Sitemap - 2023 - The Elysian
What is the moral obligation of the rich?
The rich are not the problem (we are)
I trained an AI on the Catholic God
At what point does speech become dangerous?
Substack shouldn’t decide what we read
It's time to rethink "retirement"
Blue-collar jobs might be the best jobs
Writing Prompt: Invent a future holiday
You still get to choose your own life
Digital nomads are opening borders
Let's discuss Ministry for the Future
Last chance to collect the print volume!
Symposium: Small Governments vs. Large Governments
Cities should manage immigration (not nations)
Taylor Swift doesn't want her photo taken
What if we split the US into city-states?
A study of American & European Federalism
A study of Milton Friedman's approach to healthcare
US states could absolutely have universal healthcare
Could we store the internet on the ocean?
A discussion about how Mexico became a state
Could a US state become a "utopian country"?
Writing Prompt: What should technology look like in the future?
Let's study The Ministry for the Future
There are already utopian countries
I think I'm in the wrong heaven
Introduce yourself to the other members
Thoughts on my first quarter writing The Elysian
Why I don't read modern journalism
Is utopia created from the top down?
What is the value of art in the age of AI?
Writing Prompt: Invent an Afterlife!
This could be our economy in the year 2100
We need to grow our economy to advance humanity
Post Modern: Brain-Computer Interfaces
Are you interested in literary salon discussions & my research notes?
We don't need to "degrow" the economy
Are memories the source of unhappiness?
I wrestle with my goodness just like Jean Valjean
How to sell books for $1 million each
Would you be happy if you didn't remember?
What if women created the culture?
This is what it's like living on a utopian island
Writing Prompt: Use technology for good (not evil)
Remote work could solve global poverty
Should we manufacture all our own stuff?
We don’t need to colonize the world anymore
What if Hawaii had remained Hawaiian?
Will we still have culture in the future?
Writing Prompt: Write an ecotopia!
What if companies replace countries?
An exploration of utopia in The Hobbit
An open call for utopian short films
An alternative to "tax the rich"
A study of Half-Earth Socialism by Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass
What if its not cool to be a bad capitalist anymore?
A discussion about William Morris' anti-tech future
A study of Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
A brief history of capitalism (& socialism & communism)
A study of Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Everything I'm writing this quarter
We don’t need our political ideologies anymore
Introducing The Elysian (and my new job)
Inside the utopian cities of Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power
A study of News from Nowhere by William Morris
We'll have to eat less meat in the future
Are internet friends "real" friends?
Yes, the future should be analog
I'm imagining a more beautiful future
Economic possibilities for our grandchildren (re-visited)
Is it for work or for pleasure?
Is your company wasting your time?
Are 20-hour workweeks on their way?
Automation has already taken our jobs
A day in the life of my post-AI world
There are so many geniuses alive today
Can’t Get Much Worse, Chapter 5
How authors are earning $50k+ on Kickstarter
Here's the cover art for Oblivion!
Do you actually read serial novels online?
What if countries acted more like companies?
An annotated reading of The Peach Blossom Spring by Tao Yuanming
We will live hundreds of years