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Est. 2026

It's time to build the future we all deserve.

Work Will Kill Us All — unless we build something better. Let's do this.

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Ideas are great, but actions are better. We're deadly serious about creating an alternative economy that actually works for everyone.

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The Commons is a fully designed parallel economy for survival goods — healthcare, housing, food, education — structured to run alongside The Market, not replace it. Learn more →

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Researchers, advisors, practitioners — people who've spent careers working on pieces of this problem and are now working on fixing things together. Learn more →

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Is this required for life?

Then it shouldn't be for profit.

Healthcare. Housing. Education. Food. Childcare. Medicine. These aren't luxury goods — they're the preconditions for being alive and functioning in a society. When we subject them to the profit motive, the profit motive wins. Every time.

The Commons is a parallel economy for survival goods, designed to run alongside capitalism — not replace it. Let The Market do what it does well. Just stop asking it to do something it structurally cannot do.

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You don't have to redesign the economy today.

An Optimistic Rebellion is any act — big or small — that refuses to accept the old Story and starts building a new one. You don't need a title, a credential, or a corner office. You just need to find your edge: the place where what you have to offer meets something the future needs.

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Work Will Kill Us All: An Optimist's Guide to the Future by Josh Allan Dykstra
The Book

Work Will Kill Us All

An Optimist's Guide to the Future

Every catastrophe-level problem we face — healthcare, housing, climate, democracy — traces back to the same root: a system of work designed to extract rather than regenerate.

Work Will Kill Us All is a systems-level manifesto for why the way we work is failing us all — and what a practical, optimistic path forward looks like. Read this to more fully understand what the Hello Tomorrow Project is all about.

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The Podcast

Hello Tomorrow Podcast

Join optimistic futurist Josh Allan Dykstra to cut through the noise, imagine a better tomorrow, and make sense of what's next.

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Hello Tomorrow Podcast with Josh Allan Dykstra
Founding Advisory Team

Building this together.

We've each spent careers working on pieces of the problem. Now we're working on all of it. Different expertise. Different perspectives. One direction.

Josh Allan Dykstra

Josh Allan Dykstra he/they

CEO

Futurist, keynote speaker, and systems thinker. Former entrepreneur who spent 20 years attempting economic democracy from the inside. Host of the Hello Tomorrow Podcast. Author of Work Will Kill Us All.
Kaili Purviance

Kaili Purviance he/him

Founding Advisor, Philanthropy & Capital Strategy

Deep expertise in the world of family foundations, DAFs, and philanthropic capital. Brings the inside knowledge of how wealth moves — and how to redirect it toward the future.
Jennifer Brown

Jennifer Brown she/her

Founding Advisor, DEI & Inclusive Leadership

Globally recognized DEI thought leader, WSJ bestselling author of Beyond Diversity and How to Be an Inclusive Leader. LGBTQ+ and woman-owned business founder. Trusted by Google, IBM, Toyota, and the Gates Foundation to build cultures where everyone can thrive.
Angela R. Howard

Angela R. Howard she/her

Founding Advisor, Culture & Economic Democracy

Organizational psychology expert and founder of Call for Culture. 15+ years transforming workplace culture toward equity and social impact. Founder of the Culture Impact Lab.