I’m trying to reimagine a new reality. Why? Because the one we’ve got right now has a few problems. But instead of a lengthy preamble, laying out the problems and having a healthy rant for fifteen minutes, I’m just going to dive into some solutions. But don’t worry, I’m still going to rant because this is infuriating, the problems are systematized, incentivized, and habituated, and the people who care are constantly gaslit to believe they don’t have the power to affect change. But power we have, especially when we band together. It’s also going to take a healthy amount of work, imagination, and resilience to overcome billions of dollars of investment in conformity that trains us daily to be distracted, compliant, quiet, and alone.

Solution #1: Live beyond the veil of technology. Solution #2: Discover new things beyond the algorithm. Solution #3: Build offline communities of learning, experimentation, and being. Solution #4: Imagine a world somewhere between utopia and dystopia and do something everyday to live up to that vision. Solution #5: Don’t wait for the politicians to do something you care about, find a way to make it happen. Solution #6: Be more hopeful and less realistic. Show Links

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• “MakeWith” – Aria Joughin
• Kadence Collective
• Upcoming Events at Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries
• Alchemy Partners
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