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A Pyrrhic Climate

A Pyrrhic Climate

By Samuel Miller McDonald
August 31, 2018 · 7 min read

What does it mean to “fight climate change” when the war seems unwinnable?

A Jobless Economy

A Jobless Economy

By Samuel Miller McDonald
May 21, 2018 · 6 min read

We need an economy that finally cements the most fundamental freedom: to decide how we live our lives. One simple policy can deliver that.

The World’s Most Important Policy

The World’s Most Important Policy

By Samuel Miller McDonald
May 9, 2018 · 8 min read

Energy transition is the world’s most important policy: it can improve everything from the economy, to national security, to the environment, and much more.

The Big Story

The Big Story

By Samuel Miller McDonald
March 6, 2018 · 10 min read

If we change our origin story, can we imagine a better future?

Collapse Despair

Collapse Despair

By Samuel Miller McDonald
December 18, 2017 · 16 min read

What can be gained from talking about the coming apocalypse? Camaraderie. Intimacy. A sense of purpose and meaning. Solutions. A better society.

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Free Labor

By Samuel Miller McDonald
June 13, 2018

A universally guaranteed income and national investment scheme is necessary to guarantee life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Extinction vs. Collapse

By Samuel Miller McDonald
April 27, 2018

  Climate twitter – the most fun twitter – has recently been relitigating the debate between human extinction and mere civilizational collapse, between doom and gloom, despair and (kind of) hope. It was sparked by an interview in The Guardian with acclaimed scientist Mayer Hillman. He argues that we’re probably doomed, and confronting the likelihood […]


Sapere Aude
From the Latin, ‘dare to know,’ this section contains our most daring and raw thoughts. These are unpolished words, seeking form in our fractured society.

Spaces of Capitalism: The Pet Store

April 2, 2018

Ode to the Subway

October 18, 2017

On Fear

May 9, 2017

Mayday: Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds You

May 1, 2017

The Oligarchy’s Media

April 3, 2017

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