Why local business, open design, and economic independence are the answer to an economy that's replaced us.
A blog series by Shon Frazier
For decades, the logic of efficiency has hollowed out local economies, consolidated power into fewer and fewer hands, and replaced people — merchants, farmers, makers, neighbors — with platforms, algorithms, and terms of service. And it's all by design, not an accident.
This series makes the case for a different design: local business, open technology, and economic infrastructure that keeps wealth close to home and ownership with the people who earned it. The argument cuts across ideological lines because the problem does, too.
Written by Shon Frazier, a software crafter