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Hi, I’m Elle. I write about a more beautiful future.

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2026 36

  1. Let's not moralize Botox
  2. Utopian worldbuilding in Chinese fantasy series
  3. MacKenzie Scott should have gotten Kindle in the divorce
  4. If we fix the phone, we fix society
  5. On the desire to live in a cabin in the woods
  6. Why do I romanticize 18th-century chores?
  7. This sewing machine powers AI
  8. Even Christopher Nolan prefers 70mm film
  9. Let states choose their federal governments
  10. How should we tax internet countries?
  11. What will the first internet country look like?
  12. New countries should rent land—not buy it
  13. Fractional ownership works for Banksy paintings—not cities
  14. How will new countries attract (& keep) citizens?
  15. You should own stock in your city
  16. America created the world order—what happens when it leaves?
  17. What comes after the nation-state?
  18. The internet needs ecologists
  19. The Internet has no benches
  20. The algorithm doesn't have to destroy us
  21. The hidden labour of the internet
  22. Airbnb, Uber, & Meetup wanted better exit options
  23. I quit Spotify—now I buy albums like it's the 90s
  24. The case for taxing AI slop
  25. It's obvious why we hate social media
  26. Decentralize America: The case for cities that don't need Washington
  27. An indigenous nation just built a better city than California Forever
  28. Stop idolizing Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Próspera
  29. Singapore: Where your home loses value & everyone's better off
  30. Cities should own their land—like Vienna and Amsterdam
  31. Disney World has more autonomy than any US city
  32. San Francisco should be profitable—instead property owners are
  33. Ebenezer Howard built a better city than the government
  34. Cadbury built a city for workers—then gave it to them
  35. The Scottish island that bought itself
  36. Land should be a public good—not just private property

2025 23

  1. We could return three continents of land to the wild
  2. Building an operating system for Earth
  3. How much of the planet should we harm for our comfort?
  4. We should all participate in scientific research
  5. Maybe an exowomb is better than pregnancy
  6. How can we rewild the Earth at scale?
  7. The future used to be better
  8. A self-governing forest
  9. No, we shouldn't return to the climate of the 18th century
  10. We can terraform the Earth—not just Mars
  11. How Silicon Valley got rich
  12. Who should control AI?
  13. How we achieve the borderless future of Terra Ignota
  14. Digital nomads could create network states
  15. What if your side hustle is being in Congress?
  16. An American case for building new cities
  17. Grassroots movements are building garden cities
  18. Maybe villages are our future—not just cities
  19. It’s time for Thomas Jefferson's village-states
  20. We should create more US states
  21. Multi-country civilizations are good, actually
  22. US states should have autonomy—like EU countries
  23. Companies will usurp the nation-state

2024 5

  1. The Cooperatist Manifesto that inspired Mondragon
  2. Mondragon as the new City-State
  3. Founders can get much richer by selling to employees
  4. Every company should be owned by its employees
  5. Decouple federal government from nation-states

2022 26

  1. What if countries had to compete for citizens?
  2. Opening our borders will solve just about everything
  3. Obscurity, The Epilogue
  4. Obscurity, The Fortieth Chapter
  5. Obscurity, The Thirty-Ninth Chapter
  6. Obscurity, The Thirty-Eighth Chapter
  7. Obscurity, The Thirty-Seventh Chapter
  8. Obscurity, The Thirty-Sixth Chapter
  9. Obscurity, The Thirty-Fifth Chapter
  10. Obscurity, The Thirty-Fourth Chapter
  11. Obscurity, The Thirty-Third Chapter
  12. Obscurity, The Thirty-Second Chapter
  13. Obscurity, The Thirty-First Chapter
  14. Obscurity, The Thirtieth Chapter
  15. Obscurity, The Twenty-Ninth Chapter
  16. Obscurity, The Twenty-Eighth Chapter
  17. Obscurity, The Twenty-Seventh Chapter
  18. Obscurity, The Twenty-Sixth Chapter
  19. Obscurity, The Twenty-Fifth Chapter
  20. Obscurity, The Twenty-Fourth Chapter
  21. Obscurity, The Twenty-Third Chapter
  22. Obscurity, The Twenty-Second Chapter
  23. Obscurity, The Twenty-First Chapter
  24. Obscurity, The Twentieth Chapter
  25. Obscurity, The Nineteenth Chapter
  26. Obscurity, The Eighteenth Chapter

2021 18

  1. Obscurity, The Seventeenth Chapter
  2. Obscurity, The Sixteenth Chapter
  3. Obscurity, The Fifteenth Chapter
  4. Obscurity, The Fourteenth Chapter
  5. Obscurity, The Thirteenth Chapter
  6. Obscurity, The Twelfth Chapter
  7. Obscurity, The Eleventh Chapter
  8. Obscurity, The Tenth Chapter
  9. Obscurity, The Ninth Chapter
  10. Obscurity, The Eighth Chapter
  11. Obscurity, The Seventh Chapter
  12. Obscurity, The Sixth Chapter
  13. Obscurity, The Fifth Chapter
  14. Obscurity, The Fourth Chapter
  15. Obscurity, The Third Chapter
  16. Obscurity, The Second Chapter
  17. Obscurity, The First Chapter
  18. Obscurity, The Prologue