Original essays that offer new perspectives on the Whole Earth Index and illustrate how the publication that defined California’s counterculture helps us understand our present.

Whole Earth Redux is published by Gray Area with support from the Incite Institute at Columbia University. Consider supporting future publishing with a donation.

Barry Threw

Foreword


February 20, 2026
Hannah Scott

Editor’s Note


February 20, 2026
Greg Castillo

The Whole Thing Catalog

Essay
February 25, 2026
Kola Heyward-Rotimi

Getting Really Into Walks

Essay
February 25, 2026
Thomas Moynihan, Chloe Loewith

The Code is Alive

Brief
February 25, 2026
Johanna Mehl

The Radical Child

Brief
February 25, 2026
Lucas Gelfond

Ayn Rand and the Hippies

Brief
February 25, 2026
Alex Whee Kim

Earthball

Brief
February 25, 2026
Echo Duemig

The Internet Was Not Enough

Brief
February 25, 2026
Jamie Cohen

Corporate Corporeal

Brief
February 25, 2026
Jo Lindsay Walton

Be Prepared

Brief
February 25, 2026
Yidan Karel Li

Diplomacy as Marriage Counseling

Brief
February 25, 2026
Jacob Sujin Kuppermann

rEvolution in America

Brief
February 25, 2026
Leo Kim

Information and its Discontents

Essay
March 4, 2026
Ana Tuazon

Sadomasochism, Cyborgs, and Women

Essay
March 4, 2026
Upcoming
Jonathan S. Blake

Nice to Wave

Essay
March 11, 2026
Caitlin Kossmann

Should We Stay or Should We Go?

Essay
March 11, 2026
Kristina Stallvik

Below from Above

Essay
March 18, 2026
Sebastian Fernandez-Mulligan

Reality as They Made It

Essay
March 18, 2026
Annie Schneider

The Metric Con

Essay
March 25, 2026
Samantha Culp

Access to Cool

Essay
March 25, 2026
Matthew Halpenny

Gardening Regenerative Energy

Essay
April 1, 2026