The exceptional outsider democratists
A wonderful, posthumous gift from David Graeber invites us to think differently about the roots of democratic culture and the functioning of democratic communities.
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Weekend Edition: A familiar breathlessness
What the last decade wrestling with the potential and effects of social media might teach us about how we greet ChatGPT.
Weekend Edition: We Were All Environmentalists Once
Our estrangement from nature might just be both older and less permanent that we think
The Schadenfreude of the Speaker
As much fun as was had last week watching the hammering Speaker McCarthy took on the way to the gavel, if it really is "The People's House", then it's our house that's on fire. So what do we do?
Weekend Edition: Beginnings and Transformation
Is there a modern equivalent of the 95 Theses? Does it matter? Perhaps we don't need the permission of history to begin.
Weekend Edition: Our Private Public Sphere
What the Twitter upheaval might teach us about private public goods.
Weekend Edition: A little bit, right now, everywhere, every day
The 2022-ness of what we're living through started well before this cycle, and we need to embrace both a longer horizon and new everyday, always-on approach to our civic life to find a new path.
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How much media is a lot of media?
Ever-present political ads this time of year feel omnipresent and unavoidable, but are they really that dominant of a cultural force?
Weekend Edition: What did you do on your summer vacation?
A COVID short story that might tell us something about how we might think differently about managing this phase of the pandemic.
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Back from the wilderness
The value of time away and the constant challenge (and opportunity) of attention.
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Weekend Edition: Containers, Conditions, and Content
I'm heading off the grid for the next month and will leave you with an open-ended set of thoughts about what I'm looking for and what we might need.
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Celebrate freedom
Look with humility and graciousness to Black leaders and Black voices to understand and engage in the conversations and reckonings necessary to celebrate Juneteenth.