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11 parts · Feb–Mar 2026 Let Cities Build Utopia

Cities should build utopia. Nations should let them. Residents should benefit from them.

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Decentralize America: The case for cities that don't need Washington Cities should be richer than the federal government. Mayors should matter more than the president. By Elle Griffin · Part 11 Free · 17 Mar 2026 19
An indigenous nation just built a better city than California Forever We should build more cities. But they should benefit residents, not just developers. By Elle Griffin · Part 10 For paid subscribers · 12 Mar 2026
Stop idolizing Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Próspera There are much more utopian cities than these. By Elle Griffin · Part 9 For paid subscribers · 10 Mar 2026
Singapore: Where your home loses value & everyone's better off Singapore solved private property by making it worthless over time. By Elle Griffin · Part 8 Free · 5 Mar 2026
Cities should own their land—like Vienna and Amsterdam Land autonomy beats governance autonomy every time. By Elle Griffin · Part 7 For paid subscribers · 2 Mar 2026
Disney World has more autonomy than any US city And it built a much better one. By Elle Griffin · Part 6 For paid subscribers · 26 Feb 2026
San Francisco should be profitable—instead property owners are Or how the Gilded Age screwed American cities and how we can reverse it. By Elle Griffin · Part 5 Free · 24 Feb 2026
Ebenezer Howard built a better city than the government That time a group of investors built the welfare city London couldn't. By Elle Griffin · Part 4 For paid subscribers · 19 Feb 2026
Cadbury built a city for workers—then gave it to them It's still community-owned 100 years later. By Elle Griffin · Part 3 For paid subscribers · 16 Feb 2026
The Scottish island that bought itself 100 residents now own the island they live on—not some billionaire. By Elle Griffin · Part 2 Free · 12 Feb 2026 24
Land should be a public good—not just private property An introduction by the Center for Land Economics. By Greg Miller · Part 1 Free · 11 Feb 2026 22
10 parts · Jun–Jul 2025 Terraform

Six writers explore the future of our planet.

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We could return three continents of land to the wild And create an interspecies future that benefits humans and ecologies alike. By Elle Griffin · Part 9 Free · 30 Jul 2025 35
Building an operating system for Earth How we went from an architecture of collapse to a simulation for survival By stephen marshall · Part 10 Free · 14 Jul 2025 2
How much of the planet should we harm for our comfort? Becky Chambers’ gentle sci-fi on the right amount of carbon, AC, airplanes, and yachts. By Elle Griffin · Part 8 Free · 9 Jul 2025 12
We should all participate in scientific research So we can study the Earth at scale. By Anant Agrawal · Part 7 Free · 7 Jul 2025 25
Maybe an exowomb is better than pregnancy The Pod Generation’s near-future satire pits nature against technology. Which is the better curator? By Elle Griffin · Part 6 Free · 2 Jul 2025 7
How can we rewild the Earth at scale? From global targets to backyard projects By Spencer R. Scott · Part 5 Free · 30 Jun 2025 11
The future used to be better How contemporary art reflects our waning belief in progress. By Maarten Boudry · Part 4 Free · 25 Jun 2025 18
A self-governing forest Terra0 thinks nature should become economically independent. By Elle Griffin · Part 3 Free · 23 Jun 2025 13
No, we shouldn't return to the climate of the 18th century Improving the climate is a better goal than trying to fight change. By Étienne Fortier-Dubois · Part 2 Free · 16 Jun 2025 13
We can terraform the Earth—not just Mars If we can revive a dead planet, we can revive our own. By Elle Griffin · Part 1 For paid subscribers · 11 Jun 2025 7