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February 2025

Evildoers
Good and reasonable people do not delight in traumatizing other humans, do not make memes of suffering, do not call good evil and evil good.
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Principle 2: Maximizing Value Rather Than Profit
While maximizing profit may appear to be in the best interest of the business, it only looks that way from a very short-sighted perspective.
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The Contributist Business Model
Enough theory — let’s discuss practice. What does it look like to run a contributist business rather than a capitalist one?
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Principle 1: The Dual Responsibility
A contributist business leader understands that their primary responsibility is not to endlessly increase their own wealth or that of their…
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The True Role of a Business Leader
Business leaders are best understood as social organizers who play a critical and necessary role in stewarding the spaces, resources, and efforts of our…
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January 2025

Giving can (and should) be easy: being a contributist in a time of climate crisis
It is central to contributism that we are not an island; that it is both necessary and fulfilling to live in community, to make decisions based on…
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What We Gain From the Fires
What comes next? The bitter optimism of this moment is to recognize that in many respects, fire can be cleansing. Just as the ecosystem of Los Angeles…
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Introducing: “Dear Pablo” - The Contributist Advice Column
"Dear Pablo" is an advice column offering a contributist perspective on your everyday problems. Ask us anything: whether it’s about interpersonal…
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December 2024

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