about?
"No one wants to work."
What's the relationship between health, meaning, work, and survival in America?
What are we talking about when we talk about gender?
Sex, gender, sexuality – conflating these concepts and their vocabularies is making it harder to create a more equitable society