The Three Commons: Earth, Light, Signals — A Simple Framework
When you type a question into an AI chatbot, the response arrives in seconds. It feels effortless, like the machine just knows…
Posts on the core framework — Earth, Light, and Signals — and why every person born is a shareholder of the shared inputs the economy runs on.
When you type a question into an AI chatbot, the response arrives in seconds. It feels effortless, like the machine just knows…
On April 1, 2025, Canada killed its national carbon tax. The fuel charge disappeared. The quarterly rebate checks stopped. A family of…
In February 2026, the Alaska House Finance Committee released a draft budget with no Permanent Fund dividend at all. Zero. The Senate…
Imagine running a study on whether people who own rental property deserve the income. You recruit 3,000 landlords into a randomized trial.…
Ten people in a room will agree that Universal Basic Income is a good idea. Then they’ll describe ten different programs, argue…
Most of us tie our identity to work. Ask someone who they are and they give you a job title. The story…
In 2020, Sam Altman quietly put $60 million behind the largest basic income experiment in American history. Three thousand people across Texas…
Your phone cost you money. The receipt made sense — parts, labor, software, shipping, margin. A clean transaction between you and a…