Ep15. Crisis of Imagination: How to Build the A.I. Future We Want with Mutualism from Freelancers Union Founder Sara Horowitz

A.I., the writers’ strike, and a crisis of imagination — Sara Horowitz, a lifelong mutualist, shares how we can build the future we want with mutualism. 

Sara is the founder of the Freelancers Union and the Freelancers Insurance Company. A labor lawyer, former chair of the board of the New York Federal Reserve, and recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, Sara has been featured on NPR, and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic, among other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.

Sara is currently working to build the Mutualist Society. She is also the author of the book Mutualism and writes about how we need to build our next safety net in America through the local organizations we know and trust. Mutualism exists in 4 principal areas: unions, cooperatives, mutual aid groups, and faith-based institutions, which we’ll explore more in this episode.

Her vision and tenacity to organize and build the world she wants to live in is admirable. She’s truly a visionary thinker when it comes to the economy, labor, and societal change.

Her community-oriented approach stems from her grandparents, who were garment workers in the 1920s, and from her grandfather, who helped organize and was vice president of the Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. In today’s episode, you’ll learn more about the historical context of labor movements and how they relate to today’s culture, including the current writers' and actors’ strikes. Sara shares her thoughts on the future of technology, including A.I. and DAOs (or decentralized autonomous organizations), and how we can harness this technology from a mutualistic approach that centers on collectivism, community, and building collaboratively. 

Explore Sara’s vision of embracing a mutualistic future that can bring about positive societal change and a better way forward.

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