possibility studies
by Keely Adler · updated 1d ago
possibility studies
to author more beautiful futures, we must imagine and express what a fundamentally different possibility might be. As the award-winning poet and author Ocean Vuong described with stunning clarity: We often tell our students, “The future is in your hands.” But I think the future is actually in your mouth. You have to articulate the world you want to
... See morefrom Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures by Seth Goldenberg
Keely Adler added 1d ago
Few forms of curiosity are more powerful than conversation. An exchange of ideas is how we explore new possibilities. Conversations, when they are at their best, are unscripted vehicles for discovery. At scale, they create the symphony of discourse.
from Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures by Seth Goldenberg
Keely Adler added 1d ago
Imagining and articulating possibilities is how all flourishing futures begin. Stories are the origination point of world-building.
from Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures by Seth Goldenberg
Keely Adler added 1d ago
- “My favorite creative outlet was always thinking differently about what's possible.” – enso friend and collaborator Sarah Kay, whose substack is excellent.
from Future Design Inquiries. September 2024
Keely Adler added 25d ago
We cannot know when the time will be ripe for any particular idea. The task of creators is to keep options alive and open and not to be too constrained by the limitations of a present that may be suddenly transformed—by a depression, war, a dramatic collapse of political trust, or a pandemic.
from Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination by Geoff Mulgan
Keely Adler added 25d ago
What changes the world in the end is the generative ideas, not the detailed blueprints. But the blueprints are useful tools for thinking with—they help to clarify ideas and can show unexpected consequences. Developing them is part of being positively engaged with the world. It’s easy to be against things and easy to be a critic; much harder to offe
... See morefrom Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination by Geoff Mulgan
Keely Adler added 25d ago
- “The best way to be superhuman is to do things that you love with other people who love them, too.” - Cory Doctorow, Walkaway
from WORLDBUILDING: Multiplayer collaging the future
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
- What I love about the idea of scenius is that it makes room in the story of creativity for the rest of us: the people who don’t consider ourselves geniuses. Being a valuable part of a scenius is not necessarily about how smart or talented you are, but about what you have to contribute—the ideas you share, the quality of the connections you make, an... See more
from Further Notes on Scenius
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
That we are more at home among familiar ideas is very apparent, though these ideas are so normalised that we often fail to see them as products of human imagination at all. Much of daily life depends on our ability to believe in things that are, essentially, fictions.
from Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination by Geoff Mulgan
Keely Adler added 1mo ago