Building Fearless Futures

re:publica 18 - Alle Sessions vor 8 Jahren

Envisioning utopia is naturally uncomfortable; it feels indulgent, a bit delusional, and ultimately impractical and unrealistic. It’s not. Fearlessly working toward radical success is required for meaningful progress.

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Steve Lambert The problem with reality is it’s so easy to see. Look
around. There it is. Go outside. There’s some more. You can’t leave
reality’s presence. It’s always there to remind you and it all
seems so tangible and permanent. So real. Of course, reality is not
permanent at all and there’s many things we desperately need to
change. When we think about the future, this reality can get in the
way. Our incomplete and incorrect ideas of reality, and reality’s
persistence, end up tainting our imagination of what is probable in
the world. The resulting visions of the future are tainted as well,
and usually not very different than our current sense of reality.
It takes extra effort and imagination to set those tainted visions
aside and dream up a reality we’d prefer, not to mention explore
the innumerable futures that are possible. But why do this? Well,
most people don’t. Steve Lambert wants you to join him. With his
Center for Artistic Activism, Lambert has worked alongside artists
and activists in 15 countries on 4 continents helping them to
effect power. Lambert will relay lessons learned in collaborating
with larger advocacy organizations working on human rights for sex
workers, drug users, and other marginalized populations to move
toward better futures. And how to have fun doing it.