Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
And nothing kills numbness like a sensory onslaught—color, sound, hedonism, melodrama, sleaze.
time • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
Have fun — There’s a version of this work that’s hyper-analytical where we try to Moneyball our way to success. There’s another version where we’re living it, enjoying it, and having fun with it. Our best work comes when we’re having fun and enjoying what we’re doing, not when we’re overly analytical. Analytical thinking creates fear and
... See moreYancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1
The art of prompting is pre-scientific. It deals with the imaginal, the subliminal, the “collective unconscious” of billions of minds speaking as one. It requires precision of language and intent, and it produces miracles. There is a word for such a practice: magic.
Max Anton Brewer • The Mirror of Language
“We think creatively (not predictively) about the future in order to decide what to do now in order to make possible different futures. There is no reason to be ‘future-oriented’ other than to try to change things, from now on . This means that you must be very careful when trying to ‘future’ to ensure that you are not unwittingly reproducing
... See moreTFSX • The Future Thinker’s Dilemma
If you can get everybody just to go, what if this assumption isn’t true? We need to imagine a different reality… If you can get just a proportion of people to do that...
Inside the subterranean caves of the social deep web, chosen-kin groups grow their own culture.
otherinter.net • Squad Wealth
Tomorrow morning is a vast realm of possibility. Ten minutes from now is a vast realm of possibility. Both are blooming through a tangle of threads behind this moment that are shifting each other. A change in the tone of voice in a conversation opens the possibility for humor, and a tiny shift and gesture opens the possibility for several future
... See moreAwash in a bleak mediascape, I had simply assumed that optimism had been long exiled to the realm of corny naivete, gone the way of “Live, Laugh, Loving” and #Girlbossing. So it came as a shock when my TikTok feed started filling up with posts about the “Indomitable Human Spirit.”
Dirt • Dirt: The indomitable human spirit
Optimism and
The demand for immersive, distraction-free cultural experiences is on the rise. Audiences are no longer satisfied with passive attendance; they seek genuine presence. A 2025 Deloitte consumer trends update reports that 70 percent of respondents believe they spend too much time on their devices. This reflects growing digital fatigue and a heightened... See more
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