With all the hoopla regarding Roe v Wade, I feel like maybe this Supreme Court decision isn’t getting enough recognition, because it speaks significantly to systemic vulnerability. Let’s pretend like you are a hacker. Every modern enterprise and operation on earth monitors all computer and network activity down to…

The activism I am pursuing today differs from skateboard park activism I began pursuing in the mid-1980’s in a couple of important ways. When one aspires to bring about the construction of a public skateboard park, there are typically two bottlenecks which disproportionately inhibit progress: funding siting (where the park…

Normally, people do this: (1) let’s get money (2) and buy property (acreage) (3) so we can build a community Challenges: most land owners don’t want to sell their property (acreage) not everyone has sufficient money to buy land community members are not sure where or how to start Ruth…

As a culture of retail customers we’ve been conditioned to believe it’s possible to “rip and replace” systems that are no longer considered functional. “That toaster isn’t working; I need a new one.” The difference between a toaster and “capitalism“ is substantial; one is a simple tool for making toast…

In the summer of 2017 I was locked out of my home and my finances, and spent a brief time among the homeless of Portland, Oregon, until a friend generously invited me to stay in his basement apartment until my ex-wife decided we were no longer “taking a break.” Granted…

Let’s play make-believe. Let’s pretend the US has broken up into rival factions, and you need to move $10 million to family that are located in the People’s Republic of Tennessee (henceforth: the fictional PRT). Background: The (fictional) PRT was originally a “MAGA 2024” faction that emerged after a few…

I hear this frequently: “We have two months to deliver.” You say you have two months, which tells you that you have 60 days. Actually, you only have seven or eight weeks, which you might think is the same thing, but it’s not.

Working with Ruth and Trudy, we are authoring the Anti-Fragile Playbook, which is a step-by-step guide for those seeking to deliver a self-funded economic revival that addresses the root causes of generational poverty and trauma. I’ve authored playbooks in the past, in both the military (an endeavor which earned me…

I ain’t going to mince words: there’s really terrible moms, and there’s really awful dads. And what’s worse, (insult to injury) it’s common for these low-quality parents to claim they were really good, or as a cop-out “I tried my best. But their legacy is not told by them, it’s…