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Combining scientific curiosity with experimental community projects

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A scientific space for doing social experiments in the wild

Founder of The Alternative Justices Project

A collaborative community-based project that offers decentralized alternative systems for addressing harm in our communities

Founder of Haight St Commons

A decentralized federated group of fifteen intentional communities that working on mutual aid, sharing, and resource sharing in San Francisco. We are over 500 individuals, building, sharing, learning and collaborating. Donate to our fund here.

Embassy Salon Series

A weekly salon series in San Francisco, open and free to the public. You can see the notes from our discussions here

Communes Research Commune

Cofounder and writer, one of five people that form this research collective studying communes.

Steward for the Embassy Network

Zarinah is a founding member of the Embassy SF and a steward for the Embassy Network, an international group of experimental communities stitched together with modern nomad software

: board positions :

I am the president for Irrational Labs & the Social Science Observatory, and am on the board of Bonafide.

: community publications :

An evolving doocracy - How to Nurture a Living and Evolving Doocracy, Embassy Network Publication

Explorations into community governance - observing primates in the wild, Embassy Network Publication

Writer and editor for The Alternative Justices Project publication

: recommended readings :

Antiindividualism: A concept - Teoman Gee

: interviews // videos // documentaries :

In this immersive piece, take a tour of the Red Victorian, learn about the communities that have sprung up in the Haight Ashbury and experience what it's like to live communally in the 21st century.