cultural futurism
How is it even possible to maintain a data-driven approach to a world that simply does not make sense?
This is the future of work skill, which no one wants to talk about: Knowing when to look beyond the data, because only human intuition, leaps of logic, and sense-making can come to ‘an’ answer. (Note: Not ‘the’ answer... that’s another trapping of
... See moreMatt Klein • 3_TRENDS_Vol.27: Elliot Aronow: Sarapocial Relationships, Senseless Data + Boy Talk
As of 2023, the Futures Cone includes seven alternative futures: potential, preposterous, possible, plausible, probable, preferable, and projected (Voros, 2017).
readwise.io • Culture_Mapping_Strategic_Primer
Mark Fisher was possibly the last of a disappearing breed: the music critic as prophet.
þÿMark Fisher,Darren Ambrose • þÿK-punk
In a casual aside, Duke sociologist Keiran Healy offered a simple but terrifying observation.*
Culture has changed fundamentally.
It used to be the ballast of our world.
Now it creates chaos.
Culture has changed fundamentally.
It used to be the ballast of our world.
Now it creates chaos.
What if culture is the problem?
People who spend a lot of time exploring these subcultures feel like they can see into the future, and for good reason. What happens online often shows up in the headlines weeks, months, or even years later. The internet has become the petri dish of culture — the soil in which new movements and novel conversations find root
Aaron Z. Lewis • The garden of forking memes: how digital media distorts our sense of time
For researchers, understanding the interplay between explicit and implicit language in consumer behavior is crucial for designing effective strategies. Just as political attitudes shape selective political listening, the implicit and explicit attitudes triggered by language play a significant role in consumer perceptions and actions.
readwise.io • Culture_Mapping_Strategic_Primer
As Robert Hughes wrote in his 1980 book The Shock of the New, “Nothing dates faster than people's fantasies about the future.”
