alexi gunner
@idlegaze
cultural strategist
writes idle gaze; a newsletter exploring the undercurrents of the modern zeitgeist.
founder @ idle gaze consulting
cultural futurist @ RADAR
alexi gunner
idlegaze.substack.com
I think it’s about owning what you need. It can be really hard to face yourself in a landscape that’s asking so much of you all the time. You really need to own your needs, own where you are, and not shy away from that out of fear or FOMO.
thecreativeindependent.com • On Slowing Down
“The freedoms associated with liminal spaces – club nights, abandoned buildings, forgotten shopping malls – often have a lot to do with the fact that these places, and the marks people left of themselves within them, will eventually disappear. There’s also something inherently egalitarian about them; a place that nobody owns or stakes an exclusive
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Reaching wide audiences requires all-terrain language, and the urgency of the present moment, amplified by chronological feeds, doesn’t allow for much stylistic variety. Efficiency is key — compressing as much information as possible to the least amount of words is the ideal of all communication.
While I do agree that many areas of interaction, like... See more
While I do agree that many areas of interaction, like... See more
I gave a keynote address at TikTok a couple months ago about how to predict the future, and one of the things I talked about was how weird signals usually give us a glimpse into the future we can’t see yet. Every major cultural shift that changed our lives once started as a small anomaly in the system.
Jasmine Bina • The Only Prediction That Matters to Me as a Brand Strategist in 2025
The position of the DJ has changed over the years since clubbing became a popular phenomenon. In the very early days, they were rarely centre of stage, or even on a stage to begin with. Legends like Larry Levan would be selecting records in their own space, away from the dance floor.
There are even stories of old... See more
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