citizens of the future
by Keely Adler Ā· updated 1d ago
citizens of the future
by Keely Adler Ā· updated 1d ago
At this moment, we are unequivocally confronted with the need to reimagine our humanity and what it means to be living organisms sharing the planet with many other organisms, some living, some not. This is nothing new.
However, at this moment, we can plainly see how black, brown, queer and disabled bodies are devalued; how people who threaten the co
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The most fundamental task is to help each other to reorient our life and work through a sensibility that is prefigurative of the better aspects of our emerging future.
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What if we re-embraced activism as the intentional acts carried out by each generation to guide us from legacy narratives to new challenger narratives?
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Radical Curiosity questions commonly held beliefs to imagine flourishing futures. To be radically curious is to challenge the narratives inherited from the past and author new stories that reflect who we are and what we value today. It is to recognize when our collective wisdom, like any outdated technology, needs an operating system upgrade.
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length distance outside our radius of exposure. Yet our present experience is anchored by legacy narratives. Our past is a silent investment partner in our future. Our ability to contribute to the next emergent chapter in our story is dependent on our ability to distinguish between resilient wisdom and situational practices that are no longer relev
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ā¢ post-tragic (meaning and agency on the other side of despair)
ā¢ post-extrinsic (driven by new societal purposes)
ā¢ post-rational (open to ways of knowing that transcend and include the intellect),
ā¢ post-exploitation (reflective about the uses and abuses of power)
ā¢ post-tribal (whole-hearted togetherness in a world of love and power; an expansive āW
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For such a large economy, it is oddly unsure of its purposeāeven in conflict with itself. As is the case with so many of our inherited legacies, we participate in this enormous social system yet remain unfamiliar with its history, naive to the conflicting values at play, and disengaged from the cultural battle for its future.
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