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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Prysm • The World Prysm is Building
a good futurist spends a lot of time trying to decipher the present and to try to see it through the mask of present-day biases.
I sometimes think of “seeing the present” as trying on alien eyes; looking at the world as if I were an alien from another planet.
Trying to see beyond the immediate cycles of news is a challenge, because rather than being... See more
I sometimes think of “seeing the present” as trying on alien eyes; looking at the world as if I were an alien from another planet.
Trying to see beyond the immediate cycles of news is a challenge, because rather than being... See more
Kevin Kelly • How to Future
Awareness’ is an unambitious political end-goal for a few reasons. Firstly: awareness of what? The information circulated in ‘awareness’ narratives often uncritically props up neoliberal ideology. Neoliberalism supports the privatisation of major businesses, cuts to state welfare, and an emphasis on ‘individual responsibility
Dazed • This New Book Asks Whether Capitalism Really Is Driving Us All Crazy
even a study looking at the dynamic between two individuals lacks certain aspects of the diversity of interactions that emerge naturally in organic, more complex social groups – including attention allocation, creating subgroups, and recruiting allies, says Julia Sliwa.
Sofia Quaglia • How the brains of social animals synchronise and expand one another
Our practice of “futuring to the problem” (a phrase that mirrors the idea of “teaching to the test” — a colloquial term for any method of education whose curriculum is heavily focused on preparing students for a standardized test), has resulted in the development of a plethora of tools and methods in the field of foresight that are meant to help us
... See moreTFSX • The Future Thinker’s Dilemma
when we examine animal behaviour through a more collective lens, we begin to see that large portions of complex brains are hungry to work in harmony with others
Sofia Quaglia • How the brains of social animals synchronise and expand one another
To avoid doomism, Focus 20 percent on problems, and 80 percent on solutions. He’s come to understand that there’s a lifetime of work ahead, and concentrates on grassroots movements and affecting local change. “That work fulfills me,” he said, “and keeps me optimistic about a future in which we can still survive and thrive.”
New York Times • ‘OK, Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late
We’re living through a cosmic alignment that happens once every 248 years, and multiple ancient systems are saying the same thing: this is the innovation window.
Whether you follow Western astrology, Vedic cosmology, or indigenous teachings, the message is clear. The structures are malleable right now. What we build in... See more
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