Blog posts about Celebration Society city state designs, or other model city designs
Every great civilization has its high points and its low points. Often, it’s difficult to see the low points of one’s own society from within it. One popular pastime among Americans is to compare it to Rome. Such people often opine that American will soon go the way of the Roman Empire. The Romans were […]
I’ve written elsewhere about the many hurdles standing between the beautiful idea of a guaranteed income and its actual implementation in a way that takes care of all the people. Briefly, all approaches to a guaranteed income (universal, basic and minimum) share certain characteristics. They propose that everyone in the society–or at least all of […]
When people tell me that a Celebration Society isn’t “realistic”, I’m perplexed. Sure, it’s bold; perhaps even outrageous. But unrealistic is a far more damning term. Is it valid? As I’ve explained elsewhere, those who believe that automation will once again create more jobs than it destroys are engaged in dangerous, wishful thinking. They are […]
There has been much discussion of Paul Romer’s charter cities, and an experiment of this sort may be taking shape in the Honduras– though not one to Romer’s liking. I expect that people will want to compare celebration society city states to charter cities. I wish to facilitate this comparison, highlighting important differences and showing […]
