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016: The Movement Charging you to Disconnect (with Tracee Worley)


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How much would you pay to be bored? Well, for the kids of Amsterdam it’s about 7 bucks to have their phones locked up and sit and read or do crosswords. Sure, you could just do this anyway without the fee but then would you really feel like you’re part of something, part of a movement? 

This week, we’re joined by Tracee Worley to talk about her work in experiential and analog futures and chew over more insights on the turn against tech from the youth of today. 

Links

  • Radical Futures: https://radicalfutures.studio/
  • How Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District is reimagining community ownership of real estate to restore Black Wall Street, Brookings: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-tulsa-oklahomas-greenwood-district-is-reimagining-community-ownership-of-real-estate-to-restore-black-wall-street/
  • Letters from the Future: https://www.posthou.se/lettersfromthefuture
  • Seneca Falls 2048: https://senecafalls2048.org/
  • The Offline Club: https://www.theoffline-club.com/
  • Americans Check Their Phones an Alarming Number of Times Per Day, PC Mag: https://uk.pcmag.com/mobile-phones/146917/americans-check-their-phones-an-alarming-number-of-times-per-day
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