Beyond Scarcity – A Beautiful World of Abundance
Scarcity is one of the defining features of modern life. Around the world, one in five children suffers from hunger. We fight wars over …
Are You Making This Mistake in Self-Reliance?
When I lived in an apartment in the city I often caught myself romanticizing self-reliance. When I thought about my future self-reliant life I …
How the Automatic Earth Can Set Mankind Free
When left to its own devices everything in nature happens automatically, no external input needed. Without man, nature not only carries on, but thrives. …
Meet These 10 Basic Needs. Relax. Be Happy.
The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka is said to be “probably the largest participatory democracy movement on the planet”. Today, of the 38,000 …
The American Who Quit Money To Live In A Cave
In 2000 Daniel Suelo walked into a phone booth, pulled out 30 dollars and left it. That day he gave up money. Sixteen years …
Top 5 Tips for Beginning Homesteaders
Information from 33 years of farming to help you track, prioritize, save, and make money as a homesteader. First off, make sure that you …
9 Global Grand Challenges for Mankind (And For You)
What does it take to fix the world? The smart people at Singularity University has given this question a great deal of though, and they’ve identified nine major …
NASA-Funded Study: Over 32 Advanced Civilizations Have Collapsed Before Us, And We’re Next In Line
As any long-time reader of this column knows, we routinely draw from historical lessons to highlight that this time is not different. Throughout the …
Where Has 100 Generations of Human Life on This Planet Brought Us?
According to OECD a human generation typically ranges from 22 to 32 years, but let’s assume an average of 25 years. That means 100 generations …
The Future Is Decentralized
The costs of centralizing information are higher than people understand. Until they have worked in actual organizations that have missions like fighting a war …