Generative Society
Mothering
What might mothers and mothering reveal to us about a better model for economic kindness and innovation?
Weekend Edition: The Disenchanted, the Misenchanted, and the Re-enchantment of America
How we think about what's not working in our civic life might offer a very different long-term path to something better even while the short-term demands we live in and confront our unrelentingly dysfunctional present as directly as we can.
Politics
Weekend Edition: I do not think this word means what you think it means...
What does "moderate" or a "Moderate" or "to moderate" really mean in American civic life? Even if we could figure out which one means what, I don't think it's the guide we need.
Slouching toward a zero-context culture
We are headed down an AI-accelerated path toward hyper-efficient society and teams that lack the openness, freedom, and creativity of high-context cultures.
A slow reflection in a fast moment
Slowing down might help us unlock the creativity and the kindness we desperately need right now.
What if the means determine the ends?
Civilization's relentless focus on achievement and outcomes creates a more competitive worldview and makes us more vulnerable than we think.
Pause and shift (if you can)
Ending a year of "difficult" to begin a year of "dread"? How we might enter this new year in a way that might could lead to rebuilding some of what feels lost.
Systemic fragility as a sign of possibility rather than collapse
I’m back at the keyboard after a challenging Summer that ended with an interesting opportunity to step up in front of a community in Sweden and start talking about the building blocks of a more generative society. For months, I have had this thought in my mind: What if
Spirit, Heart, Head, Hands
Approaching the world in the right order might be a key to rethinking our relationships and building a healthier society.
A new labor race to the bottom?
Our policies about people need attention before we completely dehumanize ourselves.
Weekend Edition: We Were All Environmentalists Once
Our estrangement from nature might just be both older and less permanent that we think
Weekend Edition: Beginnings and Transformation
Is there a modern equivalent of the 95 Theses? Does it matter? Perhaps we don't need the permission of history to begin.