Tag: Capitalism

“There is a church, it is the most interesting place you will visit during your time in Chiapas, Mexico”, the free walking tour guide in San Cristobal de las Casas talks about San Juan de Chamula. Indeed, what an interesting place. San Juan Chamula, a small village just outside of San Cr...

This is a story from our Ecstatic Integration newsletter. If you are interested in psychedelics and other forms of ecstatic experience, and how to integrate them into western cultures, sign up here. Ketamine clinics are booming across the US. According to psychedelic fund PsyMed, there were ...

There are messages in it that reek of hypocrisy. Mainly the idea that undeveloped countries shouldn’t develop as richer ones have. It will drive further climate change. This one’s a head-scratcher because it’s probably true. But the UN development goals aim to take everyo...

This“ book is a polemic against liberal anti-racism that focuses on individual attitudes rather than institutions.” This is a fascinating well researched and well written book. It raises several important issues. The three of the most important are 1) Structural/Institutional Racism i...

As a society, we’ve become increasingly aware of the impact that businesses have on the world. Customers want to support companies that are good corporate citizens, and employees want to work for employers making a positive difference. Some forward-thinking business leaders are recognizing tha...

I was laid off from Salesforce one day after receiving my 3-year anniversary gift in the mail. In all, 8,000 people were let go — a bloodletting that temporarily paralyzed the company and sent up cries of foul internally, in the press, and in social media. Salesforce’s #airing-of...

Baby Concord and I drove nearly 1,000 miles before we entered the gates of the Bruderhof community in the village of Darvell, located on the outskirts of the pretty medieval town of Robertsbridge, England. The long driveway arced gracefully past an apple orchard before passing a pine forest, whos...

If education hasn’t solved today’s problems, will it solve tomorrow’s? I recently watched a video from author Hank Green discussing gene editing. He questioned how far gene editing should go. There is the argument for editing genes to prevent diseases. But what about hair color?...