To understand the conditions for more meaningful civic participation, we need to get off The Ladder. (All these beautiful drawings below were created by Vinay Kumar Mysore) When it comes to discussions about how to get those who seem to be “unengaged” more engaged with civic life, one metaphor comes up again and again —…

First of all, hi. It’s been a minute, and you might notice that we’re no longer meeting each other over on tinyletter. I’ve migrated to Substack. I have reasons. Hopefully it won’t make a bit of difference to your experience at all. Though probably that logo thing should go. I’m aiming to make this more…