"They say in thirty years, a burger and fries could cost $16, a vacation $12,400, and a basic car $65,000," leads a 1996 ad for financial services company TIAA (then…
John Battelle's Search Blog Do We Even Have The Spine To Sacrifice, Just A Little Bit?
Old people are always complaining about how things were harder when they were young. Walking to school in the snow, uphill both ways, that whole thing. So forgive me as I embark on what initially m…
Why do we fear being lied to? Because we don’t like others manipulating our beliefs. But our fear of being misled by false news pales by comparison to our fear of suffering total “mind-control”, such as depicted in the films
The Donut Economy x 8 Forms of Capital - 🤖 DAO Governance and Vision - Gitcoin Governance
Abstract In this post, I talk a bit about the world I want to see created by regen web3, using two frameworks which I discovered during research into GREENPILLED - how crypto can regenerative the world. DONUT Economy by Kate Raworth 8 forms of capital by Gregory Landua of Regen Netework This post has absolutely nothing to do with tangible day to day Gitcoin governance, and everthing to do with theory. If Gitcoin is a generator function of innovation, this post is a taxonomy of what I thin...
Anarcho Anarchist Economics Thursday, November 29 2012 This is a write-up of my talk at the 2012 London Anarchist bookfair on Anarchist Economics. I was...
Deep in the product reviews for a pair of $15 gray sweatpants, one commenter writes, bafflingly: “I love these grey sweatpants ever since i received them out of the shein package. They go with almost everything and nice and baggy on my body. The color is easy to wash and can go with coloreds and whites which is very helpful in laundry.” Below, three photos are attached. They show three different women in three different pairs of pants, none of which match the product listing.
Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.