Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
it’s easier to list small towns in American art that serve as sites for the examination of pathology, hypocrisy, or the ways a soul is stifled, than towns that serve simply as neutral settings.
phil christman • Small-Town USA
In our survey, 42 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds said that a safe space was the most important thing when thinking about the ideal home, and nearly half said they think of home as a feeling – over three times as many as the 13 per cent who described it as a physical space.
Eloise Hendy • Home is where the heart is, according to young people
Consider a classic public good: a public park. We might say park visitors are generically "users" of this public space, or that anyone within driving distance is adequately served. But this categorization feels distinctly unsatisfying. "User" does not capture meaningful detail about a population that collectively values free access to protected
... See moreSam Hart • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods
“According to its proponents, the Long Tail would revitalize our culture by expanding the scope of the arts and giving a boost to visionaries on the fringes of society.”
the Long Tail concept refers to businesses that focus on products and services with almost no customers. The basic idea is that you can make a lot of money selling to these... See more
the Long Tail concept refers to businesses that focus on products and services with almost no customers. The basic idea is that you can make a lot of money selling to these... See more
Ted Gioia • Where Did the Long Tail Go?
Our earliest ability to think about the possible is in place well before we have a concept of who we are, what we value, and what talents, abilities, or potential we bring to bear in the service of our bigger plans and goals. From the start of life, assessments of what is possible are instrumental in guiding actions and decisions; they tell us
... See moreTamar Kushnir • How Children Learn to Transcend Limits: Developmental Pathways to Possibility Beliefs
Radical Curiosity requires that we approach the world critically, rather than passively. It compels us to question the ways in which power operates, often invisibly, rather than accepting the power structures that the world has presented to us.
Seth Goldenberg • Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures
This could mean working on particular projects within the organization which like external visibility (e.g. Android) rather than projects which don't (e.g. AdWords)
kalzumeus.com • Don't End the Week With Nothing
New research shows that we judge future positive events as both farther away and shorter than negative or neutral ones, leading us to feel like a holiday is over as soon as it begins.
bbc • The way we view free time is making us less happy
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