on better futures
What incremental changes do we make to our internal algorithms to lurch our way to ever-more confident means of thriving in this world? The question is not only what injustices are you fighting against, but what do you in your heart of hearts want to create?
Stephanie Dinkins • Afro-Now-Ism
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
‘It is one thing to say ‘Another World Is Possible.’ It’s another thing to experience it, however momentarily.’
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
INWARDS - N O R M A L S
I have learned to take the construction work of organizing as it comes, creating things that I believe have to exist, and working with others to build containers, organizations, and projects that I believe the world needs. I am always dreaming up new ideas and making things, because the world is not transformed primarily by what we think of it.
... See moreKelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
when you aren’t just dismantling the narrative but providing another one, you are creating a new reality for your audience.
Rebecca Johnson • Drawing Wisdom From the ‘Weird’
From mythmaking to legal treaties to weaving to movement building, what knits these various examples together is their avoidance of single solutions to complex problems, instead enabling a pursuit of multiple different actions and wider systemic changes with long term, positive transformations
Anab Jain • Radical Design for a World in Crisis
Innovation in a caring society must not only generate profit but create better outcomes for everyone. This is possible, but it requires care for people and planet to be valued as highly as capital – and for wellbeing to be incentivised as much as shareholder return.