🏡 Shock and Awe
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🏡 Shock and Awe
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
What happens to a society that loses its capacity for awe and wonder at things to come?
New York Times • The Darkness Where the Future Should Be
After reviewing accounts of psychological, sociological, religious, artistic, and even primordial awe (awe toward power), the researchers surmised that awe universally involved the perception of vastness and the need to accommodate the experience into one's present worldview. That is, awe is triggered by some experience so expansive (in either a po... See more
Jesse Graham • How Awe Stops Your Clock
Awe is a primary stimulant for curiosity, which begets progress. It reinstates our acknowledgement of the expanse, in both the grandness of things and itti-bittiness of ourselves. In experiencing awe, and the wonder that can follow, we're invited to explore the edges of our knowledge.
Benjamin Laufer • On Awe
