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There once was a world where disputes are settled with bows and arrows, not courtrooms. Where a child roamed freely, unburdened by the paranoia of “stranger danger.” Where food was neither purchased nor grown but hunted with patience and eaten with gratitude. This isn’t some utopian fantasy—it’s the way humanity lived for tens of thousands

A truly democratic free-market society would not be a contradiction in terms but a balance of forces—economic power held in check by democratic accountability, individual liberty safeguarded by collective responsibility. It would be a society where markets serve people, not the other way around, and where democracy is not merely a ritual of voting but

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said he is worried about a breakdown of the global monetary order.

There was a man who waited. He waited for the world to tell him who he was, what he was, and why he was here. He waited for a sign. He waited for permission. He waited until the waiting itself became his purpose. And then one day, he looked in the mirror and saw a

There’s a woman in my neighborhood who bakes extra muffins every Sunday and leaves them in little paper bags on doorsteps. No note, no fuss. Just something sweet and simple, a way of saying, “I see you.” There’s also a guy down the street—handy with tools—who once spent an entire afternoon fixing a stranger’s fence

Less friction, more focus — work through disagreements to reach your goals

In the nearly four decades since its publication, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media has solidified itself as one of the most incisive critiques of American journalism. Noam Chomsky, the linguist turned political dissident, and Edward S. Herman, the late economist and media analyst, do not merely argue that the press occasionally

If you’ve ever been involved in community work—whether organizing a neighborhood event, running a local nonprofit, or just trying to get people to care about something beyond their own front doors—you’ve probably noticed a hard truth: good intentions aren’t enough. Some communities flourish, while others, despite funding and well-meaning policies, remain disconnected and struggling. What

The Breakdown That Forced Me to Ask What My Soul Really Needed

Walk into any shopping mall, fast-food restaurant, or social media platform, and you’ll see the same expression on people’s faces—a vacant, almost trance-like engagement with whatever they’re consuming. They scroll, they chew, they swipe their credit cards, all in a loop that feels automatic. It’s not hunger, not necessity, and often not even genuine enjoyment

For nonprofit and movement activists, working effectively in teams is critical. Peer circles offer the benefits of relational skill-building, support and belonging, and a deepened ability to tackle complex problems.

In today’s economy, most people are locked into one role: consumer. We buy what’s offered, work in jobs where decisions are made elsewhere, and live in a world shaped by forces beyond our control. The people who make the rules—the ones who decide what gets built, who benefits, and who bears the cost—operate at a

In today’s world, Mammon - once the symbol of wealth and material obsession - has taken on new and less obvious forms. It’s no longer just about chasing money. It’s about chasing more: the dream of success, the pull of consumer culture, the ever-present siren's call of comfort and distraction. Mammon now wears many faces,

There is a strange piety that governs the modern world, a religion that no one names but that commands greater obedience than any god ever known to antiquity. It is the mythology of the economy. Its rituals are daily performed, not in temples, but in offices, factories, fields, and screens. Its dogmas are not debated

By the time steam engines hissed and factory chimneys began their long exhale over 19th-century Europe, something profound was shifting in the world’s balance of power. The old aristocracy—those with family crests and ancestral lands—was slowly giving way to a new class of power brokers: the capitalists. But this wasn't a revolution of liberation. It