Introducing: “Dear Pablo” - The Contributist Advice Column

Your own personal contributist lens

Pablo Parabola is a shared pseudonym for a collective of thinkers, writers, and doers who are excited about contributism — and the collective is growing. As new contributors join, they bring new ideas, skills, and bandwidth to the movement, and we have been working behind the scenes on a few exciting initiatives that will be rolled out over the coming months.

If you’re interested in participating in this growing community, click the Become Pablo button at the top of the website.

Dear Reader,

The Contributist Reader is excited to announce “Dear Pablo,” an advice column offering a contributist perspective on your everyday problems. We want you to ask us about anything that’s been bothering you: whether it’s about interpersonal dynamics, workplace drama, personal growth, or social and political issues.

Ever since we started the Reader, some of us have taken to asking each other: what would be the contributist take on this? We ask it about political issues, but we also ask it about more personal matters: feeling slighted by a friend, choosing between two jobs, navigating conflict with family. Even when it’s brought up as a joke, we’ve found that taking a moment to consider a problem from the contributist lens is surprisingly helpful.

Maybe this shouldn’t be so surprising — contributism is a framework for restoring dignity and building community through generosity. If you look carefully, you’ll find that dignity and community are at the root of many of our personal troubles. This is why contributism starts at the personal level, and expands outward.

So, one of our contributors with experience as a counselor has offered to run the Dear Pablo column, which will begin in the next few weeks. We encourage you to submit your questions, no matter how big or small. By sharing your struggles and seeking advice, you're not just finding solutions for yourself — you're contributing to the collective project of building a more generous and fulfilling world. The contributist society begins with the contributist act.

Send in your questions here or to [email protected], and we’ll answer them (fully anonymously) on this column.

Let's build a better society together,
Pablo Parabola