We are the Unenlightened Generalists. We form connections between people and ideas through education, art, information science, human development, and applied philosophy.
Essay
Co-winner of the 2nd Annual Alexander Phillips Arete Award Surging against the impacted and ossified rules of the Old Order of “might makes right,” a massive wave of insightful thought is on the rise — worldwide.
Transportation
Or they would be, if it weren’t for these obvious problems There are so many reasons to be excited about e-bikes — even if there are problems left to solve.
Books
and how the work of J. Michael Straczynski came into my life
Zen
or: Zen, Anthony Bourdain, and Ant-Commandos. In which our hero discovers he is never alone.
Zen
And our attention can change the world. Climate change, refugee crisis, nuclear proliferation — what if we could help change all this with one simple shift in our thinking?
History
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass Learning from past revolutions in information literacy, can we develop a model that suits the 21st century?
Essay
“Freedom may be mankind’s natural state, but so is sitting in a tree eating your dinner while it is still wriggling.” ― Terry Pratchett This is about understanding that the individual is stronger if the whole is also stronger.
Zen
Thoughts on Marie Kondo, then, and learning to live the life you have. Meditating is actually about taking care of the life you live in now. This is what Zen master Dogen said: “If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
Communication
A concise guide to communicating compassionately both online and off. Our greatest impact in the world is made through our relationships with other people — how we communicate, how we comport ourselves when we communicate, changes the world around us.
Essay
How a book on graphic novel writing changed my perspective of narrative craft.
Poems harvested and forged from hours of solitude spent in wild places; poems that carry medicine specific to a local watershed; medicine meant for human and more than human ears.
COVID Information, Updates, and Commentary. Click to read The Gauntlet, by Julia Doubleday, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
The Imaginists are dedicated to completely re-thinking how theater serves a whole community, by breaking down barriers to who participates, where is happens and what it is.Â
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An independent publication with local news and views of Sebastopol, CA, and parts of West Sonoma County. Click to read Sebastopol Times, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
No algorithms. No content filters. Honest and insightful analysis and commentary on news from Richmond, VA. Click to read RVA 5x5, by Jon Baliles, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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