As long as the material basis of our well-being is understood to come from paid employment, we will continue to lean upon the moral coercion of the work ethic to justify the decision to not give people the material support they need, and we will do this whether there is a need for everyone to work or not. Tim Dunlop, “Why the Future is Workless“ … Continue reading What Are People For? AI, UBI & Human Work
It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines. Wendell Berry As we limp towards the finish line of 2025, awash in institutional abuse, chaos, and collapse, it can be almost impossible to zoom out for a bigger picture of where … Continue reading Crossroads
If change is to come, it will have to come from the margins. Wendell Berry You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller Before we get into what could be called a “rural strategy” for de-Trumping our non-urban areas in America, let’s do a quick recap of the overall scheme … Continue reading De-Trumping Rural America
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