Essays
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We’re not only facing a crisis of loneliness but we’re atomized. Our systems seem designed to further undermine social fabric and place.
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Eating crab is a fitting tradition for an Appalachian community dealing with the intergenerational trauma connected to the opioid crisis.
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Just political systems secure the means of living satisfying private lives while political saturation crowds out key aspects of a good life.
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The key to fixing our cities, to creating Strong Towns, is to treat them like complex, emergent systems capable of iterative change.
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To address rising atomization and alienation, we must account for radical inadequacy and experiment with more totalizing communities.
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Not only is a land value tax economically efficient, it offers a development pattern and taxation philosophy that nurtures vibrant communities.
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A “third culture kid,” now an adult, reflects on the unrelenting yearning she has for home and the struggle we face to live in the…
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Stuck in the conflict between two worldviews, the Dude offers a pragmatic third way forward for the postmodern world.