Reading List: How Power Works Now

Reading List: How Power Works Now

LisaGibbons
January 5, 2026

A Reading Guide on Work, Control, and the Future We tend to imagine power as something exercised by governments, CEOs,...

Power Essay Series – All Roads Lead to the Cloud

Power Essay Series – All Roads Lead to the Cloud

LisaGibbons
January 2, 2026

Infrastructure as the first act of Empire We said that we would create a series of essays around the topics...

Why Empires No Longer Need Borders

Why Empires No Longer Need Borders

LisaGibbons
December 22, 2025

Work and Power without Faces. the Empire That No Longer Needs a Center Power is easiest to recognise when it...

The Diversified Self

The Diversified Self

LisaGibbons
December 12, 2025

We are taught to treat our careers as the singular architecture of our souls. But true resilience lies in scattering...

The 30-Minute Daily Upskilling System

The 30-Minute Daily Upskilling System

LisaGibbons
December 5, 2025

We often imagine personal growth as a dramatic undertaking: long evenings devoted to study, ambitious online courses, and shelves of...

A Crypto Wage From a Tsunami of Job Losses

A Crypto Wage From a Tsunami of Job Losses

LisaGibbons
November 24, 2025

Blockchain UBI experiments, proof-of-personhood, and the politics of getting paid for just being When people first hear crypto + UBI,...

When the Robot Replaces the Retail Worker

When the Robot Replaces the Retail Worker

LisaGibbons
November 21, 2025

Automation, layoffs, and the Potential new bridge between crypto and universal income In late October 2025, Amazon quietly announced plans...

Bored to Death by Corporate Training

Bored to Death by Corporate Training

LisaGibbons
November 14, 2025

Mandatory corporate training is something many dread. Yes, it might be a day off site but does it need to...

In the Company of Dragonflies

In the Company of Dragonflies

LisaGibbons
November 7, 2025

What can humand learn from the oldest masters of focus? Let’s take a close look at the attributes of a...

Quiet Quitting as Philosophy

Quiet Quitting as Philosophy

LisaGibbons
October 31, 2025

How Gen Z rediscovered the ancient art of not caring too much. On a gray Monday morning, somewhere between a...