narrative change
while shared stories and singular sources of truth are comforting, they also run the risk of over-simplification and easy-to-ignore exclusion. On the face of it, it feels like the most dystopian of our existential themes — more fear than question. But what if there’s a potential upside to decentralized reality? What if the fragmentation of reality ... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Throughout the last few decades, our economic system has transformed society into a market, citizens into consumers, and communities into individuals
Thomas Klaffke • From Self-Reform to Worldview-Reform
The narrative that art or creativity isn’t real work (as described below) is just one element of a much bigger discussion about what is considered and adequately valued as “real work” in today's society and economic system and what isn’t. As I wrote in Aliveness: Reframing Productivity: “We don’t really think of productivity as a measure of being
... See moreCreative Destruction • Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #82
Because managerialism has spread so thoroughly into society, its effect has been to anesthetize everyday life to the point that many people cannot envision an alternative way to organize themselves.
Creative Destruction • Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #82
Leaning into the weird doesn’t just mean healing. In fact, weird can actually be used as a form of play to imagine new narratives for self-expression and creativity.
Rebecca Johnson • Drawing Wisdom From the ‘Weird’
Stories are thought experiments that cut through contemporary interests and structures to imagine an alternative world. Stories help us understand the current system but also provide the tools to investigate how that world is changing and reveal solutions to work to a different futures.
Marjolein Pijnappels • Designing the Future Using Science Fiction
There is a huge problem when it comes to "changing the system":When you go deep and help people reframe the paradigms, myths and worldviews at the core of a system, it's often too abstract and people ask for real-world examples of alternative worldviews. When you give people examples of alternative ways of doing things, they often ask for more rela... See more
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‘We all have a story to tell – the denial of that story can cause despair.’ I credit this to Arnold Zable but I think it comes from Jungian psychology . We are nothing but the sum of our stories. The more I write and perform, the more clarity it gives me on my personal history and understanding of human nature. Writing releases so many emotions and
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