“Radical futures need radical imagination—and play is how we get there without fear.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#futures #foresight #imagination #whatif #radicalfutures #radicalimagination #HelloFutures #play

The blueprint of our era. As we've always held, the far right has its own utopia, its own dark imagination. Now they are wielding the power of the state to implement parts of it.

We need social movements now to fill in and fight for the radical imagination.
https://time.com/7269166/dark-enlightenment-history-essay/
#darkenlightenment #radicalimagination

What We Must Understand About the Dark Enlightenment Movement

The “Dark Enlightenment” movement and Curtis Yarvin have curried favor with tech executives in recent years, writes Ed Simon.

TIME
‘The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.’ – Camus
🌱 What does freedom look like in daily practice?
@timothysnyder.bsky.social -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXZb...
#ExistentialFreedom #RadicalImagination #Philosophy
@existentialanarchy.bsky.social‬

"Embracing imagination in activism is often framed as wishful thinking. But #RadicalImagination is a fundamental part of working toward a vision of the future for all social movements, from racial justice to decolonial movements. Imagination, world-building, dreams and utopias are used by various talented social activists who encourage us to envision a different world. #Climate activists shouldn’t shy away from this."

https://truthout.org/articles/to-avoid-a-dystopian-climate-future-we-must-first-envision-the-world-we-want/

To Avoid a Dystopian Climate Future, We Must First Envision the World We Want

When we envision a sustainable future, we can show people that there is something worth fighting for, not just against.

Truthout

From Experiments in Imagining Otherwise by Lola Olufemi:

« Unlike chaotic accelerationism, which seeks to harness and extend the capitalistic grip, feminism asks us to turn away, to refuse, to block the way, to slow down in order to destroy all of those patterns and formations that would have us die before we are ready. »

« To understand the value of a life, one must create the conditions that enable us to defend it and then to flourish. »

#BlackFeminism #RadicalImagination #otherwise