Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
this opens up the possibility for a new and mind-bending IP era of Identity Play, the ability to create works as other people in a responsible, fair and permissive IP environment,
OpenAI CLIP • Infinite Images and the latent camera
“I want to think about time in a shared way,” Odell said. “What becomes possible collectively when you remove the grid, and stop thinking about it as little bits of time currency in each individual person’s time bank, and that all you can do is hoard it.”
New York Times • Time Has Been Codified and Commodified. Jenny Odell Wants to Set It Free
Mainstream culture and commodity goods present a problem for people who believe in authenticity.
“reactionary distancing—aestheticizing, ironizing.” Viewing the junk products of pop culture “ironically or anthropologically….from internally afar” allowed hipsters to see them as something not part of themselves
Ironic consumption of commodities is one... See more
“reactionary distancing—aestheticizing, ironizing.” Viewing the junk products of pop culture “ironically or anthropologically….from internally afar” allowed hipsters to see them as something not part of themselves
Ironic consumption of commodities is one... See more
subpixel space • After Authenticity
the idea of vulnerability, and its different levels of meaning: vulnerability as a window, and vulnerability as a wound.
Jess Zimmerman • A Cow with a Hole in It
I’ve been thinking about the ways that capitalism organizes time. Notice its undercurrents in language: “How are you spending your time?” “Don’t waste your time.” “Let’s save time and go this way.”
Annika Hansteen-Izora • Time is Water
Post capitalism is not simply another ‘ism’ to replace previous ideologies; it is a conceptual container for social pluralities based on shared values (e.g. reciprocity, altruism, cooperation, gifting, equity consciousness, empathy, interbeing and solidarity with all Life). It stems from the shortcomings of the existing system and the lived
... See moreStephen Reid • Post Capitalism and the Five Elements Mandala
The basic insight is that compassion—which combines an awareness of suffering with a desire to alleviate it—can be applied to ourselves, just as it can be applied to people in the outside world. And compassion can be learned.
Dan Shipper / Superorganizers • You Grow from Your Edges
ubiquitous connectivity and our media environments naturally lend themselves toward an influencer-and-fandom dynamic. If the system is built to inspire more and more layers of commentary, then that system will privilege and reward people who feed it.
Charlie Warzel • How The Internet Is Like A Dying Star
The citizen, stripped of initiative, becomes an operator of forms — a node in a bureaucratic exoskeleton that stretches from classroom to capital market.