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
Ideas
Theories and concepts, playing around
Bentoism
This is how long it takes to change the world
We want change to be instant. Immediate. But there is biological, historical, and sociological evidence that suggests thirty years is
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
Creativity
The art of experiencing
“Arriving late at a performance, and seated in the center of the second row, I looked up and saw what
Ideas
Environmental individualism
About ten years ago I was on a flight leaving a conference. Sitting next to me was a man I’
Ideas
In defense of normal
We often underrate the value of normal.
We think normal means dull, average, or mediocre. Normal is unimaginative. Normal is
Dark Forest
Beyond the dark forest theory of the internet
Two weeks ago I sent an email about the dark forest theory of the internet. I used the dark forest
Dark Forest
The dark forest theory of the internet
In his sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem, author Liu Cixin presents the dark forest theory of the universe.
When
Bentoism
This Could Be Our Future
On October 29, Viking/Penguin Books will publish This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World.
Scenes
My friend Noel
For six weeks while writing the book, I worked from the home of an 89-year-old woman named Noel Osheroff.
I
Entrepreneurship
Nobody cares about you
We’re so good at undermining our confidence. We let imaginary voices water down our true nature. We live in
Creativity
Adam Curtis on the Dangers of Self Expression
A piece I did with the journalist for The Creative Independent in 2017.
Entrepreneurship
Introducing The Creative Independent
This morning Kickstarter launched a new project that we’re very excited about: The Creative Independent.
The Creative Independent is
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
Ideas
The object offline
On Monday I spoke at the Museum of Modern Art at a salon to discuss “objects that are born in
Recommended
Life and leadership lessons from Dungeons & Dragons
Last year I started playing Dungeons & Dragons for the first time. As a D&D newbie I was
Music
Taxonomy of a Top Ten
01 The Consensus Pick
The first choice sets the tone for the entire list. A critic can either go for