The local costs of polarization
People often talked about ignoring our nationalized dysfunctional political discourse and focusing locally. Is that even possible? What is polarization costing us?
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The Exhausted Majority
What do we really mean when we say polarization? Perhaps the reality of American political culture is not as bi-polar as we've gotten used to -- or been told.
Why we should care about polarization
Other than the fact that our national civic dialog feels like an elementary school food fight, does the increased intensity of political polarization matter? Yes -- profoundly.
Youngkin is the not end of Trumpism
He represents a metastatic evolution of Trumpism that reinstitutionalizes a dangerous, backward-looking worldview that will make the transformation that humanity craves (and desperately needs) harder.
Meta what?
Short (but not hot) take on Facebook’s new name.
Work, exploitation, and wealth
We need a real conversation about the opportunity The Great Pause has given us and why people are working differently.
Diagnosis over direction
What Ezra Klein gets so right and what Democrats are getting so wrong about the nature and future of our country.
When personal choices shouldn't just be personal
How people are validating their non-medical choice not to be vaccinated says volumes about the nature of American culture.
Is water water actually everywhere?
CNN published an exceptional narrative about the looming Colorado River water crisis -- but never asked what might be the most essential question.
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Clarity but not focus
More clarity about what and how you want to engage in the world does not necessarily guarantee the ability to focus your work.
What comes from a month off the grid?
Clarity.
What we need to be free
If we focus on ensuring and investing in everyone's freedom, we might find real freedom the cure to our futurelessnesss.