What Drives Generous Behavior?
The Human Generosity Project examines why and how human cooperation makes its way through different cultures, even those where love supposedly doesn't exist.
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Society
18 posts
The Case Against Milton Friedman’s Capitalism
The free market is a theoretical fiction, with enormous social costs.
The Outcast at the Gate
After a child molester has been set free, where does he go—and how can society ensure that he never strikes again? One program's answer flies against our every instinct: Welcome him back.
Writing From the Woods: Surveying the Literature of Opting Out
As part of our week-long series on people who opt out of society, Eva Holland traces the American tradition of examining the outdoors with loving precision, from Henry David Thoreau to Annie Dillard.
Opting Out: Papa Pilgrim and the Lure of Off-Grid Wilderness Living
As part of our week-long series on people who opt out of society, Eva Holland spoke with Tom Kizzia about his new book on the 17-person family that settled down in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska.
Opting Out: Preparing for the End of the World
As part of our week-long series on people who opt out of society, Eva Holland considers the extremes that preppers, or survivalists, are prepared for.
Opting Out: An Introduction
We're telling stories all week about people who opt out of society on some level—homesteaders, back-to-the-landers, anti-government survivalists.
America Is a Utopian Experiment—and Always Has Been
We’re driven by the idea that at any time, in any context, it is always possible to start a new life and create an intentional society ruled by the beliefs of its participants. And why shouldn’t we be?
