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No, we shouldn't return to the climate of the 18th century
Improving the climate is a better goal than trying to fight change.
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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Democracy should happen online
A Guest Lecture with Margo Loor, co-founder of the Estonian participatory democracy platform Citizen OS.
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Elle Griffin
 and 
Margo Loor
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1:25:57
We can terraform the Earth—not just Mars
If we can revive a dead planet, we can revive our own.
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Elle Griffin
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TERRAFORM: An essay collection about the future of our planet
Six writers explore the future of our world for an online series and print pamphlet.
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Elle Griffin
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Newsletter bundles don’t work
A Guest Lecture with Even Armstrong on why he left Every to go independent.
 • 
Elle Griffin
 and 
Evan Armstrong
4
1:18:04
Creating a global safety net without nation-states
A Guest Lecture featuring Sondre Rasch, co-founder and CEO of SafetyWing.
 • 
Elle Griffin
 and 
Sondre Rasch
4
1:15:36

May 2025

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Elle Griffin
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How Silicon Valley got rich
And how everyone else can get rich too.
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Elle Griffin
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Who should control AI?
Nonprofits aren't our only option.
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Elle Griffin
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CITY STATE: A discussion about autonomous governance
Here's the recording from our literary salon discussion.
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Elle Griffin
1:14:46
120 million employee-owners in one generation
We have a moonshot opportunity to make the bottom half richer. Here's how we take it.
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Elle Griffin
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Let's read Moral Ambition together
Rutger Bregman's new book is the subject of our next literary salon.
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Elle Griffin
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