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
A good brief increases the quality and reduces the quantity of conversation
Early cyberpunk was awash with neon lights and futuristic electronics, with Japanese signs adorning the front of every shop window. This is largely to do with the fact that in the 80s, Japan was seen as the world’s fastest rising power. The Japanese car industry was surpassing America’s, they were dominating the global electronics industry, and eve... See more
Matt Bluemink • From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of the Future | Blue Labyrinths
"The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology."
— Renowned sociobiologist Dr. E. O. Wilson
Center for Humane Technology • CHT Welcome 2 of 3: The 6 Tenets of Humane Technology
Fred Pohl famously said that the job of the science fiction writer was to predict the traffic jam, not the automobile.
Traffic Jams and Automobiles
Companies that create new categories, or successfully redesign existing categories, are the ones that ultimately change the world. Along the way, they create exponentially more value for both shareholders and the entire market. Category designers are people and companies that move the world from the way it is, to the way they think it should be.”
“people ask how club chess came to be. The real answer is just that they wanted to play drunken chess in a bar. Um, I have this obsession with something called café culture, which I've coined to mean hanging out at a bar or café. But not like this. I'm interested in this long thread of the avant-garde, the cabaret, the do-it-yourself ethos, and Par
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