What Are People For?
Have advances in artificial intelligence and automation made humans obsolete? If they aren’t generating a profit, what are people for?
Dawn Allen
Dawn Allen is a freelance writer and editor who is passionate about sustainability, political economy, gardening, traditional craftwork, and simple living. She and her husband are currently renovating a rural homestead in southeastern Michigan.
Who Doesn’t Love Free Stuff?
Prioritizing climate harms the economy. Prioritizing the economy harms the climate. Either way, we’re in for a future with much less free stuff.
What Can We Do With the Office Buildings?
Post-pandemic cities are bouncing back to a new normal, but office buildings remain stubbornly below capacity. How can they be repurposed for a new economy?
The Leaders We Need for the Future Ahead
The leaders we need are capable, visionary, wise, grounded in reality, radical, and nothing like the leaders we have now. In short, completely unelectable.
If It Feels Hotter, That’s Because It Is
Four days last week were each hotter than the day before, but the future will be hotter yet. We didn’t change much to prevent it, so how will it change us?
Adapting to the World’s Water Problems
The world’s water problems are alarming and will worsen in the coming years, but there’s a lot we could learn from the way other societies cope (or don’t).
When Life Is Unaffordable, How Do We Live?
Resource constraints and questionable allocation are making life’s needs unaffordable for many, but the future is still unwritten and we have choices left.
Imagining the Death of the Internet
Imagining the death of the internet isn’t hard in an era of rising resource costs and diminishing returns.
A Moment to Consider Food System Collapse
With apocalyptic orange skies come fresh thoughts of the climate crisis. Let’s take a moment to consider a climate-related food system collapse.
The Profit Motive May Be Harmful After All
Does the profit motive breed innovation, fair dealing, efficiency, and good corporate citizenship, as capitalism’s advocates claim?