Futurism
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Futurism
It has become hard to be intentional about the future — to imagine and shape the worlds we want to live in — because the modern state rarely assumes any role in doing that or in encouraging us to do it either.
Substack • Imagining a World Beyond Consumerism
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??
Liked Tweetstwitter.comTry as we might to utilize reason and logic for our arguments, the human race is first and foremost an emotional species. On a base level, I might even say that the most important aspect of foresight is the ability to create emotional connections between people and their possible, probable, preferred, and preventable futures.
Seth T. Harrell • Affective Foresight
Manifesto · Moth Fund
mothminds.com
Erik Davis on The Ezra Klein Show recently spoke about “high weirdness,” saying that “‘weirdness’ isn’t just a quality of things that don’t make sense to us; it’s an interpretive framework that helps us better understand the cultures and technologies that will shape our wondrous, wild future.”
Rebecca Johnson • Drawing Wisdom From the ‘Weird’
