on better futures

to create a majestic and egalitarian society requires a more expansive vision of public goods than what can be imagined with economics alone.

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

‘It is one thing to say ‘Another World Is Possible.’ It’s another thing to experience it, however momentarily.’

Experts have ambition. They are driven to accumulate more credentials and experience that will help them to achieve even greater influence and power than they currently have. But they’re not excited about the unknown – if anything, they are in denial or resisting the unknown.

Bringing about the world we want to live in, the world we want to leave to our children is, substantially, the work of the imagination, or what educational reformer John Dewey describes as ‘the ability to look at things as if they could be otherwise’.18

when you aren’t just dismantling the narrative but providing another one, you are creating a new reality for your audience.

claiming it's over is just an excuse to avoid building what's next.