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For Aspiring Writers: the Worst Advice You'll Ever Read (2005)

China: An Interim Report: Its Economy, Ecology and Future (2005)

A Teachable Moment: to the Young Person Who Complained About Her Job/Pay at Yelp and Was Promptly Fired (2016)

The Architecture of a Labor-Backed Cryptocurrency System, the Largent (June 2016)

Why I’m considering retiring in a SE Asia resort for $1,200/month. (2016)

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Pathfinding our Destiny: Preventing the Final Fall of Our Democratic Republic

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Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform

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Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy

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Pathfinding our Destiny: Preventing the Final Fall of Our Democratic Republic

Money and Work Unchained

Inequality and the Collapse of Privilege

Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform

A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All

Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy

The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy: The Revolution in Higher Education

Resistance, Revolution, Liberation: A Model for Positive Change

Why Things Are Falling Apart and What We Can Do About It

An Unconventional Guide to Investing in Troubled Times

Survival+: Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation

Survival+ The Primer

Weblogs & New Media: Marketing in Crisis

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The Adventures of the Consulting Philosopher: The Disappearance of Drake

Four Bidding For Love

Claire's Great Adventure

Kama Sutra Cadillac

Of Two Minds

Verona in Spring

For My Daughter

I-State Lines

My "definition" of success:

1. Did I make myself useful today?
2. Did I take care of myself today and avoid burdening anyone with my cares and troubles?
3. Were I to meet the living Jesus or Buddha at day's end, would I feel ashamed of my conduct during the day, or could I meet his gaze with the inner knowledge that I emulated his teachings to the very best of my ability?


live free
live well
live with integrity
live with kindness
be average but with self-discipline


7 things to aspire to:

austerity
restraint
humility
responsibility
patience
sacrifice
thrift