Descartes was wrong: ‘a person is a person through other persons’ | Aeon Ideas
What’s a better way to understand human psychology – ‘I think, therefore I am’ or ‘A person is a person through other persons’?
Why libertarian cities fail
Where have Rio Verde Foothills’ inhabitants been getting water to drink, wash and brush their teeth? They’ve been doing what libertarians usually do: they rely on other people who planned better than they did.
The Impotence of Being Clever | Hope Itself | Issues | The Hedgehog Review
The cleverness that proliferates in public life today is a nuisance.
Ursula K. Le Guin on Anger – The Marginalian
“Anger continued on past its usefulness becomes unjust, then dangerous… It fuels not positive activism but regression, obsession, vengeance, self-righteousness. Corrosive, it feeds off …
The Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow's Hierarchy - Resilience
Whereas American narratives focus on the individual, the Blackfoot way of life offers an alternative of a community that leaves no one behind
The tragedy of the commons is a false and dangerous myth | Aeon Essays
Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight
Verso
The first article in a five-part series examining the ‘imperial boomerang effect’ and its operation in a range of contexts.