Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
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instagram.commagical knowledge tends to be passed from person to person, rather than disseminated top down.
Sarah Drinkwater • Magic, belief systems + web3
Magical Realism, rather than being multicultural, is something closer to otherculturalism, culture of the other, with culture taking the place of magic. Culture is different; magic is different. At a distance, they are marvelous. Up close, things get messy: what, exactly, are we eating tonight?
poetrynw.org • Magical Realism and the Sociology of Possibility
“[movements are] not only end-product consumers of narrative; they are essential creators and drivers of narrative change”
Abi Knipe • Conditions to Flourish: Understanding the Ecosystem for Narrative Power
I also get solace from another change, something quite profound: sustainability has become a cultural movement, and arguably the core value of an entire generation. A 2021 Pew Research report found that 76% of Gen Zs list climate change as among their biggest societal concerns, with 37% listing it as their #1 concern.
Rex Woodbury • Building the Sustainable Economy 🌱
A generalist species can live in a range of environments, utilizing whatever resources are available; A specialist species needs particular conditions to survive.
Shane Parrish • The Generalized Specialist: How Shakespeare, Da Vinci, and Kepler Excelled
GDP sees Wikipedia as possibly having a negative value. If there wasn’t Wikipedia people would still buy encyclopedias. And all those volunteer Wikipedia editors could do something really valuable with their time, like work for money.
Yancey Strickler • This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World
All DAOs and Tokenized Communities are engaged in decision-making processes; governance is the catchall word for how decisions are made. Narratives — facilitated by our media — is how we shape governance, the culture of our individual organizations, and the culture of the web3 space at large.
Steph Alinsug • Decentralized Media In web3 Is Not What You Think It Is
globalisation ‘has stripped us of imagination because it’s all about replication, it’s all about spreading your brand around the world. In order to do that, you have to reach the common denominator, you have to routinise, make things the same. It’s the opposite of imagination’.19 Local economies, she told me, are by nature more imaginative as they
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