Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
We live in a time where, in the words of social theorist Roberto Unger, we are governed by people who ‘confuse conformism with realism’.6
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
community trust is just about as important to a system’s success as the code it runs on or the funds it needs to grow.
Google Tag Manager (noscript) • We must prioritize trust in digital infrastructure
community, like any relationship, is an aggregate of multiple narratives. Intimacy in turn can be described as the work of finding alignment across these multiple narratives. Measured, thoughtful growth creates the spaciousness to cultivate intimacy, and determines which community narratives will persist over time.
Steph Alinsug • A Culture of Intimacy: a thesis for building enduring web3 commu…
But there’s more that goes into meditative television. It’s not the same as what The New Yorker dubbed “Ambient TV”; in fact, I find myself highly engaged. It’s so strange and joyful. I’ve found myself trying to look at the world the way he does, just watching tiny things happen and not putting too much thought into it.
GQ • In Praise of Meditative TV
Having complete responsibility for and power over my domain seemed like the ultimate rite of passage into adulthood. I’d consumed plenty of media that reinforced the idea, too. Looking back, I don’t regret my choice to try it, but I wonder what I actually proved.