The Bookstore is Reading You
Section 230 was written for a 1996 bookstore. Today's platforms watch your daughter, rearrange the shelves, and call it the same thing.
The Fidelity Charitable Problem is One of Power and Greed
What has become clear to us is that the hoarding and stockpiling of money and power by both individuals and organizations is having a severe damaging effect on our communities.
Section 230 Wasn’t Written for This
Do you remember what the Internet was like in 1996? Slow. Difficult to navigate. Random. Text-based and small. A few
The 81st Birthday Gift
What the founders at these two companies understood is that succession isn't just a transaction. It is a transfer of who gets to benefit from what gets built next.
Where We Live and Where We Work: A New Blueprint for Community Wealth
In Year One, we didn’t just move $2.5 million; we shifted the power dynamics of who gets to own the roof over their head and the tools in their shop.
MyFriendBen Is Coming to Washington
Here is the thing most people in the pro-democracy world are getting wrong: you cannot talk people into trusting institutions. You have to show them that institutions can deliver.
One Difference Makes All the Difference
100% employee ownership means not having to wonder what the succession plan is, because we are the succession plan.
When Something Is Not Better Than Nothing
"Something is better than nothing" is how we end up with nothing that matters.
Charting the Course Together Part 4: What Happens When Both People Show Up
This series started with a metaphor. The captain chooses the destination. The navigator charts the route. Both essential. Neither sufficient
The Grievance Economy, Revisited: When Even Your Data Source Is Part of the Problem
A useful reminder of how pervasive the machinery really is. It gets into everything. Even our critique. A Delta Fund mea culpa...
