Published by Overstory Studio
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You’re not behind. You’re just seeing the system clearly.
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Why Overstory Exists?
Some questions stay with you for years.
Why does money feel so abstract, yet control everything?
Why do the same power patterns keep showing up — in history, in politics, in work?Overstory exists to slow down and trace those patterns to their root.Not to oversimplify. Not to overwhelm.
Just to show how things fit together — clearly, calmly, and in context.We’re not here to simplify the world.
We’re here to make sense of it.
Perspective isn’t opinion — it’s structure.
The Lens We Use
The overstory is the canopy — the structure that filters light, defines space, and shapes everything that grows beneath it.That’s the lens we bring.
Not the noise on the ground — but the patterns above it.
The structures filtering down into money, power, history, and culture.We took the name from Richard Powers’ The Overstory — a novel that doesn’t just tell stories, but reveals how they’re connected, rooted, and shaped by systems larger than any one person.That’s what we’re here for:
To connect the dots.
To trace value back to its source.
To change how you see the system — and your place in it.
Lean In
This Could Be For You
You think a lot. Probably more than you admit. You notice patterns — in people, in systems, in stories — and wonder what they mean.We made this space for people who:- Work in finance, design, education, policy, media — or orbit them, skeptically- Are researchers, freelancers, product people, analysts, founders, strategists- Read the footnotes, follow the trails, and still feel like something’s missing- Want historical context, not historical trivia- Are curious but overloaded, smart but tired, ambitious but disillusioned- Don’t mind complexity — as long as it’s honest
The Overstory Journey Begins
🛬 Welcome Aboard
Money sits at the center of everything, yet remains just out of reach.
Familiar, but never quite understood.
Powerful, but deliberately obscured.The distance isn’t accidental.
It’s built into the design — through systems, stories, and silence.Overstory traces those structures and brings them into focus, revealing a path that was always there, just hidden in noise.Somewhere in the tangle, the pattern begins to show.
