Scott Paterson
@scottgpaterson.bsky.social
Friend, neighbor, director of Adventuring Ventures, a strategic design incubator that partners with public & private orgs to envision and build preferred urban futures. Based in Barcelona
Read FIELD REPORT newsletter: possibilityhours.substack.com
Read FIELD REPORT newsletter: possibilityhours.substack.com
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I met Hilary and Dan in London this summer. Their Power Station project is an incredible artist-led work showing how we can transform our energy system as well as our societies for better, more livable futures. Please, check them out and support their fundraising if you can! www.power.film
Power Station
Power Station
www.power.film
September 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I met Hilary and Dan in London this summer. Their Power Station project is an incredible artist-led work showing how we can transform our energy system as well as our societies for better, more livable futures. Please, check them out and support their fundraising if you can! www.power.film
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CALM IS MORE CONDUCTIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY
September 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
CALM IS MORE CONDUCTIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY
NYC friends,
WORKS on WATER's 3rd TRIENNIAL (Aug 28-Oct 26)
Opening tonight, Aug 28, from 5-9p
Governors Island in the LMCC Galleries in Building 110.
worksonwater.org/2025-triennial
WORKS on WATER's 3rd TRIENNIAL (Aug 28-Oct 26)
Opening tonight, Aug 28, from 5-9p
Governors Island in the LMCC Galleries in Building 110.
worksonwater.org/2025-triennial
2025 Triennial — Works on Water
cargo.site
worksonwater.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
NYC friends,
WORKS on WATER's 3rd TRIENNIAL (Aug 28-Oct 26)
Opening tonight, Aug 28, from 5-9p
Governors Island in the LMCC Galleries in Building 110.
worksonwater.org/2025-triennial
WORKS on WATER's 3rd TRIENNIAL (Aug 28-Oct 26)
Opening tonight, Aug 28, from 5-9p
Governors Island in the LMCC Galleries in Building 110.
worksonwater.org/2025-triennial
New Intercambio de Superpoderes
“Don’t expect to be told what to do, not everything can be planned. I have questions, I’m a researcher, I’m a psychologist. Imposter syndrome is very real. Very humbly I can bring questions…and put something out there.”
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/intercambi...
“Don’t expect to be told what to do, not everything can be planned. I have questions, I’m a researcher, I’m a psychologist. Imposter syndrome is very real. Very humbly I can bring questions…and put something out there.”
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/intercambi...
Intercambio de Superpoderes : Enrique Peralta
Ingenuity / Ingenio
possibilityhours.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New Intercambio de Superpoderes
“Don’t expect to be told what to do, not everything can be planned. I have questions, I’m a researcher, I’m a psychologist. Imposter syndrome is very real. Very humbly I can bring questions…and put something out there.”
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/intercambi...
“Don’t expect to be told what to do, not everything can be planned. I have questions, I’m a researcher, I’m a psychologist. Imposter syndrome is very real. Very humbly I can bring questions…and put something out there.”
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/intercambi...
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The logic is pretty obvious here. Presidents can’t declare war so anything the president does without Congress can’t be a war. It’s not an assessment of what’s happening; it’s an excuse.
June 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The logic is pretty obvious here. Presidents can’t declare war so anything the president does without Congress can’t be a war. It’s not an assessment of what’s happening; it’s an excuse.
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fun map of the day: seating arrangements for legislators around the world
June 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
fun map of the day: seating arrangements for legislators around the world
"Reluctant Optimists: Designing Cities for Change"
Ever wondered why government feels like a black box? Or how design thinking can transform entire cities? I reveal the secrets behind 30 years of working with governments, startups, and communities worldwide.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8KI...
Ever wondered why government feels like a black box? Or how design thinking can transform entire cities? I reveal the secrets behind 30 years of working with governments, startups, and communities worldwide.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8KI...
Reluctant Optimists: Designing Cities for Change with Scott Paterson
YouTube video by Create What Matters
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May 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Reluctant Optimists: Designing Cities for Change"
Ever wondered why government feels like a black box? Or how design thinking can transform entire cities? I reveal the secrets behind 30 years of working with governments, startups, and communities worldwide.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8KI...
Ever wondered why government feels like a black box? Or how design thinking can transform entire cities? I reveal the secrets behind 30 years of working with governments, startups, and communities worldwide.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8KI...
Intercambio de Superpoderes : Lina Rodríguez
"There's nothing you can tell me that I haven't thought about me improving already" - Lina
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"There's nothing you can tell me that I haven't thought about me improving already" - Lina
open.substack.com/pub/possibil...
Intercambio de Superpoderes : Lina Rodríguez
Maker / Hacedora
open.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Intercambio de Superpoderes : Lina Rodríguez
"There's nothing you can tell me that I haven't thought about me improving already" - Lina
open.substack.com/pub/possibil...
"There's nothing you can tell me that I haven't thought about me improving already" - Lina
open.substack.com/pub/possibil...
"liking China, not liking China, is not part of my equation" Thomas Friedman after having regularly visited China over the years to see the rate of innovation, the readiness, and the ease of going to market and scaling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqBa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqBa...
Why Trump Could Lose His Trade War With China | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"liking China, not liking China, is not part of my equation" Thomas Friedman after having regularly visited China over the years to see the rate of innovation, the readiness, and the ease of going to market and scaling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqBa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqBa...
Learning From the Legacy of 18F www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
Learning From the Legacy of 18F
Although the government has terminated 18F—the team that modernized government tech—its legacy offers lessons for future digital services.
www.lawfaremedia.org
April 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Learning From the Legacy of 18F www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
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If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
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Marvel Architects and Garcés de Seta Bonet Arquitectes are the winners of the competition to create Catalunya Media City, a new media district at the former 'Tres Xemeneies' power plant near Poble-sec, Barcelona.
archinect.com/news/b...
archinect.com/news/b...
