Hello loyal blog readers! It’s been a long hiatus. 3 years almost.
So much has changed since 2023…where even to start? Best place is probably to answer why now that I’ve decided to make a return to the blog.
As I’m sure many others can relate to, in recent months I have found myself plastered to my phone screen consuming endless images and videos of war and suffering. The natural and immediate response to such content is helplessness and hopelessness and they feel like justified responses to the collective trauma we are all experiencing.
The cruelty. The violence. The apathy. I’m so bombarded with media just trying to stay informed on current events that there’s rarely a moment to stop and reflect on what it all means or how we can chart a way forward. In conversations, I am often repeating verbiage that I heard from content creators rather than formulating my own thoughts. That’s wrong and irresponsible.
My new year’s resolution for 2026 is to focus more time and intention on creation instead of consumption. Consumption is passive whereas creation invites a conversation. Writing is not only a place to share my thoughts but the act itself is an exercise in self-discovery as disparate ideas are forced to take form and structure. Writing makes me regain a sense of my own power.
We are not powerless so long as we have a voice and use it to speak out on things we care about. Ideas are what built the world we live in and new ideas can remake it.
I’ve started reading this book called Speculative Everything by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby and their whole goal is to unlock people’s imagination by applying theories of speculative design to social dreaming. They argue that the depraved social and economic state of the world in which we find ourselves has relegated our dreams of a better future to mere hopes of survival. We can’t stay there.
What this moment in history calls for is dreamers and doers. We can’t accept the status quo and need to reimagine the kind of world we want to see for ourselves and our children. Anger and despair won’t get us where we want to be. We need to rally other people who believe in our dreams and have the access and influence to make them a reality. The easiest place to start is asking What If?
What if the stock market bet on peace instead of war? How would it change investments and incentives?
What if our education system prioritized ethical reasoning and collaboration over personal achievement? What kind of future leaders and citizens would that create?
What if corporations were not beholden to their shareholders and chose quality for the consumer over profit margins? What other business models exist?
The list could go on and on, but I hope that gets you thinking. The world isn’t as hopeless as it seems. Please don’t give in to despair.
Thanks for listening. More to come soon!
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