Welcome to the Paths of Ishmael New and Ancient Ways of Living VCC. To learn about, understand, and be able to invent/ design new and ancient ways of living that are deeply satisfying and viable. This entails understanding the essential features of the the tribal lifestyles that were successful for thousands of years and being able to translate those essential features into a modern context. This does not mean foregoing all modern comforts, but it does mean developing ways of living that do not entail endemic crime, violence, mental illness, and unhappiness. Ancient tribes managed this so we should be able to do it also.
[Jul. 19, 2024] News: The Paths of Ishmael New and Ancient Ways of Living VCC is under construction. Visit again soon to see the progress.
[Feb. 24, 2026] New Scenario for 2028 Points to an AI-related Highly Undesirable Future for Economy: Aisha Down and Dan Milmo discuss in their article “‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets” the scenario study “THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS A Thought Exercise in Financial History, from the Future” by Citrini and Alap Shah posted on February 22, 2026 on Substack. This study points out that the financial system of today was optimized over decades for a world of scarce human minds. AI changed this: “This is the first time in history the most productive asset in the economy has produced fewer, not more, jobs. Nobody’s framework fits, because none were designed for a world where the scarce input became abundant. So we have to make new frameworks. Whether we build them in time is the only question that matters.” The authors point out that the economy could find a new equilibrium, and “getting to this new equilibrium is one of the few tasks left that only humans can do. We need to do it correctly.”
