Creativity
Selling out without selling out
Growing up a disgruntled ‘90s teenager whose heroes were Kurt Cobain, Ian MacKaye of Fugazi, and recording engineer Steve Albini,
Economics
Exploring the numerical realm of value
Bentoism
When the Bento met the Doughnut
Over the last 18 months, the Bento Society has hosted a series of experiments exploring values and self-interest. In April
Bentoism
Introducing the Library of Economic Possibility and the Future Us Grant
The Bento Society is a community brought together by a belief that life is bigger than Now Me. We use
Economics
How to create value with professor Mariana Mazzucato
Interviewee: Mariana Mazzucato
Background: Professor of Economics and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Author
Economics
The century of natural data with Doughnut Economics author Kate Raworth
Interviewee: Kate Raworth
Background: Author of Doughnut Economics, Oxford economist
Subject: The century of natural data
Listen: On the web,
Economics
Author David Wallace Wells on the new economics of climate
Interviewee: David Wallace Wells
Background: Author of The Uninhabitable Earth, Editor at New York Magazine
Topic: The new economics of
Economics
The world after capital with Albert Wenger
Interviewee: Albert Wenger
Background: Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
Topic: Fighting the climate crisis
Listen: On the web, on
Ideas
Using tech to manipulate ourselves with journalist Esther Dyson
Interviewee: Esther Dyson
Background: Journalist, tech analyst and investor, executive founder of Wellville
Topic: Using tech to manipulate ourselves
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Ideas
Creating the positive conditions of freedom with legal scholar Salome Viljoen
Interviewee: Salome Viljoen
Background: Post-doctoral fellow at Cornell Tech and NYU Law
Topic: Creating the positive conditions of freedom
Listen:
Ideas
Data is Fire 🔥🔥🔥
If you’ve ever slept outdoors or even just watched a survival reality show, you know the importance of fire.
Ideas
Rethinking self-interest
In the late 1990s, people around the world began to live in a state of rising fear of two missing
Economics
Don't be scared, you're not the only one
Sup y’all. It’s been a minute. How’s your apocalypse going? Yeah, mine too.
Sending love to everyone
Economics
The ownership crisis
It’s getting harder to remember life before, but we’re still in the early, “in it together” phase of
Economics
The race to the top
Recently I was on the road giving talks and workshops around my book. During my travels I met with a
Economics
Post-capitalism for realists
The other night I was invited to dinner with several wealthy and powerful people. This is not a normal thing
Bentoism
The origins of Bentoism
I’ve long held a belief that our notion of value was too narrow. I remember reading a piece in
Entrepreneurship
Resist and thrive
Last week I gave this talk at Web Summit in Dublin. It’s a first-draft of thoughts that I felt