Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
Throughout history our ancestors built customs and institutions to bind us together and then, one by one, we kicked them down. We killed God, we mocked marriage, we attacked the family, we uprooted neighbourhoods, we debunked every last myth and story. And we kept going and going, until we got here, with our sad little divorce parties. Until we got
... See moreFreya India • The Age of Abandonment
What politicians promise in campaign speeches, for example, is laughably different from what they do when they’re elected into office, and that’s because political speeches are about signals. Like wearing a Nirvana t-shirt from Forever21, the signifier is more important than the object or act it signifies.
Haley Nahman • #100: New idea trending
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The common definition of religion is fraught and can hardly capture the full range and complexities of faiths, spiritualities, and traditions all over the world. Religion itself is an imperialist construct, one that still orients us towards a Western (read: predominantly Christian) understanding of faith. We cannot just apply our rubric of religion... See more
Religiously Blonde • The Pitfalls of Believing in Separation of Church and State
Brands as Neo-Educators - Savvy brands that embrace the future of Edutainment will give audiences a behind-the-scenes look at the company. They’ll demystify professional processes, improve transparency, and make the impossible feel a little more possible. And they'll do it all in ways that feel accessible, engaging, and tactile.
Wavetable • Liquid Learning - The Edutainment 3.0 Report
The Apple principle: “Don’t ship novelty. Ship significance.”
Zoe Scaman • Field Notes From the Edge
For me strategy was about insatiable curiosity, falling down rabbit holes, connecting seemingly disparate dots, being that annoying kid in the backseat of the car on a long road trip who keeps asking ‘but, why?’, diving deep on subjects I’d never explored before, becoming a master of pointless trivia and therefore excellent in a pub quiz scenario.
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Zoe • The Magpie Mind
Arce tells Eater that these pop-up dinners and communal style restaurants hinge not just on the format but on the personality of the host — not everyone nails both. “An MC of sorts is necessary,”
Emma Orlow • New Yorkers Are Turning to Dinner Party-Style Restaurants to Make Friends (and Find Dates)
When did we decide that engagement with our fellow man was a bug and not a feature of our short and limited lives?