An Interdependent Life

Essays and stories for a world built on synergy and reciprocity

Beyond Exploitation

Threshold

Pathway · 7 works in route · 16 min

A provisional portal through works naming extraction clearly while looking for structures that no longer reproduce it.

Provisional pathway frame for asymmetry, refusal, and the search for social arrangements beyond exploitation.

Provisional seeded entry. Final text is not yet published.

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The current public route

These works are currently public in the order this pathway is holding them. This pathway is currently showing its full public route.

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A World Built on Fear and Doubt

The beginning of hoarding, exploiting, and protecting resources as a temporary solution to natural disaster that eventually gave rise to civilization.

Step 01 · Essay · 9 min

2

The Old Gods

The history of how religious teachings centered on reciprocity were replaced by new deities and teachings centered on exploitation and civilized ideals, especially of war.

Step 02 · Essay · 9 min

3

Destructive Circular Economics

When industries convert resource into waste to make it more valuable for industries that value waste over resource.

Step 03 · Essay · 10 min

4

Urban Planning

Urban planning craves control over the landscape, to break the relationships we have with the land. To create a fauxscape that returns no ill or gain,…

Step 04 · Essay · 9 min

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Lareth

A monster that offers protection and benefits for a community in exchange for tribute. But as the monster grows, so does the tribute and the returns…

Step 06 · Story · 9 min

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