on better futures
I’m reminded of the words of sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin: “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.” Of course, it was also noted by philosophers Fredric Jameson and Slavoj Žižek that “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” Such a statement displays the narrative
... See moreTFSX • The Future Thinker’s Dilemma
At the Institute for the Future we believe that the value of futures thinking is not in predicting the future (something no one can do), but in imagining possibilities of what the future could be. And if there was ever a time we needed such imagination, it is today.
walkerart.org • The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
Neither of these individuals are saying that we should not be working with organizations, businesses, governments, for-profits, non-profits, or any other entities where people work and live — and neither am I. What we are saying is that our thinking and acting toward the future must challenge the systems that would seek to short-circuit the very
... See moreTFSX • The Future Thinker’s Dilemma
No matter how we choose to take action, we are usually working toward a future that we will be unlikely to see. It’s a future built on the hopes and the sacrifices of our ancestors upon whose labor and love we stand.
Kelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
• post-tragic (meaning and agency on the other side of despair)
• post-extrinsic (driven by new societal purposes)
• post-rational (open to ways of knowing that transcend and include the intellect),
• post-exploitation (reflective about the uses and abuses of power)
• post-tribal (whole-hearted togetherness in a world of love and power; an expansive
... See moreCreative Destruction • Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #40
Let’s go over the top, embrace the reality of modernity, and do something useful with it.
Packy McCormick • How to Fix a Country in 12 Days
We should be optimistic not because our problems are smaller than we thought, but because our capacity to solve them is larger than we thought.
Kevin Kelly • 💡 Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism
I want to defend and buoy hope – it’s a fragile, quirky thing, but it has the power to help us act in the face of finitude
Hope is vitalising. When it pulses, we aspire toward better futures and conspire with what we have and have been. In its absence, we often grow listless, even court despair. I thus want to defend hope, underscore what we gain... See more
Hope is vitalising. When it pulses, we aspire toward better futures and conspire with what we have and have been. In its absence, we often grow listless, even court despair. I thus want to defend hope, underscore what we gain... See more