I wrote @RadicalNext across a variety of locations — spanning the Costa Rican cloud forests, to the Ecuadorian Andes, and the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon.
It is my hope that I’ve managed to channel the rawness of human experience, the growth that comes with holding space for paradox, and the authenticity and radiance that emerges from that tension:
Like a plant sprouting from the soil.
Onwards, to reclaiming our humanity, and more importantly, our connection to ourselves, each other, our Creator, all beings, and this planet.
Stay Rad! ✨
@heretohelp888 I think there will bifurcating realities between human/machine; organic/synthetic; physical/virtual
In parallel, technology and society will evolve alongside post-quantum reimagining of these “realities”
From @RadicalNext:
The premise of my book: 𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧
The original subtitle of this book was: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲,” which is a concept I helped coin over a decade ago.
As I began writing, I realized that we are moving out of a vernacular paradigm beyond computing and as such, metaphors like “𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠” will soon be outdated.
In the book, I extend the concept to “𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗦” which, like neural networks, will be much more connected, fluid, and adaptive.
@WTFutureShow@QuantaMagazine “The Origin of Mass of the Universe has a lot to do with Music.” 🎵
I concur! A snippet from my book @RadicalNext Ch. 14: Interdimensional Being
What if everything you thought you knew… suddenly wasn’t? 🤯
That’s the very question at the heart of my new book:
𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱
As a futurist, I've been exploring some radical ideas—ones that seem just a bit too provocative to be real…
... until now.
We’ve watched the lines between human and machine, organic and synthetic, truth and fiction blur beyond recognition.
At this point, we’re all asking:
· Who am I?
· What is real?
· And what does it mean to be human in this new reality?
I don’t claim to have the answers—we’ve all outsourced too much of our knowledge, ideas, and beliefs anyway.
What I offer is quite the opposite:
Questions.
I’m simply a guide on your quest to deprogram from the systems that have shaped our minds.
My hand is outstretched—the choice is yours to take the leap and join me down the rabbit hole.
Let’s reclaim our humanity together. 🌱
With gratitude,
Sam Rad 🔮
P.S. I poured my heart into this one— please show it some love and likes. If you’re interested in reviewing an advance copy, let me know in the comments!
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