Houses of Fire

This is a work in progress.

It imagines a world

in which people care for each other.

Sharing risks and rewards

moving every individual up Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

prioritizing those in the worst shape

and stoking the fires of individual creativity

within the constraints of a larger community.

It imagines a world

where organizations are structured differently

and we favor captaincy

over chairs, elections, and entitlements.

Instead of short-term thinking and Line Goes Up,

we focus on inputs and outputs,

on products and by-products

and functionality and value.

Instead of BUS-Y-NESS,

we don't make things we don't need,

and we certainly don't spend resources

that took millions of years to make

to make things that'll last only for a few weeks or days.

This model of the future imagines our settlements

structured around places built to foster human good.

These places are called Houses of Fire.

Where we keep the warmth.