Archive - Journal of a Grassroots Economist

The Smell of Semen

smelling the language of Life

Jun 11 • Will Ruddick

Subscription as Commitment

Trust in open work and a future where support can circulate

Jun 11 • Will Ruddick

Gift Economy: When the Basket Comes Back Full

The difference between free gifts and living reciprocity

Jun 9 • Will Ruddick

Cellular: Can You Build a Living Circuit?

A small open-source puzzle game about flow, mutual need, limits, and repair

Jun 5 • Will Ruddick

On agency and attention, written with one eye on the basket and one eye on my own limits

Jun 1 • Will Ruddick

May 2026

The Score, the Soil, and the Games I Want to Play

Gratitude to C. Thi Nguyen - a reflection on decentralized scoring, commitment pools and the communities of practice we need

May 30 • Will Ruddick

Social Soil: A Game for Growing Food, Sharing Resources, and Seeing Local Economies

How Grassroots Economics turns commitment pooling into a playable model of plants, people, baskets, and money.

May 29 • Will Ruddick

The Health of a Settlement Commons

When money becomes medicine, and when medicine becomes dependency

May 28 • Will Ruddick

A Memoir to the Next Self

A bedtime story on continuity, inheritance, and the alliance between waking states

May 24 • Will Ruddick

The Kindness of Boundaries

Rules, repair, and parenting without shame

May 17 • Will Ruddick

The Playground Problem

When I say I want cooperation, but still want everyone to play my game.

May 1 • Will Ruddick

April 2026

Home, Kaya, memory, and the structures that help life hold together

Apr 29 • Will Ruddick