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Marvel Architects and Garcés de Seta Bonet Arquitectes are the winners of the competition to create Catalunya Media City, a new media district at the former 'Tres Xemeneies' power plant near Poble-sec, Barcelona.
archinect.com/news/b...
archinect.com/news/b...
New issue of FIELD REPORT
Fertile encounters under cobblestones to fly free like a child.
This is an invitation to share a walk, a talk, a game.
Requires curiosity and attentive listening.
Difference and Chance must be considered.
open.substack.com/pub/possibil...
Fertile encounters under cobblestones to fly free like a child.
This is an invitation to share a walk, a talk, a game.
Requires curiosity and attentive listening.
Difference and Chance must be considered.
open.substack.com/pub/possibil...
Intercambio de Superpoderes : Laura Mas
“All power to imagination”
open.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New issue of FIELD REPORT
Fertile encounters under cobblestones to fly free like a child.
This is an invitation to share a walk, a talk, a game.
Requires curiosity and attentive listening.
Difference and Chance must be considered.
open.substack.com/pub/possibil...
Fertile encounters under cobblestones to fly free like a child.
This is an invitation to share a walk, a talk, a game.
Requires curiosity and attentive listening.
Difference and Chance must be considered.
open.substack.com/pub/possibil...
Live streaming today, 20 of March
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbf0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbf0...
The State of World Happiness in 2025 | Semafor Events
YouTube video by Semafor
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Live streaming today, 20 of March
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbf0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbf0...
Always enjoy his Design in Tech Reports.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMcV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMcV...
2025 Design in Tech Report (Unedited): Autodesigners on Autopilot
YouTube video by John Maeda: Design & AI
www.youtube.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Always enjoy his Design in Tech Reports.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMcV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMcV...
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Also a bowl of tangerines in sunlight, for a moment's pause, there for everyone doing the work.
March 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Also a bowl of tangerines in sunlight, for a moment's pause, there for everyone doing the work.
New issue of FIELD REPORT :
"What if artificial intelligence, instead of separating us from the world, is another flowering, shepherded by us, one which leads us to a greater accommodation with the world?"
- James Bridle, Ways of Being
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/sea-change...
"What if artificial intelligence, instead of separating us from the world, is another flowering, shepherded by us, one which leads us to a greater accommodation with the world?"
- James Bridle, Ways of Being
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/sea-change...
Sea Change and Other Velocities
"We often choose to look the wrong way: not merely in the wrong direction, but with the wrong intention. Our intent informs what we see." - James Bridle
possibilityhours.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New issue of FIELD REPORT :
"What if artificial intelligence, instead of separating us from the world, is another flowering, shepherded by us, one which leads us to a greater accommodation with the world?"
- James Bridle, Ways of Being
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/sea-change...
"What if artificial intelligence, instead of separating us from the world, is another flowering, shepherded by us, one which leads us to a greater accommodation with the world?"
- James Bridle, Ways of Being
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/sea-change...
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New to Flashes and curious what it’s all about? Here’s @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app, discussing it during the @sxsw.com Keynote. Huge thanks for the shoutout!
Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media | SXSW LIVE
YouTube video by SXSW
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New to Flashes and curious what it’s all about? Here’s @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app, discussing it during the @sxsw.com Keynote. Huge thanks for the shoutout!
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War in Ukraine: "Washington has become Nero's court", says Claude Malhuret
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh...
Guerre en Ukraine : "Washington est devenu la cour de Néron", lance Claude Malhuret
YouTube video by Public Sénat
www.youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
War in Ukraine: "Washington has become Nero's court", says Claude Malhuret
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh...
New issue FIELD REPORT
"Our tools of data gathering, measurement, recording and viewing can be used to increase our awareness and broaden our capacity for attention and care, if we make conscious choices about the time we want to live in." - James Bridle
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/sea-change...
"Our tools of data gathering, measurement, recording and viewing can be used to increase our awareness and broaden our capacity for attention and care, if we make conscious choices about the time we want to live in." - James Bridle
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/sea-change...
Sea Change and Other Velocities
"We often choose to look the wrong way: not merely in the wrong direction, but with the wrong intention. Our intent informs what we see." - James Bridle
possibilityhours.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
New issue FIELD REPORT
"Our tools of data gathering, measurement, recording and viewing can be used to increase our awareness and broaden our capacity for attention and care, if we make conscious choices about the time we want to live in." - James Bridle
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/sea-change...
"Our tools of data gathering, measurement, recording and viewing can be used to increase our awareness and broaden our capacity for attention and care, if we make conscious choices about the time we want to live in." - James Bridle
possibilityhours.substack.com/p/sea-change...
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every generation thinks it is living in the end times. and yet we persist. there's some comfort in that. On the other hand, at some point, one of those generations is going to be right.
March 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
every generation thinks it is living in the end times. and yet we persist. there's some comfort in that. On the other hand, at some point, one of those generations is going to be right.
Reposted by Scott Paterson
Reposted by Scott Paterson
New Senator Angela Alsobrooks shares advice Kamala Harris gave her: "She told me that you should be joyful, even in these times that are difficult, that we have the right to go into these spaces and to bring joy with us."
March 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
New Senator Angela Alsobrooks shares advice Kamala Harris gave her: "She told me that you should be joyful, even in these times that are difficult, that we have the right to go into these spaces and to bring joy with us."
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Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)