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1/ The good news: the METAVERSE is exciting but NOT for the reasons most people are talking about. The bad news: odds are the 'Metaverse' will be us
Whether it is through a VR headset, the manipulation of projectors, or clever set design, immersion fulfills our desire for escapism, instantly transp
In large part this is because education, like most social systems, is slow to adapt, iterate, and evolve to be relevant for changing times. The glacia
generative AI is but the latest in a line of innovations that draws attention to the flaws of the modern education system, leaving us to question how
The humanities, rightly understood, are the things that technology cannot take away or substitute for. Of course, I don’t mean ‘humanities’ in the way
What I’m proposing asks you to give up the possibility of earning more than you are owed, to instead find satisfaction in reaping exactly what you’ve
The concept of regeneration is inherently layered, complex and evolving. It can have spiritual, ecological and even medical connotations. Regardless o
In designing experiences, the cornerstone with which we start is the “who.” Who is this for? Who are they? What do they need? Where are they coming fr
“The choices made by designers have a significant effect on the world. Yet so much of the discourse on design focuses on aesthetics rather than ethics
Contribute your skills to an existing effort – make it possible. Build the website, raise the funds, recruit the talent, plan the events. As Bill McKi
They're blind to a simple truth: complex minds can't develop on their own. If they could, feral children would be like any other. And minds don't grow
Our society’s individualism, largely driven by technological advances and the illusion of endless progress, will no longer be sustainable – will not b
We have tried to relate to the world around us through only the left side of our brain, and we are clearly failing. If we are to re-establish a viable
When metaphor invades decolonization, it kills the verypossibility of decolonization; it recenters whiteness, it resettles theory, it extends innocenc
From indigenous cultures — who’ve tended to operate on a paradigm of cooperative collectivism that’s deeply entwined with their relationship to nature
Indigenous people did not despise wage labour primarily because of the effort that it entailed. Rather, they thought the work demanded by capitalists
Eating Ecosystems
According to him, the word “natural” has become a “sort of a secular stand-in for a generalized understanding of goodness, which in religion you’d cal
In France, food norms are powerful and cohesive forces, while in the US food is simply a whirlwind of chaos.
Eating seasonally is about being present – weaving yourself into the earth you inhabit.
By yielding a generational wealth creation opportunity that was a strange hybrid of a lottery jackpot and self-made fortune, crypto created an ideolog
For example, it was 30 years after the invention of film that someone first tried telling stories with it — before that, film was mainly used as a dem
Just a moment...
How do you explain the web to people who have never used it? You make it as simple and as accessible as possible.
The five principles of prompting I developed work equally well as management techniques for humans: Give direction. Describe the desired style in de
People who are good at solving poorly defined problems don't get the same kind of kudos. They don’t get any special titles or clubs. There is no test
2) Clear Roles & Decision Rights Without clear swim lanes and decision rights, individuals on teams feel disempowered and projects tend to stall out.
At the Institute for the Future we believe that the value of futures thinking is not in predicting the future (something no one can do), but in imagin
Cayce Pollard as the positive archetype for how to navigate volatility. So by intensely tuning oneself in to subjective responses to things, you can c
The purpose is to scout the path and shift the discourse.
honestly i'm so good at consuming content LMAO. like how do I make it my job to literally just read, watch, and listen to stuff??
My job is helping people who are building the future understand the cultural and emotional systems shaping it and right now, the problem is we are sti
Minimize your surface area. Don’t click, don’t share data and don’t feed the algorithm. Find safer, under the radar places for genuine exchange.
When extraction becomes this pervasive, people opt out. They go dark and build walls around what matters to them. And this is already happening. You c
Ambient extraction is different. It’s a level of vulnerability and theft that registers more emotionally and psychically than it does economically, an
