Editorial Team

Why The Hidden Logic of the You and Me Is Generosity and Selflessness Imagine that there was a tree that grew a billion times taller than all the other trees. Imagine that there was a gazelle who drank all the water in the world, just went on drinking and drinking. Imagine that there was an … Read more

Why Capitalism Fails the More it Succeeds, and What it Means Whenever I write about capitalism, a strange and funny thing happens. “That’s not even capitalism, dude! Grow up!!” It’s not? Capitalism appears to mean whatever anyone wants it to mean, apparently, and hence, capitalism is whatever anyone wants it to be. Like any god, … Read more

The Fight For and Against the Future I think there’s an unseen battle raging in the world today. It’s not a battle, really, over politics, society, or even the world. It’s about you. Who you really are, why you are here, and what your life means. It’s a battle for control of your soul.

What Happens When a Society is More Concerned With Saving Face Than Facing Truth Oct 16, 2018 Member-only Save The New York Times finally, for the first time, warned of fascism — three weeks before an election in which America will be fighting for the soul of its democracy. LOL. If that makes you laugh, … Read more

How Capitalism Torched the Planet by Imploding Into Fascism Sometimes, when I write scary essays, I encourage you not to read them. This one’s different. It’s going to be brutal, scary, jarring, and alarming. But if you want my thoughts on the future, then read away. It strikes me that the planet’s fate is now … Read more

New America is Dying So That Old America Can Be Reborn As I perused the headlines today, I was amusedandsaddened — a strange feeling — to see endless articles lamenting the death of democracy in America. They are perfectly right, of course — American democracy is taking its last few breaths, fighting for life. Now, … Read more

What Happens When Democracy Never Outgrows Tribalism? As we watch the spectacle — ordeal, perhaps — of the Kavanaugh confirmation unfold, a thought keeps striking me. There’s no more perfect symbol of American collapse than Brett Kavanaugh. It isn’t just that he’s a force of regress at a time when America desperately needs…

When Defense Mechanisms Replace Working Minds with Broken Myths As I wrote my last essay, about groceries being way more expensive in America compared to Europe, my partner, reading it over my shoulder, said (laughingatme, not with me), “you know, most people just aren’t going to believe it. Americans will mostly make…

Why Wealth Gushed Upwards as Americans Were Taught to Prey on Each Other Harder Sep 19, 2018 Member-only Save Look carefully at this chart. What does it say? It says that Americans aren’t paid what they’re worth — their incomes have flatlined for half a century, but their productivity, which is roughly the profit that … Read more

Why Dignity is the Highest Kind of Freedom My kid sister arrived to visit me this morning, on a 7AM flight, and as she took a nap, unable to sleep, I headed off bleary-eyed to the little street where I sip my coffee and think my thoughts. There, in the morning sunshine, a London taxi … Read more