Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
“Low Sodium” is a phrase which means “no salt,” or in other words, no negativity. Stop being so salty.
Substack • The Rise of Low Sodium & Gentle Gaming
Just as factory owners of the 19th century dismissed the skills of their workers in favor of profit and productivity, so do the tech leaders of today dismiss human craft in favor of what they believe is “good enough” productivity. It’s telling that in the development of AI, tech companies often use the term “ median human ” to describe the... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
We shouldn’t need to rely on infinite credit cards or the Wayback Machine to tell future creators and generations the stories of our work. Because a blockchain is a giant public ledger, it allows for agnostic permanent storage and provenance that will become even more important the older and bigger the Internet gets.
Friends with Benefits (FWB) • After Crypto
“We can’t solve a crisis of loneliness and mental ill health from within a story that tells us we are isolated individuals.We can’t solve a crisis of inequality from within a story that tells us that life is a competition.We can’t solve multiple ecological crises from within a story that tells us we are separate from nature and that happiness is... See more
Paul Venuto • feed updates
sometimes the most destabilizing chaos isn’t on the world stage. Nor is it a public outrage or even a shared experience.
It’s found instead in the quiet chaos of our everyday lives: making a home, raising a family, putting a meal on the table. These mundane corners of the human experience are also where we find the loosest pockets of culture today:
... See moreJasmine Bina • A Time to Build Tight Brands in the Chaos of Loose Cultures
Our understanding of the world is built up of innumerable layers. Each layer is worth exploring, as long as we do not forget that it is one of many. Knowing all there is to be known about one layer — a most unlikely event — would not teach us much about the rest. The integration of the enormous number of bits of information and the resulting vision... See more
The Marginalian • Pioneering Biochemist Erwin Chargaff on the Poetics of Curiosity, the Crucial Difference Between Understanding and Explanation, and What Makes a Scientist
So how do we use algorithms in ways that preserve individual autonomy and freedom? To address this dilemma, we need to understand algorithms as sites of power and find ways to restore the balance. We should assert our digital rights to not have data be used unfairly to manipulate or control us—and this must be done collectively.
José Marichal • Trust an algorithm, or trust your neighbor?
In this place of transition - a place that feels disorienting, confusing, messy - we need to be learning from each other, plural in the possibilities we generate, and willing to let go of those mental frameworks that are no longer serving us well.