This could be our future

Essay collections exploring the future of nation-states, capitalism, and humanity.

The Elysian Collective is a writer’s collective exploring future utopias. We’re tackling some of the most important topics of our time through essay collections and print pamphlets.

Here’s a collection of our work so far:

CITY STATE

Seven writers exploring autonomous governance through an online essay collection and print pamphlet.

• US states should be autonomous (like EU countries) by

  Elle Griffin

• Multi-country civilizations are good, actually by

  Étienne Fortier-Dubois

• It’s time for Thomas Jefferson's “village-states” by

  Bryce Tolpen

• Should we create more US states? by

  Elle Griffin

• Why we should build new American cities by

  Jeff Fong

• Maybe villages are our future—not cities by

  Elle Griffin

• Grassroots movements are building garden cities by

  Stephen Mackintosh

• What if your side hustle is being in Congress? by

  J.K. Lund

• Digital nomads could create network states by

  Olivier Roland

• How we achieve the borderless future of Terra Ignota by

  Elle Griffin

TERRAFORM

Six writers exploring the future of our planet through an online essay series and print pamphlet.

• We can terraform the Earth—not just Mars, by Elle Griffin

• No, we shouldn't return to the climate of the 18th century by Étienne Fortier-Dubois

• A self-governing forest, by Elle Griffin

• The future used to be better by Maarten Boudry

• How can we rewild the Earth at scale? by Spencer R. Scott

• Maybe an exowomb is better than pregnancy by Elle Griffin

• We should all participate in scientific research by Anant Agrawal

• How much of the planet should we harm for our comfort? by Elle Griffin

• We could return three continents of land to the wild by Elle Griffin

• Building an operating system for Earth by stephen marshall

We Should Own The Economy

A multi-year book project studying capital and how we can create more owners of it.

• Mondragon as the new City-State by

  Elle Griffin

• The Cooperatist Manifesto that inspired Mondragon by

  Elle Griffin

• How Silicon Valley got rich by

  Elle Griffin

• Who should control AI? by

  Elle Griffin

Join the Elysian League—our community of thinkers

Free subscribers can read all of our media projects, but paid supporters join the Elysian League—our inner circle of writers and thinkers. Think of it like an old social club and literary salon with:

• Literary salons and guest lectures

• Research notes

• Office hours + online discussions

• Writing prompts

• Slack Channel

You can also support our work as a Collector to receive the annual collector’s edition print volume as well as every print pamphlet we produce. Subscribe right here 👇🏻

This is what Elysian volume II looked like. Volumes print every January.

Thanks for reading,

Elle Griffin