Tag: Capitalism

Most of us reading this have no doubt benefitted from Capitalism. We’re probably sitting in a warm, dry house or room, staring at a good to moderate computer system. We’ve probably got a coffee close by, and in about two hours, we’ll probably have some lunch. This is my set...

In 2020, the Brazilian influencer Mário Júnior grew popular beyond TikTok as he was turned into a national meme. One of the motivators was the fact that he was producing content in a format that is typical to the platform: POV or point of view. This audiovisual format generally appears...

Are you one of the victims in this epidemic of sad and exhausted people? Does the sound of a clacking keyboard and the ping of notifications cause you needless panic? Do you, a dozen times a day, wish you could escape to the middle of a rainforest, build a cabin there, make tea, read Victorian liter...

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?...

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...

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...

Around the year 2000, after my gender transition, when I was in college, I was put in touch with an older woman who was pursuing her graduate degree in social work. She was cis, though I didn’t know that word at the time and she probably didn’t either. Her thesis topic was “how tra...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

The news that chipmaker Nvidia has achieved a $2tn market value, overtaking both Amazon and Alphabet to become the third largest company in the US, gives a strong hint of the next stages in the entangled relations between capitalism and technology. Fuelled by a push for artificial intelligence, we c...