Navel Gazing

Final Thought: I’m so worried about it

Hopefully we’re through our big fire of the season. We’re starting to see rain on the regular (it’s raining as I write this), though...

Final Thought: on being evacuated. Again

There was a moment—just a moment—standing in the parking lot of the Ovintiv Centre in Dawson Creek, looking back towards Tumbler Ridge, that it...

Final Thought: the end of post capitalism…for now

I’m going to return to the idea of post-capitalism for one, maybe two last thoughts on the topic. Because the dirty secret of post-capitalism? Is...

Final Thought: rain, rain come again

The strangest thing about this May long weekend? Is that it didn’t snow. This is the second year in a row that it hasn’t snowed May...

Final Thought: can we stop the burning down?

(We’re stepping away from the future of finance to return to our regularly scheduled commentary on other random stuff; we’ll keep touching on a...

Final Thought: the triumph and tragedy of the commons

Last issue, I talked about the idea of moving away from private ownership for some things, reducing cost, reducing environmental impact and reducing the...

Final Thought: tell me what you want, what you really really want

In my basement, amidst the mess that is my tool room, sits a yellow drill. It is, in the words of Cory Doctorow, the minimum...

Final Thought: looking out for number one

Last issue, I mentioned that the CEO of Amazon makes 6474 times the amount of the average Amazon worker. In the last couple weeks, Amazon...

Final Thought: Neoliberalism

Remember Reaganomics? That was the term for a series of economic policies that Ronald Reagan instituted.  These included tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military...

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