Published in The Startup·Sep 9, 2020Member-onlyHow Businesses Can Save the WorldPioneering the way for True Cost economics — If politicians aren’t willing or able to curb climate change and ecological collapse, businesses and consumers will have to do it themselves. True Cost economics is quietly one of the most powerful tools to make this happen. In a previous article, I presented the case for why True Cost economics…Business9 min readBusiness9 min read
Published in The Startup·Sep 2, 2020Member-onlyOne Thing Capitalism Can Do to Save Itself and the PlanetA pathway for True Cost economics to change the world…if you want it — The primary driver of ecological collapse is entirely economic. It has to do with how we, as humans, measure the cost of the goods and services that we consume. At the heart of the issue is a simple market failure. There are two different ways to measure costs. The prevailing…Business13 min readBusiness13 min read
Published in The Startup·Jul 7, 2020Member-onlyWhy Quitting My Job on Wall Street to Start an NGO Was a Financially Horrendous DecisionI’m probably the only person you’ve heard of who made more money his first year out of college than in any of the twenty years since. And yet, by some measurements, my life has generally improved over that span of time. Fresh after graduation from college, I went to work…Life12 min readLife12 min read
Mar 15, 2020Member-onlyMicro-Dosing Mescaline: Comparing San Pedro to LSD and PsilocybinWhereas a high dose can fundamentally reframe your relationship with Life, a microdose of San Pedro is like Adderall infused with a subtle sense of gratitude for being alive. I’ve written numerous other articles about the life-altering power of consuming full doses of San Pedro, and I even made a…Psychedelics10 min readPsychedelics10 min read
Feb 29, 2020Member-onlyMystical Experience vs ReligionThe one key difference between them First I’m going to describe an example of a mystical experience. Then I’ll describe how it’s transformed into a religion. …Religion5 min readReligion5 min read
Jan 9, 2020Member-onlyTech Abstinence in a Wild Place: 7 BenefitsOne of my jobs is managing a rainforest preserve in Ecuador. In the middle of this forest is a research station, although it’s really more like a homestead. It’s totally off the grid — there is no Wi-Fi or cell signal. We have a phone hooked up to an old…Travel8 min readTravel8 min read
Oct 7, 2019Member-onlyLove and the Laws of Space-TimeWhat I have learned, because of you, is that love is not constrained by the laws of space and time. It is something that can be experienced in physical form. It can be experienced temporally in this particular dimension. But it doesn’t come from here nor does it end here…Love7 min readLove7 min read
Oct 6, 2019Member-onlyCan Psychedelics Prevent Human Extinction?Not necessarily, but it may be our best chance. — This article is written for people who are already aware of the fact that global ecological collapse is officially underway. I won’t venture to predict the outcome of this process. Nor will I focus on the outward symptoms of collapse, which are well-publicized. …Climate Change9 min readClimate Change9 min read
Sep 28, 2019Member-onlyMacro-Dosing Mescaline: The Danger of Not Consuming Enough San PedroNot all San Pedro journeys are created equal. There are several key variables that influence the quality of the experience. Reaching critical mass with dosage can be the difference between disappointment and ecstatic connection with the fundamental nature of existence. Knowledge about different preparation methods and mescaline potency is useful…Psychedelics11 min readPsychedelics11 min read
Sep 14, 2019Member-onlyDIY Psychedelics: Why Grow and Prepare Your Own Plant MedicineThe beauty of utilizing psychedelic plants, as opposed to synthetics, is a question of intimacy. Especially when you coax a plant into life, care for it, harvest it yourself, and prepare it with your own hands. Unless you’re a chemist, your relationship with a synthetic psychedelic is usually that of…Cannabis8 min readCannabis8 min read
