Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
When environmental, technological, and demographic baselines shift within decades, permanence becomes exposure. The infrastructures that endure are those that can change intelligently.
Substack • Infrastructure After Permanence: From Monuments of Certainty….
ohn Podesta, a senior advisor to the Biden White House on clean energy, put it bluntly: “We got so good at stopping projects that we forgot how to build things in America.”
Packy McCormick • How to Fix a Country in 12 Days
Micha Frazer-Carroll: When you tell people in casual conversation that you are writing a book on mental health, the first thing they often want to talk about is diagnosis. I think it occupies a really central position in the cultural imagination right now. Lots of people I speak to seem to be coming to a diagnosis as a means of understanding their
... See moreDazed • This New Book Asks Whether Capitalism Really Is Driving Us All Crazy
The process of crossing the threshold is demanding for each and every one of us. When the cracks appear in a long-held belief, it causes anxiety and pain. As the certain world is replaced by great uncertainty, the risk is that we cling to what we know more than ever. The gravitational pull of the familiar exerts itself, no matter how dysfunctional
... See moreJon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
any picture of progress in society and politics has to involve some progress in how we think and feel: an escape from illusions and delusions, attachments and symbols that no longer serve us well, towards some deeper and more accurate truths. Much of what we count as progress has been a progress in consciousness of just this kind—progress in our
... See moreGeoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
Most writing about burnout (and there has been plenty of it in the wake of Petersen’s original BuzzFeed essay) tends to lean heavily on “we”; it accords with the contention that burnout is a universal ailment. But who is the “we” of pandemic stress?
Petersen writes • Failure to Cope "Under Capitalism"
If workplaces are to be successful for the whole community, then workplace norms should emphasise wellbeing. Wellbeing, however, should be understood as a community-oriented goal, not just an individual worker’s outcome goal.
The Beautiful Truth • Self-Care is Not the Solution for Burnout
This transmission invites us to see inspiration and creativity not as a luxury or a frivolous pursuit, but as an essential capacity for navigating the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world. By cultivating creative resilience, we may not only unlock new sources of insight and innovation, but also develop the strength and... See more