Imagining a World Beyond Consumerism
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The future depicted here is one where European citizens reclaim agency through introspection. As prevailing narratives of perpetual economic growth and technological fixes falter, more and more individuals believe that changing the world begins with personal transformation.
INWARDS - N O R M A L S
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agency through introspection at a community level — what does this narrative look like through a post-individual lens, but still leveraging introspection and inside-out thinking
Stuart Evans and added
The longer I do this work, the more I understand that we need to build a stronger account of the moment we are in: a story of decline and new opportunities; of deep crisis and mind-bending possibilities. Most importantly, a time to act from hope rather than sink into fatalism. We need to confront and reckon with the existing order; to reveal it for... See more
Sophia Parker • Emerging Futures at JRF - Two Years In, the Story So Far
Keely Adler added
If we look up and out again at the broader context of this moment in time, at the collapse of the Consumer and the resurgence of the Subject Story, it’s plain to see this kind of incremental, organisation-by-organisation change is necessary, but not sufficient. In parallel, this must be a moment for a radical renewal of the relationship between the
... See moreJon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
If we look up and out again at the broader context of this moment in time, at the collapse of the Consumer and the resurgence of the Subject Story, it’s plain to see this kind of incremental, organisation-by-organisation change is necessary, but not sufficient. In parallel, this must be a moment for a radical renewal of the relationship between the
... See moreJon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
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