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All the lonely people atomized generation atomization crisis loneliness erraticus
(Michal Pechardo)
Essays Society 

All the Lonely People: The Atomized Generation

March 11, 2020August 29, 2020 12 min read Willow Liana Atomization, Community, Essential Reading, Place

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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Suspending Politics to Save Democracy Erraticus Overdoing political
(Jorge Alcala)
Essays Society 

Suspending Politics to Save Democracy

February 19, 2020June 1, 2020 8 min read Lawrence Torcello Democracy, Polarization, Politics

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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America Needs to Build Strong Towns Not More Infrastructure Erraticus
(Thought Catalog)
Essays Society 

America Needs to Build Strong Towns, Not More Infrastructure

February 17, 2020August 29, 2020 9 min read Jacqueline M. Kory-Westlund Community, Essential Reading, Place, Urbanism

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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A Land Value Tax Fosters Stronger Communities Erraticus
(Pixabay)
Essays Society 

A Land Value Tax Fosters Stronger Communities

January 10, 2020October 22, 2020 15 min read Matthew Downhour Community, Land Use, Tax Policy, Urbanism

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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Overdoing Democracy
(Brett Sayles)
Ideas Society 

We’re Overdoing Democracy. But Why?

December 23, 2019June 1, 2020 7 min read Kevin Vallier Democracy, Essential Reading, Polarization, Politics

Society has become so politically-saturated that we’re now overdoing democracy. Here are a few reasons why it undermines our institutions.

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Ron Chernow Ulysses S Grant
Essays Society 

A Progressive’s Take on Ron Chernow’s ‘Grant’

July 24, 2019April 30, 2021 15 min read Joshua R. H. Parsons Character, History, Progress

Individuals don’t make history but there are the “best of us” people, like Grant, who withstand the crushing pressures of their times.

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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