Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
Maybe human intelligence is more illusory than we think, a kind of egotistical fantasy. Are human authors really very different from those Balnibarbian pupils spinning the cranks of their writing machine? Human authors learn to write by reading other books in their chosen genre (“training”), and maybe what’s happening in their brains is just a
... See moreOrion Magazine • The Magic in the Machine
best examples are people who’ve spent time building skills & expertise, and then can build the network instantly, versus the people who build their network first, and then try to bolt skills / expertise on top.
Substack • See your Career as a Product
Understanding how food systems are not just about the theft of labor, but also about the nourishing of communities offers a way of breaking open a purely workerist approach to understanding how transformation might happen.
Matthew J. Haugen • Interview: Raj Patel on agroecology, reparative approaches, and land reform
A much bigger impact has come from generative ideas—ideas that spawn many other ideas. These don’t need to be precise. Quite the opposite, in fact. The more imprecise the idea, the more chance it has of evolving and spreading.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
TRANSMISSION #38
DISCOVERY: As I contemplate the evolutionary nature of inspiration, I've begun to sense a deeper connection between creativity and resilience. Just as species that are able to adapt to changing circumstances are more likely to survive and thrive over time, so too are individuals and organizations that are able to innovate and evolve... See more
DISCOVERY: As I contemplate the evolutionary nature of inspiration, I've begun to sense a deeper connection between creativity and resilience. Just as species that are able to adapt to changing circumstances are more likely to survive and thrive over time, so too are individuals and organizations that are able to innovate and evolve... See more
Transmission #38
In the microbial world, there is no purity. That’s totally a human construct. In a lot of commercial winemaking, you might use little chemicals to sterilize the grape juice and then you can introduce the single strain of yeast that’s been propagated into that. But that’s a real departure from the long history of winemaking that just works with the... See more
Sandor Katz • Fermentation as Metaphor
HOPE HEADS / 004: SHA'AN D'ANTHES aka FURRY LITTLE PEACH
“Hope is the knowledge that things can change for the better… a vehicle to change.”
This week in Hope Heads, we’re joined by illustrator, author, and creative icon Sha'an d'Anthes aka @furrylittlepeach. Known for her playful, honest... See more
instagram.comHierarchies that centralise creative authority. Processes designed for repeatability, not responsiveness. Reward systems that value presentations over perception.
zoe scaman • The Work
The utility of Facebook Groups has at times extended beyond interpersonal connection: During the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, medical professionals used the feature to share important information and resources about COVID-19. And groups like “Infantile Spasms” that focus on rare medical conditions can be indispensable to those... See more