Articles, Papers, Books, Media

Books, academic papers, blog articles, media, and other works about the Principled Societies Project and LEDDA Framework.

May 2020

Is Solving Problems the Ideal of Democracy and Capitalism?

Societies can solve important problems. Doing so is the essence of sustainability. But systems innovation is necessary.

May 2017

Solving Problems That Matter Could Be the Next Big Thing

By viewing a society as a problem-solving superorganism, the natural sciences and technology sector can go wild with possibilities. Designs of economic, governance, and legal systems fall into their domain.

May 2017

An Economy of Meaning, or Bust

Current economic systems are dismal because they waste our precious time. We can pause to reevaluate, and redesign.

May 2017

Wellbeing Centrality: Toward an Economics and Politics of Meaning

The designs of current economic and governance systems may be inadequate to solve our many pressing problems. Ideas from complex systems science and other fields can help us re-conceptualize systems, leading to better designs.

May 2017

Why Stop at Basic Income and a Living Wage?

We can ask the big question: Out of all conceivable economic system designs, which ones might be best at helping us to focus on and solve problems that matter?

May 2017