Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
But, given TikTok’s algorithmic siloing, I feel like the “global town square” experience is harder to replicate on that app than on others.
Charlie Warzel • Welcome to Geriatric Social Media
an emblem of a generation starving for purpose while gorging on spectacle.
Spencer Kornhaber • What the Men of the Internet Are Trying to Prove
Once upon a time, the Internet was predicated on user-generated content. The hope was that ordinary people would take advantage of the Web’s low barrier for publishing to post great things, motivated simply by the joy of open communication. But then ad sales came into play.
That business model is still what most of the Internet relies on today.... See more
That business model is still what most of the Internet relies on today.... See more
Kyle Chayka • How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines
The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings the past and the future are not as real, but more real than the present.
— Alan Watts
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,... See more
Further Notes on Scenius
It is an attack on the cruel idea that work confers dignity and therefore that people who don’t work—the old, the disabled—lack value. On the contrary, dignity is intrinsic to all human beings, and in designing a work regime rigged for the profit of the few and the exhaustion of the many, we have failed to honor one another’s humanity.
The Baffler • The New Neurasthenia
What good is making life more bearable in your little corner of a world on fire? Quite a bit, actually.
garrett bucks • The greatest saints in the world
A problem I’ve run into over the last few years when it comes to television is I don’t always want to think that much when I turn my TV on. I’m an already anxious person living through incredibly stressful times; I don’t need much more weighing on my mind, but I also don’t want to watch whatever reality show people are talking about. I want to get... See more
GQ • In Praise of Meditative TV
By disobeying the digital design standards, we find room to explore new possibilities. We create surprise and we dive into the undiscovered. Refusing these guidelines, we design new spaces within which new narratives can occur, that people should take time to discover and understand. By doing so, we create a relationship with our welcomed visitors
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