Michael Slaby
slaby.bsky.social
Michael Slaby
@slaby.bsky.social
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Hello world. Joining this conversation finally. I'm part strategist, part ethicist, part generative futurist. Builder (and rebuilder) of movements, organizations, and institutions. Working on media, technology, politics, and saving the world in various combinations.
These are import taxes. What Trump and his MAGAist GOP are implementing is the largest tax hike in American history -- and it will hit working class Americans hardest. I didn't think he ran on "crushing the working class with historic tax hikes." #promisesmadepromiseskept #stopcallingthemtariffs
April 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Maybe a little something to help deal with... the 2025-ness of it all right now. The wisdom of Octavia Butler we need right now www.michaelslaby.com/the-wisdom-o...
The wisdom of Octavia Butler we need right now
Why continuing to try to predict the future in a moment of impossibly heavy uncertainty might be one of our keys to changing course.
www.michaelslaby.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trying to put energy into both short horizon and long horizon at the same time... don't know if it's working. Sharing some latest thoughts on the long-ish horizon: www.michaelslaby.com/party-and-id...
Party and ideology in 2025
Who does the hyperpolarized, hyperpartisan narrative in American politics really benefit? And is it getting in our way of something better...
www.michaelslaby.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Some thoughts to add to the broad conversation about what comes next for our civic life.
7bridges.substack.com/p/ready-for-...
Ready for another way
The Democratic Party has been in the wilderness for a long time now. Perhaps the consequences are stark enough, the excuses flimsy enough that we can finally embrace real transformation.
7bridges.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Hello world. Joining this conversation finally. I'm part strategist, part ethicist, part generative futurist. Builder (and rebuilder) of movements, organizations, and institutions. Working on media, technology, politics, and saving the world in various combinations.
November 15, 2024 at 12:55 PM