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Voluntary Simplicity and the Steady-State Economy

February 1, 2022

Voluntary Simplicity and the Steady-State Economy Voluntary simplicity is most basically characterized by the practices of mindfulness and material sufficiency. Through bringing mindfulness to our daily lives, we seek the maximum of well-being achievable through the minimum of material consumption. Well-being applies to all life forms on Earth, not just people. The practice of sufficiency implies conscious moderation […]

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Keep it Simple

August 26, 2019

Keep it Simple Markets blow up on Friday on a series of tweets, markets jam higher on the pronouncement of dubious phone calls on Monday. The rapid back and forth has many heads spinning and makes for dramatic headlines as people are searching for explanations. To which I say: Keep it simple, especially in the age […]

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Ockham’s Razor as a Guide to Slicing Nonsense Away

October 3, 2018

Ockham’s Razor as a Guide to Slicing Nonsense Away Why “razor”? Because it cuts away the unnecessary and redundant. Several Latin versions but this is the one I remember: noli multiplicare entia praeter necessitatem. Literally: “do not multiply essences without necessity” which is Medieval for “don’t make your theory any more complicated than it has to […]

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A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity

June 7, 2016

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity Jordan Osmond and Samuel Alexander Image from ‘A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity’ 2016On July 27 2015, I posted a 2-hour interview with Nicole Foss that was recorded when we were in Melbourne in April that year. The interview -though not the full two hours of course- was always meant to be part […]

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“Simple Offers Freedom”: Building a $500 Cabin Without a Permit

February 18, 2016

“Simple Offers Freedom”: Building a $500 Cabin Without a Permit How to make it in the wilderness certainly has its difficulties, but so does living in modern society. Whether you are taking shelter from the elements and the harsh realities of nature, or from the stresses, panic and emergency crises of the city. Building a […]

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Retrotopia: A Gift to be Simple

December 17, 2015

Retrotopia: A Gift to be Simple This is the eleventh installment of an exploration of some of the possible futures discussed on this blog, using the toolkit of narrative fiction. Our narrator ventures out of Toledo into a tier one rural county and sees one of the alternative cultures taking shape in the Lakeland Republic. […]

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Find Freedom in a Tiny House

May 5, 2015

Find Freedom in a Tiny House What is a house? I feel this is a dangerous question, which holds within it the seeds of a disruptive innovation, so read on at your own risk. Rethinking what a house is could change your life, and perhaps the world. Let me explain through my own experience. Voluntary […]

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