What we learned this week

New Economics Foundation has a new report on Universal Basic Services, and how they could be used to address inequality and climate change at the same time. An “indispensable eco-social policy”, they call it.

Whirli is replicating toy-swaps online, with subscriptions for borrowing toys. Good for reducing clutter, keeping toys in circulation longer, and generally creating a more circular economic for toys.

Cory Doctorow explains how social media platforms fail: “first, they are good to thei...