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RADAR isn’t just about imagining better futures — it’s about building them, even when the world feels its darkest. In moments like these, gathering to dream, create, and transform together is as healing as it is essential. That’s why we’ve decided to make next week’s virtual LoveFest (on November 14) free to attend, opening our doors as wide as possible as a gesture of hope and abundance. All unrefunded ticket sales and donations will go directly into our micro.grant pool to fund projects that activate A Future in Love around the world. Join us to imagine, build, and act. Because the future belongs to those who think about it — and critically, to those who refuse to give up on it. Read more about this decision in our visual carousel, which contains the full letter from our team and community, and if you feel called to join us, please still grab a ticket via the link in our comments/bio. #ImagineBetterFutures #BuildBetterFutures #VirtualFestival #WeNeedLove #LoveFest

?? Every February, we’re reminded how much love has been consumerized and commoditized. So this year, as a palette cleanser, we offer you The Fair — a collectible artifact from A Future in Love. This drop includes: a short story by Lisa Hehnke and Maria Magdalena, original art by Domingo Beta and an audio edition by RADAR. The Fair—In a future where care has replaced capitalism, a young woman named Navika visits a historical fair that recreates the frenzy of consumerism, only to discover through a mystical garden that the most precious commodity—time itself—cannot be bought, but must be cherished. Project lore: As a creative post-script and commemorative artifact for our virtual LoveFest—which raised over $11,000 in micro-grants for ideas supporting 'A Future in Love'—RADAR and Switch-Lit launched an experiment in collaborative storytelling called 'Platonia.' This project aimed to show what becomes possible when we move beyond narrow conceptions of romantic, commodified love and instead embrace a broader spectrum of platonic connections: love of friends, neighbors, nature, future generations, wisdom, and care. Strangers were paired with one another in secret and took turns writing the next chapters of a single collaborative story using Switch-Lit's Subrosa platform, resulting in a range of tales (some more successful than others, because . . . experiments). But one in particular struck home for us. Or rather, struck a future in love for us. Especially, as we consider the month of February and its special ability to package-and-sell love within culturally imposed limits. Edition profits will be split between creators. Be our post-Valentine. Your support of this project supports our collective mission to build better futures in multiplayer mode. Love you! ?? ?? ?? ?? xoxoxo Keely Adler and Caitlin Keeley

don't mind us. just over here considering how to overcome the yearning gap and build better futures surrounded by a whole bunch of people we'd happily call our valentines. (and if you're hoping to join that circle, please bear with us as we sort out our onboarding hijinks. we'll be accepting new members again as soon as the tech gods accept our offerings.)

“I do promise… you will giggle, you may cry good tears, everything will probably look different after, and you will have your very own archive of inspiring pigeon memes and poems. In the age of AI and government chaos, how we gather, how we craft care for one another, what it means to be human and design for our humanity...all of this needs the magic and the rigor of experience design.” Really, what more could you ask for? Use code FRIENDS-OF-RADAR for $100 off this dream of a class with our good pal Olivia Vagelos.?

choose your metaphor. the dams are breaking, the house of cards is toppling. come imagine something otherwise with us, play with possibilities, accelerate better futures. it's far less overwhelming when you realize you're not in it alone. our door's always open, and our 2025 is just beginning. dets in the comments.

Meet our micro.grants recipients! Late last year, we asked folks to imagine what building A Future in Love could look like. More than 80(!) proposals later, we're thrilled to introduce seven projects cultivating love not just as an emotion, but as infrastructure for better futures. From transforming a wrecked fishing vessel into a space for collective healing in Italy, to reimagining rice farming as community care in Japan, to building new models for creative kinship across generations - each project reimagines how love can shape the systems and stories we share, in its own special way. (And yes, we absolutely checked under the couch cushions trying to fund more of them ??) Click through to meet these incredible initiatives and see what becomes possible when love moves beyond our intimate worlds to become collective, intentional, and transformative. ?? ?? Full post in the usual spot (while our recipients aren't all here, we can share the LinkedIn love to a few: Niccolò Moronato, Kenta Kondo, Tatiana Martínez Mejía, Felipe Bosch, Daouia Chalali, Alimi Salifou, Melanie Kahl, Caitlin Keeley, newkid?)

friendly reminder that if you attended lovefest, there's a friends of RADAR code for you to join Olivia Vagelos's next cohort tucked away in your care package! ????

A few months ago I was lucky enough to join RADAR, a group of interdisciplinary talents passionate about building futures with the power of imagination, human connection, and joyful collaboration. They have set aside 10K to support micro real-life experiments designed to bring more love & care into our tomorrow. Over 80 people responded to the call, mostly from OUTSIDE Radar's inner community!!! Some proposals are hyper-locally-focused, and some normalize conversations between neighbors and strangers that would benefit many other places around the globe. A special thank you to Keely Adler for masterful guidance along this process! For anyone curious, here's a link to all the proposals:

A Future in Love micro.grant voting is live! ?? ?? Since launching our public briefs at LoveFest, we've received a truly incredible mix of proposals from around the world —from mapping invisible acts of care to creating playful protocols for connection, from crafting new rituals of belonging to building archives of collective joy. Each submission offers a unique vision of how we might build a future with love at its core. Anyone can explore the proposals, but only RADAR community members can vote on which dreams we help make a reality ??? ?? In a world that desperately needs more love, these proposals offer 80+ sparks of hope to light up 2024. Check 'em out at the link in the comments.

? Last call! It’s the final day to submit your idea for our micro-grants—applications close tomorrow, January 3rd at midnight EST! Got a spark of an idea? A wild dream you’ve been mulling over? A project you’ve started but need a push to take further? We’re here for all of it. Projects of all shapes and sizes are welcome—as long as you have the will to bring them to life. Your idea doesn’t need to be polished or perfect; we’re more interested in the heart behind it and the potential it holds to challenge the status quo. With grants of $500, $1,000, and $2,000 in function of the project, this could be the moment that helps your vision take off. Don’t wait—head to our website, fill out the form, and make your submission count ???. Once the application closes, the ideas will be reviewed then shared with our community, who will vote on their favorite ideas ! The final decision will be made by the RADAR team, taking into account these votes. We can’t wait to see what you’ve been dreaming of! #Microgrants #RADAR #FutureInLove #OpenCall