Re-introduction. As the bio says, I’m an autodidact, generalist, and synthesist. I write Sentiers, a weekly newsletter for those who want to understand the world and imagine better futures, it’s even been called “the closest thing we now have to a ‘This week in futures’ newsletter.” My work usually has to do with curating and writing, with a fledgling practice in futures. #introduction #reintroduction #generalists #curation #newsletter #futures #solarpunk #cities
Everyone who's not a white bro still struggles to get financing, yet this truant manages to grab another $70 million for a scam within a scam. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.vox.com/recode/23142106/adam-neumann-crypto-carbon-credit-offset-flowcarbon
Someone needs to make a Betteridge bot for headlines like this. https://atmos.earth/kpop-fans-blackpink-climate-change/ (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines). Toot the link with NO.
Very much into this post by @genmon@twitter.com, in equal parts because I'm avidly noticing some parts, and seen af in others. (Like in that quote!) https://interconnected.org/home/2022/05/27/apps
My next phone is going to be a Fairphone after reading this repair story
Apple shipped me a 79-pound iPhone repair kit to fix a 1.1-ounce battery - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/21/23079058/apple-self-service-iphone-repair-kit-hands-on
I'm pretty much off Twitter and the better for it, RSS and newsletters FTW! https://sentiers.media/using-twitter-distance/
RT @blackpooltower
Love this Le Guin quote in @jamesbridle fascinating new book, which explores “an ecology of technology”
(cc @CarbonCycleKate )
Melon Usk
Oh Melon, Melon, Melon. Don't you have anything better to do? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/elon-musk-would-let-trump-back-on-twitter-says-ban-was-morally-wrong/
Who could have expected this? 🤦🏼♂️
🚨 👉🏼 A pretty big project has been pushed back 4-5 months, so I find myself with quite a bit of availability for that period. Hit me up if you need a hand finding signals about what’s going on and what’s coming, connecting the dots (making sense), or communicating your thinking (writing newsletters, blogs, briefings, etc.).
I'm pretty much 100% in agreement with this. (Plus, great production value!)
For my personal taste, I find that a lot of websites look best on an iPad in portrait orientation.
A welcome corrective to narratives around the 'future of work'
Forgot I gave this quote in late 2020.
Stand by it today 110%.
https://www.inquirer.com/business/what-future-work-means-these-philadelphians-20201018.html
New thing on the blog, noting for reference a year later. An online version of the short talk I gave at the Montréal chapter of Speculative Futures.
Loose principles on scanning, angled for the needs of organizations. https://sentiers.media/scanning-principles/
Patreon creators are very clear about their position on crypto. https://blog.patreon.com/the-first-ever-patreon-creator-census
Autodidact. Generalist. Synthesist. Curator of the weekly Sentiers, a newsletter for those who want to understand the world and imagine better futures.