Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
The extent to which entities are considered “individuals” (individualism) is equivalent to the strength of the boundaries between them.
Vibhor Kumar • Trending Towards the Human Hive Mind
Because managerialism has spread so thoroughly into society, its effect has been to anesthetize everyday life to the point that many people cannot envision an alternative way to organize themselves.
Creative Destruction • Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #82
Truth, unlike information, has a centripetal force that holds society together. Information, on the other hand, is centrifugal, with very destructive effects on social cohesion.
Noema • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Broad history is very much non-narrative, which is why, I think, it's a somewhat less common approach than deep history. Because h umans like stories. They're one of the major ways we make sense of the world.
Étienne Fortier-Dubois • History in the Space-Time Continuum
the “dreaded group dining table.” It was not an immediate hit when it first launched last summer. She attributed the initial hesitation to mixed attitudes toward COVID-19 guidelines, as well as potentially lingering feelings of social anxiety during the pandemic. These days, Jetta says, she can barely tell which groups came together or solo as they... See more
Emma Orlow • New Yorkers Are Turning to Dinner Party-Style Restaurants to Make Friends (and Find Dates)
It is important to underscore that many of us do not have the resources or stability that offers us the space to dream. Dreaming is a privilege in and of itself. To have space to dream, we need rest, food, shelter, health care, or access to resources that allow us agency. I want us to dream towards each other. I want us to dream towards action. Com
... See moreAnnika Hansteen-Izora • Communal Dreaming
Perhaps we are tempted to think that care, skill, judgment, and responsibility are only of consequence when the circumstances are grave, momentous, or otherwise obviously consequential, which means that we might miss how, in fact, even our mundane everyday work might be exactly how we care, develop skill, exercise judgment, and embrace responsibili
... See moreThe Convivial Society • Life Cannot Be Delegated
We’ve come to believe that people who specialize early and narrowly—like Tiger Woods, who was already on national television golfing at age 2—have an insurmountable advantage. But the research shows that those stories are in fact the rare exception en route to success, and typically confined to repetitive domains, in which work next year will look ... See more
Slate • General Education Has a Bad Rap
harm happens when choice is absent, but also harm is bound to happen. How can we soften our edges around harm by encouraging autonomy and dismantling hierarchy? This can be done through sharing information, listening, and identifying underlying needs, as well as training our nervous systems to get intimate with receiving feedback.