Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Our elders say that ceremonies are the way we “remember to remember
The word “journey” suggests good things: “It’s the journey, not the destination!” Above all, it’s something willingly undertaken, not an abduction or a hijacking, or “a forced march,” according to one Reddit user. I doubt any trafficked persons ever described their passages into new lives as journeys. One typically chooses a journey for
... See moreOur systems, institutions, leaders and narratives about who and what we are — our lack of compassion and limited definitions of what a valued member of society is — are failing us. They have been failing us for quite some time
More specifically, a social norm is one that we follow because we expect others to follow it, and because we think others have the attitude that it ought to be followed.
The posturing of DTC brands as cults reveals an impasse. People are looking for more meaningful narratives and communities than brands can offer, and companies want to supply this “meaning demand”—but are structurally disincentivized to do so.
PLACES TO INTERVENE IN A SYSTEM
(in increasing order of effectiveness)