Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
Creative midwinter is a ripe time for planting seeds like this, because while we can use this in-between month as a moment to breathe, a moment to percolate on things, it doesn’t mean not doing anything. Just like rest does not solely mean sleeping and taking naps (although, how nice does that sound?), creative rest doesn’t mean putting all the
... See moreAnna Brones • Make January an in-between month Make January an in-between month
We are all constantly starting from scratch now, and if you actually remember the past, your curse is to get annoyed when others naively unearth it.
Drew Austin • #187: A Rainbow in Curved Air
Without human disruption, ecosystems can thrive in rich abundance for millions of years, remaining resilient in the face of adversity. Clearly, there is much to learn from nature’s wisdom about how to organize ourselves. Can we do so before it’s too late?
Jeremy Lent • What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?
Can even the most unfathomable statistic feel real if it's not accompanied by a singular human's story? We need both stories and stats. The hyper-personal and the sense of scale.
Ann Friedman • The Stats vs. The Story
Context accumulates rather than depletes. "As time passes, insight expands, and even more context comes into view." Understanding that deepens rather than uses up. The opposite of consume.
Just a moment...
“We were apart because of COVID, but people don’t just want to return to the old-style of dining,” says Rodriguez. “Everyone seems more open now.”
Emma Orlow • New Yorkers Are Turning to Dinner Party-Style Restaurants to Make Friends (and Find Dates)
today, disability and disorder are understood in relation to concepts of statistical or medical normality. Yet in fact, there was no such conception in the ancient world. While the Pythagoreans had developed the concept of the arithmetic ‘mean’ shortly prior to the birth of Hippocrates, this concept was highly abstract. As Simon Raper has written,
... See moreRobert Chapman • Empire of Normality
the amount of time people spend on Twitter and Facebook and like and share and comment is partly a function of not having any other way of having a voice in government, a sense of disaffection.
ro khanna • Ro Khanna makes the case for digital public space
Big ideas don’t show up fully formed, standing in our path. They need to be coaxed unto the open through persistent inquiry and exploration.