Designing Public Systems.
System Change Lead @DarkMatterLabs.
I like weird astro-jazz.
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First piece for my new publication Permutations is up!
This one is on Futures – an why it might sense to stop thinking about them altogether!
Futuring has become our default response to crises: We dream up positive, desirable, even critical futures to strive for—or brace for darker ones. It's how we orient our choices, set our priorities, find something worth fighting for.
But what if, by constantly looking ahead, we miss what we’re searching for in the first place?
What if the most transformative changes don’t come from expanding our imagination – but from its failure?
I explore this paradox through the lens of Unthinkable Futures: how they shape and silence our imaginaries, and why seeking out glitches might be the future of futuring.
Read it here → https://simonhoeher.substack.com/p/unthinkable-futures
Ideas evolve, recombine – and sometimes, they’re worth picking up again.
I’m starting Permutations: longer reads, slower thoughts on systems, democracy, design and justice.
If this sounds fun, have a look—or even subscribe:
https://simonhoeher.substack.com
Perhaps that weirdness, that moment of seeing clearly, is where real democratic engagement begins.
Weird is a start.
