About - Adjacent Possible

Curiosity and possibility are sibling concepts, born of the same horizon and generated along the same edge. They work together to break open what has yet to be thought and done, lived and loved. We are poised at a moment in human history where these sibling concepts—long valued but understudied—are pressing to the fore of our consciousness and conc

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I used to know someone with epilepsy who told me that sometimes, after a seizure, he felt like everyone he saw looked familiar. I find that fascinating. It suggests that “meaningful adjacencies” might be a kind of error, a useful error. When I’m starting an essay, if it seems to only be about one thing, there’s often a kind of inertness to it. But ... See more