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If there's any kind of lesson in all this, it's mostly some advice I want to give myself. The lesson is simply: speak up. It's OK to slip into advocac
look at how the word “community” itself has been warped in recent years into a cynical marketing cliché to rival “storyteller” — annexed as the torche
to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.
And I realised that if you ever hear someone explaining things in terms of a long list of caveats, the odds are good that you’re looking at tacit know
Tacit knowledge is knowledge that cannot be captured through words alone.Think about riding a bicycle. Riding a bicycle is impossible to teach through
A democratic cultural politics would be developmentalist — oriented to learning, growth and discovery — rather than presentist. All kinds of resources
Some assume that a fundamental property of the internet is that it is globally connected, but countries, such as Iran and China, who have built their
about systems and complexity
Part of what I feel is important right now is to be in the system and to be creating these pockets and spaces and kind of stretching the constraints o
It’s also important to acknowledge that the systems change or innovation scene is not the only place where change and innovation is happening. Real ch
Systemic change is generally understood to require adjustments or transformations in the policies, practices, power dynamics, social norms or mindsets that underlie the societal issue at stake. It often involves the collaboration of a diverse set of players and can take place on a local, national or global level.
social change always begins with people who have “both a critical eye and a hopeful heart.”
A social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. It is the formal structure of role and status that can form in a small, stable group. An individual may belong to multiple social systems at once; examples of social systems include nuclear family units, communities, cities, nations, college campuses, corporations, and industries. The organization and definition of groups within a social system depend on various shared properties such as location, socioeconomic status, race, religion, societal function, or other distinguishable features.
Environments are emotionally contagious, and if the environment you spend a lot of time in is hyper-competitive and performative, you’re going to feel
To ask, every day, "What matters, in the end?" is to create the possibility of differentiated choice, the potential to overthrow the tyranny of our hi
On the one hand, Octavia Butler has this to say: “The only lasting truth is Change.” On the other hand, Bill Bernbach would counter as such: “A com
There is a huge problem when it comes to "changing the system":When you go deep and help people reframe the paradigms, myths and worldviews at the cor
Companies like Crossfit and Soulcycle create a sense of consistent space and ritual that inculcate deep loyalty and community among their participants
As a consumer, you subscribe to one vision or another: what’s your version of hiking out doors? What type of vibe are you about? Purist? Gorpy? High i
In the new cultural economy, the culture is the product. It is composed of practices, ideas, and discourses. Products are auxiliary, supportive, but n
honestly i'm so good at consuming content LMAO. like how do I make it my job to literally just read, watch, and listen to stuff??
As we collectively figure out how to facilitate and evaluate positive externalities, there needs to be possibility for involvement, participation and
We [also] build our sense of civic identity and opinions about government through social interactions. […] Our social capital — which Putnam defines a
Nearly half of Zoomers talk about politics and current events with their close friends at least once a week. But among voting-age Americans under 25,
EU Policy Lab's Futures Garden, which aims to support policymakers in envisioning and working with alternative transformational futur
how to measure what matters + philosophical musings on whether the important things can be measured
“One of the reasons the tech industry is so creatively bankrupt is that people just focus on attributes you can measure,” said Jony Ive, when told of
But ambiguity, taste, meaning, value, these remain hard to attain within the hierarchy of verifiability. “Intelligence” races ahead wherever the rewar
One of the most bizarre contradictions in modern software is that the people building these engagement systems don’t like them either! Ask anyone w