Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
Two and a half years and a pandemic later, we have Chaos, a group of musicians, visual artists, engineers, economists, lore masters, and more behind the internet’s first-ever "headless band."
Friends with Benefits (FWB) • Inside the Internet's First 77-Artist "Headless Band"
Netflix tacitly admits its slothdom when it asks you if you’re still watching after you haven’t touched the mouse / remote in a while. (You are always still watching, and you hit “continue” to carry on watching while feeling just a little bit worse about yourself.)
Rex Woodbury • The Seven Deadly Sins of Consumer Technology
As these stories ripple out through the culture, the imaginary futures they portray influence the world we build for ourselves
Eliot Peper • The Possibility Engine
One important thing to remember throughout all of these phases is that ideas, not technology, impact culture the most. With AI advancements rattling nearly every industry, it’s easy to forget that technology can only express itself within the boundaries of the culture it’s born into.
Jasmine Bina • The 4 Phases of Culture Brands
the loss of these small groups, in favor of nation-level organization of atomized individuals, has had serious consequences for human welfare and human agency. We are missing a layer of organization essential for our happiness.
Sarah Perry • Gardens Need Walls: On Boundaries, Ritual, and Beauty
In order to keep your options open, you need diversity. Diversity of perspective, thought, knowledge, and skills.
Farnam Street • Preserving Optionality: Preparing for the Unknown - Farnam Street
In the end, lack of imagination is only a tiny part of why we don’t see more change; the more significant aspect is the friction between the status quo and those alternative futures. We need to understand those sources of friction in great detail and be articulate and convincing when discussing why they are causing friction and why they can be... See more
Patrick Tanguay • Conscientious Urban Technology
This algorithmic repetition isn’t just a fashion trend; it’s the prevailing spirit across multiple cultural domains. What Mull observes about clothes, the critic Ted Gioia has been analyzing in music, where the Spotify era delivers what’s already tested and popular while the opportunities for new artists diminish. Instead of entering a process of... See more
Ross • Can We Resist the Age of the Algorithm?
