Reenchantment: Autumn’s light, solitary huts & the art of seeing afresh by Nicolás Boullosa on October 22, 2025 What if a text read like a slow walk? The truest form of luxury is not online but contemplative. Autumn …
They found abandoned pirate fortress & turned it into dream hideout home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 19, 2025 It looks like a forgotten pirate fortress, straight out of The Count of Monte Cristo or Game of Thrones: a …
Void, or the space between us: on individualism, the commons, and purpose by Nicolás Boullosa on October 16, 2025 You don’t live in a vacuum. You live among echoes — digital, cultural, ancestral — shaping the melody of your …
How Finland fixed homelessness while the US fails: home vs. shelter by Kirsten Dirksen on October 12, 2025 Meet the American idealists inspired by Finland’s model to end homelessness. It all started when they noticed something odd from …
The death of depth—and of long-form—is (maybe) greatly exaggerated by Nicolás Boullosa on October 8, 2025 On the vanishing patience for depth, and the quiet rebellion of those who still read. Loosely paraphrasing Mark Twain, the …
He created prefab kit to self-build underground homes on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on October 5, 2025 Dave has spent the past decade refining ways to build affordable underground homes. We last visited him to see his …
Starting over in Ghost Town: they found perfect village to escape 9-to-5 by Kirsten Dirksen on September 28, 2025 Shaniko, Oregon — once the “Wool Capital of the World” — went bust more than a century ago and with …
Disconnection -> belonging: nobody’s building the pathways we’ve forgotten by Nicolás Boullosa on September 25, 2025 How tribal loyalties and fractured dialogue erode the commons. Why thinkers warned us of ethical collapse, and how conviviality might …
Couple’s off-grid living on Nordic island II: preparing for winter at 63° N by Kirsten Dirksen on September 21, 2025 At 63° North, life on a small Finnish island brings long winters, frozen lakes, and a rhythm deeply tied to …
From Seoul to Barcelona: childhood observations of fertility and society by Nicolás Boullosa on September 18, 2025 Barcelona, 1986. The city held its breath: a small Mediterranean metropolis about to become a global stage, halfway to Columbus’s …