Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
“The seeds of intimacy are time and repetition. We choose each other again and again" — Esther Perel
Steph Alinsug • A Culture of Intimacy: a thesis for building enduring web3 commu…
American hunting and British hunting are totally different pastimes. And it shows in their jackets.
Ken Sakatasubstack.comSo what’s replaced hangouts in the city? In many cases, I’d consider them ersatz third places: establishments that are either too expensive for the average American or apparently designed to disincentivize lingering. Think carefully curated faux dive bars that serve $15 beer-and-shot specials, or parks like New York’s High Line that are built to be... See more
Allie Conti • We Really Should Hang Out More Often
the politics of inevitability: there’s a palpable feeling of resignation and a paucity of imagination when it comes to what care could look like.
Anne Helen Petersen • Forced to Care
But the technology’s capacity for imitation will likely continue to improve: New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka observed that ChatGPT was not very effective at mimicking his own writing voice, but the AI startup, Writer, created a bot trained on his own writing to produce text in his voice that, while not perfect, was still “unnervingly
... See moreLaura Hartenberger • What AI Teaches Us About Good Writing
This “challenge accepted” attitude, combined with a mounting sense of urgency, an understanding of climate and environmental science, and a yearning to feel connected to a community of like-minded people, can provide renewed hope even to those who have been engaged in the movement for years — or decades. It also is creating a feeling that society... See more
Maddy Lauria • Hope is not passive: How activism keeps optimism alive
“What we’re doing here is really using a lot of that SoulCycle playbook to help people connect with themselves and with each other,” Ms. Cutler said.
New York Times • SoulCycle Without the Bike: Here Comes Peoplehood
While doing the reporting for my book, I read a postmortem from a successful startup founder. They said something along the lines of: “One of the best things that can happen to you is to achieve professional success when you’re young. That way you can learn that it does little to change your happiness.” For better or worse, achieving your goals
... See moreEvery • On the Value of Not Reaching Your Goals
go so far as to say the whole organisation needs a Citizen rebrand: what we need in today’s world is less the BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and more the MBC, the Movement for British Culture.