Writer, editor, and founder of The Elysian, Elle Griffin joins me on Infinite Loops to discuss her vision for participatory capitalism, a world where ownership, reputation, and creativity are shared more broadly across society.
We explore the evolution of capitalism from the industrial era to the networked age, how broad-based ownership could rebuild the middle class, why optimism is revolutionary, and how storytelling shapes our collective imagination.
We also discuss how reputation is becoming a new form of capital and how writers can become architects of meaning in a world reshaped by AI and automation. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. For the full transcript, episode takeaways, and bucketloads of other goodies designed to make you go, "Hmm, that's interesting!," check out our Substack.
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Show Notes:
- The New GI Bill for Stock Ownership
- Rethinking ESOPs, RSUs, and Equity for All
- The Founder’s Dilemma: Risk, Ownership & Exit
- Tax Incentives for Employee Ownership
- A Tale of Two Experiments
- The Ownership Czar for the Day
- The Future of Work
- The State with Baby Bonds
- The Problem with Worth and Deserving
- The Power of Utopian Fiction
- The Currency of Belief and Reputation
- Empress of the World Question
Books and References Mentioned:
- Obscurity; by Elle Griffin
- The Elysian; by Elle Griffin
- The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch
- The Lessons of History; by Will & Ariel Durant
- The History of Civilization; by Will & Ariel Durant
- Why Greatness Can’t Be Planned; by Kenneth O. Stanley
- Looking Backward; by Edward Bellamy
- Herland; by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Les Misérables; by Victor Hugo
- Frankenstein; by Mary Shelley
- The Republic; by Plato
- Das Kapital; by Karl Marx
- The Count of Monte Cristo; by Alexandre Dumas
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; by Jules Verne
- A Tale of Two Cities; by Charles Dickens
- White Mirror Stories; by Infinite Books
