Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
Information doesn’t consume, it is conserved. A wealth of information is a wealth of potentiality. And attention cannot be impoverished by potentiality. Attention and information come together to create new realities. Which is why techlords and Christian Nationalists want limit our access to information while also extracting our attention.
Pocket Observatory • Mad Meg : Fury Road
the acceleration of nostalgia. We’re trapped in what might be called a Revival Spiral.
The Face • Our obsession with nostalgia is driving a trend revival spiral
• You don't need to be a philosopher. But you do need to ask:
• What does this strategy reinforce?
• Who gains power from this frame?
• Who loses? Who's invisible?
• What assumptions are we leaving untouched?
zoe scaman • The Work
As complex as life seems, a typical human’s behavioral repertoire is made up of a small number of behaviors. These few behaviors make up life; they determine feeling and meaning, moment to moment, day to day. While these few behaviors are intricately connected with each other, resisting legible top-down plans, the system is small enough that it’s t... See more
Sarah Perry • Deep Laziness
Education is one that’s near and dear to my heart. We work with a company called First Robotics that does robot competitions. Robot kits cost about a thousand bucks. They’re in the most affluent school districts. But they’re creating a virtual version of these robot kits that’s free. Any kid anywhere can learn to program a robot. Or how do we ... See more
Dean Takahashi • Craig Donato interview: How Roblox navigates brands, UGC, and the metaverse
I don’t think that we’re meant to navigate our lives solo. That is a narrative that Western culture, specifically when it’s at the intersection of capitalism, really loves to hold — the narrative of hyperindividuality.
Katja Vujić • Is Somewhere Good the Future of Social Media?
Chapman plans to stick with DAO work to help keep Web3 human. “There is a level of humility among people that work in DAOs who are building that type of culture correctly, which is that anyone can come up with a great idea and anyone can execute on it”
Jessica Klein • Chase Chapman on DAOs and Professional Polyamory
Imagine trying to shoehorn the elevator mirror solution into a Linear project. The software would prompt you to move through a neatly organized set of issues: “Research elevator speeds,” “Calculate upgrade costs,” “Implement faster motors.” There’s no task for “Stare at the wall and ponder human psychology,” but sometimes that’s exactly what we hav
... See moreSari Azout • The End of Productivity
When it comes to these services, some clients have a perception that while the work will be interesting, it may not necessarily be useful – a mere coffee table book to spark conversations. For these semiotic insights to succeed and inspire action, we must go beyond just the research and into the realm of application. It’s not enough to paint a pict... See more