SOLYSTOPIAThe full argument, in five books
The Book
Solystopia is a field guide for the next village, published as a working book. Book I is live below, free to read. Books II through V are in progress.
The Machine We Built
Naming the dependency architecture we inherited
The Argument for Subsidiarity
Household, neighbourhood, village, nation
The Field Manual
What to build, in what order
The Builders
Case studies from people already doing it
The Long Future
What a Solystopian settlement looks like at scale
Book I — The Machine We Built
Naming the dependency architecture we inherited. Five chapters, free to read.
The Machine We Built
How convenience became the price of competence — and why nobody voted for the trade.
The Quiet Surrender
Dependency rarely announces itself. It arrives as a feature update.
Who Holds the Keys
Every system has an owner. Ownership is the question hyper-dependency wants you not to ask.
The Architecture of Dependence
Centralisation is a design choice, not a law of physics.
A Different Trajectory
The same technology, aimed at a different destination.