Mon, Nov 19, 2018
When Kona Shiomachi anonymously published her manga You Should Quit Your Job Before You Die on Twitter it quickly went viral in Japan. What if, far from being an anomaly, the Japanese phenomenon of karoshi, or death by overwork, is a sign that we all need to rethink our work-life balance?
Mon, Nov 19, 2018
A small village in Western Kenya is home to a radical experiment - every month for the next 10 years every resident will receive a $22 cash transfer courtesy of Silicon Valley-backed NGO GiveDirectly. What happens when you give someone more money than they've ever had in their lives, no strings attached and no questions asked?
Mon, Nov 19, 2018
On a small farming community in Israel's Arava desert, residents' basic needs are covered regardless of whether or not they work. But after 42 years of existence, the community's founding principle of "absolute independence and absolute personal responsibility" is being pushed to its limits. Can a basic income work even when we don't completely trust our neighbors?
Mon, Nov 19, 2018
On the banks of a quiet canal in Amsterdam, Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof lays the foundations of a new nation - Bitnation. The founder of this so-called "virtual state," Tarkowski Tempelhof and her merry band of libertarian programmers hope to make governments "redundant" and gamify social welfare. Is their vision a utopia in-the-making, or a nightmare?