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Diversity, Equity, Sustainability

Imagine if our social, political and economic systems were designed from the ground up based on diversity, equity and sustainability and were scientifically optimized to offer the maximum benefit to the greatest number of people, while doing the least possible harm. I call this paradigm #Optimalism.

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No Really, What is #Optimalism?

A short explanation of the idea I call Optimalism. It’s a deceptively simple idea for the almost overwhelmingly complex challenge that is human coexistence. 

What is #Optimalism Anyway?

I’m going to explain what Optimalism actually is and introduce a set of 3 powerful principles that could form the basis of a brand new type of government.

COVID-19 in a Parallel Universe

The current novel coronavirus pandemic isn’t an existential crisis—unlike global warming—but it is a unique opportunity to reevaluate our most basic assumptions about modern civilization.

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