possibility studies
the ‘locus’ of possibility is the relational space of action and interaction between person and world. Imagining possibilities, creating opportunities to enact them, and changing our understanding of what is possible are all interactional achievements.
Vlad P. Glăveanu • Possibility Studies: A Manifesto
It’s better to prefer incompleteness over completeness; capacious imagination instead of futures that are too specific or neat; and experimentation and exploration over visions and blueprints. I’m sceptical of overly coherent utopias or the belief that societies follow simple logics. Instead, I see the work of imagination (and the life of real
... See moreGeoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
Throughout my career, I’ve learned that with the right mix of determination, focus and patience, change is possible. World-weary realism often turns out to be extraordinarily unrealistic.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
It is possible to alter the course of my becoming.
Suleika Jaouad • The Book of Alchemy
Although science may proceed through the experimental pluck of one scientist or another, it is ultimately a collaborative endeavor. Similarly, speculative fiction is read by the singular reader but experienced by a fanbase and sometimes a whole culture (or cultures).
Perry Zurn, Dani S. Bassett • Curiosity and Networks of Possibility
And that’s never felt like enough room, because I’m a spirit, [ laughs ] you know? I’m this massive energy like all humans are. So, so much of the work for me, of radical imagination is: what does it look like to imagine beyond the constructs? What does it look like to imagine a future where we all get to be there, not causing harm to each other,... See more
adrienne maree brown • adrienne maree brown — On Radical Imagination and Moving Towards Life | The On Being Project
“The best way to be superhuman is to do things that you love with other people who love them, too.” - Cory Doctorow, Walkaway
WORLDBUILDING: Multiplayer collaging the future
I love MAIA’s framing of their work as ‘a rehearsal of the world we want to be’. What exists here today that prefigures the futures we dream of? What if we got better at noticing those glimmers - those fragments of hope that offer some clues about how we might need to reorder our world? What is already here, hiding in the soil, perhaps not seen... See more
Sophia Parker • Emerging Futures at JRF - Two Years In, the Story So Far
There is strong evidence that hope is good for us, and if imagination helps us to hope, then we should worry if it is blocked.