Sitemap - 2024 - The Elysian
This Chinese philosopher reformed politics in one generation
Am I a Democrat or a Republican?
Elysian gatherings around the world
A grassroots political party for the middle
Free speech in the age of social media
The rich are controlling our government
The "letters to an anarchist" post-mortem
Are Democrats too liberal? Or too conservative?
Writing Prompt: What movement does the world need right now?
What is the goal of anarchism?
How would anarchist societies protect themselves?
Will you explain anarchism to me?
Is America about to fall? Or flourish?
Asia and the future of the nation state
It's ok to live in a fantasyland
One essay could change the future
Your ideas for improving capitalism
The Cooperatist Manifesto that inspired Mondragon
Yes, Taylor Swift is just as genius as Mary Shelley
Do we still want the future desired by the past?
Join our upcoming literary salon discussions
Three classic utopian novels—now collectibles
Mondragon as the new City-State
Writing Prompt: Fix Capitalism
Further reading on employee ownership
Founders will get much richer by exiting to employees
Your visions for the next Renaissance
Every company should be owned by its employees
How many hours a week do you (actually) spend on your salary job?
You’d still work if you didn’t have to
Maybe you need to have more fun
Let's read the Terra Ignota series together
Who's qualified to save the world?
What futuristic projects should I visit around the world?
I'm traveling the world to study utopia
My TEDx talk about the future of fiction
“Friends” as the ideal community
I’d rather have an investor than a publishing contract
Humanity from the perspective of robots
Substack could create the future of books
Writing Prompt: How do we create the next Renaissance?
Week 8: What communities should know about you? (Write a story about them)
Week 7: Boost your essays all over the internet
I built a castle to save the economy
I'm not going to have kids to save the economy
Your alternatives to democracy
Can we create a wise & enlightened citizenry?
Week 5: Write one (pitchable) think piece
The unbearable necessity of being online
Please come up with wildly speculative futures
The future according to artists
Week 4: One pitch several places
I'd like to open a Singapore franchise please?
Idea Labs! An open thread for collaborative worldbuilding
What if government worked like Wikipedia?
Week 2: Cross-promote one another
What if NATO became a world government?
Decouple federal government from nation-states
Designing the future in Lathe of Heaven
Week 1: Your assignments for the challenge
Writing Prompt: Come up with an alternative to democracy
Humans are good (except for that one guy)
Welcome! A quick prerequisite before we get going
Grow your influence on Substack (a workshop!)
I'm hosting four literary salons this year
I watched the Super Bowl because of Taylor Swift
The best of solarpunk architecture
Wakanda isn't an ideal utopia for Africa
Symposium: Pro-Growth Environmentalism
Maybe women should design our sci-fi future
Yes, we still need the military
Why I’m not a free market capitalist
The rich are not causing the poor
Let’s vote for plans, not politicians
Symposium: How to imagine better futures
We should remove electives from higher education
How do we stop fighting on the internet?
Bring back the "Renaissance Man"