Capitialism & Philanthropy
A look at the darker side of MrBeast’s philanthropy and the wider philanthrocapitalist model it’s a part of.
A look at the darker side of MrBeast’s philanthropy and the wider philanthrocapitalist model it’s a part of.
March 24, 2019 Gary Lachman Jung famously remarked that the majority of people who came to him were not suffering from any neurosis or other
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,” and “policy.”
Cultivate Consciousness at Work
Does feedback improve the bottom line of a company?
Pirates didn’t just break the rules, they rewrote them. They didn’t just reject society, they reinvented it. Pirates didn’t just challenge the status-quo, they changed every f*cking thing. Pirates faced a self-interested establishment, a broken system, industrial scale disruption, and an uncertain future. Sound familiar?
“I’d rather be a pirate than join the navy.”—Steve Jobs
The Need to Grow, a documentary movie is available to stream now. Watch it on Prime Video.
From best-selling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs and their consequences.
A work of extraordinary ambition, originality, and rigor, Capital in the Twenty-First Century reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today.
A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness
November 20, 2013 Chuck Collins & Mary Wright In this clear and penetrating book, Chuck Collins and Mary Wright draw on principles of Catholic Social
January 5, 2013 James Carse Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when
What if we took our democratic decision making process and brought it into the workplace?
We can end the threats to our environment and aid dramatically in its restoration. We can help provide meaningful work for all, with opportunities that enhance and replenish the world about us. We can effectively address fundamental urban and rural concerns and the many diverse and often-divergent needs of developing and developed nations alike. We can create a better world where life and all living systems flourish. This is not an idealistic dream, but is rather a pragmatic attainment, achievable within our very own lifetimes.
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity; destroyed community; and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme – but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.
March 1, 2011 Kathryn Schulz Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we’re wrong about that? “Wrongologist” Kathryn Schulz
Our award-winning film spells out the social, spiritual, and ecological costs of today’s global economy while highlighting the multiple benefits of economic localization.
For much of his life, historian Howard Zinn chronicled American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version taught in schools – with its emphasis on great men in high places – to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace.
A Financial History of the World
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance.
Living Deeply transcends any one approach by focusing on common elements of transformation across a variety of traditions, while affirming and supporting the diversity of approaches across religious, spiritual, scientific, academic, and cultural backgrounds. Each chapter in the audiobook ends with Experiences of Transformation, exercises drawn from wisdom traditions or scientific investigations meant to enhance your direct experience of the material.
March 17, 2002 The Century of Self The Century of the Self is a 2002 British television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. It focuses
An American Prophecy – What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny
Since its founding in 1956 in Spain’s Basque region, the Mondragón Corporation has been a touchstone for the international cooperative movement. Its nearly three hundred companies and organizations span areas from finance to education.
Protecting and defending user privacy is at the heart of our work. From protecting user anonymity, to offering meaningful resolution our foundational principles are built into LSD’s core DNA.
Our approach to privacy compliance is broader than simply complying with the terms of the GDPR, the UK GDPR, the CCPA and the array of other data protection laws and regulations that apply to our global business. Rather, we think about how our work can benefit as many of our users as possible and work towards legal compliance in a way that strengthens our comprehensive data security and privacy program, and supports the evolution of our principles and overarching mission as a company.
We want to help people understand how we work to give them the transparency and tools they need to have meaningful controls over what data we collect about them, how it is used, and when it is shared.
Our teams are consistently working behind the scenes to understand new legal requirements and user expectations to ensure Twitter is prepared to meet the commitments we made to our users and to provide an industry-leading level of transparency and user control. You will continue to see us make updates across our core product, terms, policies, user functionality and operations to keep these commitments to the people who rely on us to engage in the public conversation.